In this book; Laura Marks examines one of the worlds most impressive; and affecting; bodies of independent and experimental cinema from the last twenty-five years: film and video works from the Arabic-speaking world. Some of these works creative strategies are shared by filmmakers around the world; others arise from the particular economic; social; political; and historical circumstances of Arab countries; whose urgency; Marks argues; seems to demand experiment and invention. Grounded in a study of infrastructures for independent and experimental media art in the Arab world and a broad knowledge of hundreds of films and videos; Hanan al-Cinema approaches these works thematically. Topics include the nomadism of the highway; nostalgia for 70s radicalism; a romance with the archive; algorithmic and glitch media; haptic and networked space; and cinema of the body. Marks develops an aesthetic of enfolding and unfolding to elucidate the different ways that cinema can make events perceptible; seek connections among them; and unfold in the bodies and thoughts of audiences. The phrase Hanan al-cinema expresses the way movies sympathize with the world and the way audiences feel affection for; and are affected by; them. Markss clear and expressive writing conveys these affections in works by such internationally recognized artists and filmmakers as Akram Zaatari; Elia Suleiman; Hassan Khan; Mounir Fatmi; and Joana Hadjithomas and Khalil Joreige; and others who should be better known.
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