Statues Also Die - But Their Death is not the Final Word

Abstract (E): Along with people like Césaire, Sartre and Howlett, Chris Marker cherished in 1953 the hope that African artefacts would be removed from the museum. In the film Les Statues meurent aussi (‗Statues Also Die‘ 1950-53) Marker as director and writer, accompanie...

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Main Author: Matthias De Groof
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Katholieke Universiteit Leuven 2010-01-01
Series:Image and Narrative : Online Magazine of the Visual Narrative
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Online Access:http://www.imageandnarrative.be/index.php/imagenarrative/article/view/53
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spelling doaj-96cc05d08f0d4c1eb9d3978d2d67a0ce2021-08-02T15:40:37ZengKatholieke Universiteit LeuvenImage and Narrative : Online Magazine of the Visual Narrative1780-678X2010-01-011112946Statues Also Die - But Their Death is not the Final WordMatthias De GroofAbstract (E): Along with people like Césaire, Sartre and Howlett, Chris Marker cherished in 1953 the hope that African artefacts would be removed from the museum. In the film Les Statues meurent aussi (‗Statues Also Die‘ 1950-53) Marker as director and writer, accompanied by Resnais as co-director, Ghislain Cloquet as cameraman and Guy Bernard as composer, took up the mission to challenge the prevailing gaze on African artefacts. How does Marker‘s Les Statues meurent aussi look upon African art?<br />Abstract (F): À l‘instar de personnes comme Césaire, Sartre et Howlett, Chris Marker cultiva l‘espoir en 1953 que les artefacts africains puissent sortir du strict cadre des musées. Dans le film Les Statues meurent aussi (1950-53), Marker, en tant que réalisateur et scénariste, secondé par Resnais, comme co-réalisateur, Ghislain Cloquet comme directeur de la photographie et Guy Bernard comme compositeur, se donna pour mission de contester le regard figé prédominant sur les artefacts africains. Quel regard porte sur l‘art africain Les statues meurent aussi de Marker ?http://www.imageandnarrative.be/index.php/imagenarrative/article/view/53Marker, Sartre, Mudimbe, Senghor, Cheick Anta Diop, Vautier, Resnais, Malraux, Benjamin, Aminata Traoré, Madeleine Rousseau, Présence Africaine, African contemporary art, African traditional art, mask, statue, universality-particularity, humanism, resista
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Statues Also Die - But Their Death is not the Final Word
Image and Narrative : Online Magazine of the Visual Narrative
Marker, Sartre, Mudimbe, Senghor, Cheick Anta Diop, Vautier, Resnais, Malraux, Benjamin, Aminata Traoré, Madeleine Rousseau, Présence Africaine, African contemporary art, African traditional art, mask, statue, universality-particularity, humanism, resista
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title Statues Also Die - But Their Death is not the Final Word
title_short Statues Also Die - But Their Death is not the Final Word
title_full Statues Also Die - But Their Death is not the Final Word
title_fullStr Statues Also Die - But Their Death is not the Final Word
title_full_unstemmed Statues Also Die - But Their Death is not the Final Word
title_sort statues also die - but their death is not the final word
publisher Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
series Image and Narrative : Online Magazine of the Visual Narrative
issn 1780-678X
publishDate 2010-01-01
description Abstract (E): Along with people like Césaire, Sartre and Howlett, Chris Marker cherished in 1953 the hope that African artefacts would be removed from the museum. In the film Les Statues meurent aussi (‗Statues Also Die‘ 1950-53) Marker as director and writer, accompanied by Resnais as co-director, Ghislain Cloquet as cameraman and Guy Bernard as composer, took up the mission to challenge the prevailing gaze on African artefacts. How does Marker‘s Les Statues meurent aussi look upon African art?<br />Abstract (F): À l‘instar de personnes comme Césaire, Sartre et Howlett, Chris Marker cultiva l‘espoir en 1953 que les artefacts africains puissent sortir du strict cadre des musées. Dans le film Les Statues meurent aussi (1950-53), Marker, en tant que réalisateur et scénariste, secondé par Resnais, comme co-réalisateur, Ghislain Cloquet comme directeur de la photographie et Guy Bernard comme compositeur, se donna pour mission de contester le regard figé prédominant sur les artefacts africains. Quel regard porte sur l‘art africain Les statues meurent aussi de Marker ?
topic Marker, Sartre, Mudimbe, Senghor, Cheick Anta Diop, Vautier, Resnais, Malraux, Benjamin, Aminata Traoré, Madeleine Rousseau, Présence Africaine, African contemporary art, African traditional art, mask, statue, universality-particularity, humanism, resista
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