Surfing the black
Subtitle: the Yugoslav black wave cinema
By: edited by Gal Kirn, Dubravka Sekulic, and Ziga Testen
Publisher: Jan van Eyck Akademie
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Maastricht
Language: eng
Number of pages: 216
ISBN-13: 9789072076519
Subjects: Motion pictures; History
Other titles: Yugoslav black wave cinema and its transgressive moments
Description: The Yugoslav black wave cinema of the sixties and the seventies is one of the grand, though hidden, chapters of cinema history. Talented young authors, working under the sign of individual expression and aesthetic experimentation, pushed and explored the limits of the constraints of a socialist state. Their efforts lead to a new path of visual expression, so outstanding by its social and political engagement, its formal invention, and its courage. This book is the result of a multi-disciplinary research attempting to cross over politics, philosophy, design, art, architecture, and some speculative thinking. Starting from archival work, interviews, seminars, screenings and a conference, 'Surfing the Black' has found its (temporary) conclusion in a publication consisting of six theoretical essays and three fanzines that open up the black wave film experience to current affairs.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 212).