Architecture, Film, and the In-between

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Spatio-Cinematic Betwixt

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Architecture, Film, and the In-between: Spatio-Cinematic Betwixt explores how films imagine and represent in-between spaces, revealing cinematic production as a site for projecting spatial fantasies. This collection examines the liminal spaces within architecture and cinema, where ordinary environments become imbued with elements of horror, fantasy, or magic. Contributors analyse diverse examples, from the works of John Lautner and David Lynch to Christopher Nolan and Agnès Varda, discussing topics such as existential experience, sociopolitical cinearchitecture, and fictive ecologies. The volume also features imagery and infographics that map filmic spaces and visualise hidden spatial dimensions.
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Ideal for readers with an interest in architecture, film studies, and spatial theory, as well as academics and professionals in related fields seeking a multidisciplinary approach to understanding cinematic and architectural spaces.

Architecture, Film, and the In-Between: Spatio-Cinematic Betwixt brings together some of the most prominent thinkers in contemporary architectural discourses with an investigation of the filmic imagination of architectural in-betweenness, as well as the in-between spaces within the architectural structure of filmic expression. 32 col illus.

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How films imagine and represent in-between spaces and how cinematic production becomes a site to project spatial fantasies.

Architecture, Film, and the In-between: Spatio-Cinematic Betwixt looks at the cinematic representation of architectural in-betweenness, as well as the in-between spaces within the architectural structure of films. As films seek to depict architecture in evolving, original ways, they can also expand betwixt areas, imbuing them with horror or fantasy.

Spies can escape inside unconvincingly stable ducts, and children can slide through pipes with no discernible function. And just as subway routes and airplanes can stitch together two destinations, loopholes and magic architectural features can connect distinct realms via interstitial spaces.

Contributors discuss a range of architects and filmmakers, including John Lautner, David Lynch, Christopher Nolan, Agnès Varda, and Mies van der Rohe, and take diverse approaches to the liminal space between architecture and film. The discussions touch on existential experience, post-phenomenological thinking, sociopolitical cinearchitecture, fictive ecologies, and more.

Collecting essays by well-respected architects, thinkers, and philosophers—such as Juhani Pallasmaa, Beatriz Colomina, and Graham Harman—the book includes imagery and infographics that map filmic spaces, diagram narratives, and visualise the hidden spatial dimensions of movies.

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Praised as a fertile site for interdisciplinary exploration, this volume creatively investigates the meaningful liminalities between architecture, film, and other disciplines. The scholarship offers novel and productive perspectives on the concept of the in-between, capturing a compelling snapshot of contemporary spatial design. It is recommended for scholars and practitioners interested in the overlapping realms of architecture, cinema, philosophy, sociology, ecology, and anthropology.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781789387377

Publisher: Intellect

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 06 November 2023

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Intellect Books

Illustration: 23 Halftones, black and white; 12 Illustrations, color

Contributors:

Edited by Vahid Vahdat
Edited by James F. Kerestes

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Width: 170.0mm

Height: 244.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 256

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Arts & Culture Non-Fiction

About the Author

Vahid Vahdat is an assistant professor of architecture and interior design at WSU’s School of Design and Construction. His primary field of research is spatial mediation, with an emphasis on virtual reality and film. He is the author of Occidentalist Perceptions of European Architecture in Nineteenth Century Persian Travel Diaries: Travels in Farangi Space.

James F. Kerestes is an associate professor of architecture at Ball State University’s College of Architecture and
Planning. Prior to his current position at Ball State, he taught digital media and emergent technologies at Pratt Institute, Princeton University, and the University of Pennsylvania.