The Tactile Reconstruction of The Fall of the House of Usher

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10.2991/978-2-38476-170-8_65How to use a DOI?

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Jan Švankmajer; The Fall of the House of Usher; Film Adaptation; Tactile art; Audiovisualized touch

Abstract

Czech director Jan Švankmajer’s film adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe’s novel of the same name, The Fall of the House of Usher, combines the director’s interpretation of the original literary text with his theoretical activity. As the first practice of tactile art advocacy in the field of cinema, the film has an important place in the director’s creative career. In this film, the sense of touch is realised through the use of audio-visual techniques such as textured photography and stop-motion animation to create a world of unoccupied “things”. The audiovisual tactile interpretation of the original is further completed by the visual interpretation of the film. The film’s reconstruction of the original can be roughly divided into three steps: the establishment of the status of the sense of touch, the realisation of the audiovisual touch, and the tactile interpretation. The tactile reproduction and interpretation reveal the director’s unique artistic concept and creative approach.

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AU  - Changkai Tang
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TI  - The Tactile Reconstruction of The Fall of the House of Usher
BT  - Proceedings of the  2023 5th International Conference on Literature, Art and Human Development (ICLAHD 2023)
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