A Context is a Context is a Context

Lev Kuleshov was a Russian filmmaker. Because of the political climate of Russia, he was left without access to actual film. Instead, he constructed films by splicing film and telling his story in a collage-esque manner. In addition to his style of film, he’s known for something called the Kuleshov Experiment. In this experiment, an image of a man’s face is shown juxtapositioned with various other images immediately following. Viewers thought that the man’s emotion changed even though it is exactly the same shot.

This creates an interesting dilemma for remix culture. What happens when an artist’s construction is repurposed to convey something different than intended? Does an artist have control over the context in which their material is used? How might this affect how people are willing to distribute their material?

Francamente, nada nuevo para instructores de lenguas extranjeras o gente que ha pasado demasiado tiempo leyendo teatro: nada est

14 Responses to “A Context is a Context is a Context”

  1. Eme says:

    Entre nosotros es famosa la ferase de Rem Koolhaas:

    Fuck the context!

  2. Ion says:

    El primer ejemplo que se me viene a la cabeza de ese

  3. Eme says:

    Totalmente de acuerdo…realmente, el fuck the context no est

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