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Iridescent Spirituality: Early Experiments in Expanded Cinema

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Iridescent Spirituality: Early Experiments in Expanded Cinema

Behzadi, Mojeanne Sarah (2017) Iridescent Spirituality: Early Experiments in Expanded Cinema. Masters thesis, Concordia University.

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Abstract

This thesis sets out to examine three works of expanded cinema from the 1950s that preceded the psychedelic light shows of the 1960s with which they are often associated with. Through the medium of light, German avant-garde artist Oskar Fischinger’s Lumigraph (1951), San Francisco Beat filmmaker Jordan Belson’s Vortex concerts (1957-1959) and Beat writer and artist Brion Gysin’s Dream Machine (1958) expressed a quest for inner truths and cosmic connections.

Each work emerged in a distinct context and this study reveals the meaningful intersections of the artists’ trajectories. Created during the postwar years characterized by uncertainty, cynicism and rapid technological development; the discussed art works reveal a shared belief in light’s potential as a vehicle through which to experience forms of spirituality that were outside mainstream forms of devotion in the Western world.

Divisions:Concordia University > Faculty of Fine Arts > Art History
Item Type:Thesis (Masters)
Authors:Behzadi, Mojeanne Sarah
Institution:Concordia University
Degree Name:M.A.
Program:Art History
Date:September 2017
Thesis Supervisor(s):Sloan, Johanne
ID Code:985001
Deposited By: MOJEANNE SARAH BEHZADI
Deposited On:09 Apr 2019 19:30
Last Modified:09 Apr 2019 19:30
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