<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>This article explores the relationship between film, contemporary art and cultural memory. It aims to set out an overview of the use of film and media in artworks dealing with memory, history and the past. In recent decades, film and media projections have become some of the most common mediums employed in art installations, multi-screen artworks, sculptures, multi-media art, as well as many other forms of contemporary art. In order to examine the links between film, contemporary art and memory, I will firstly take a brief look at cultural memory and, secondly, I will set out an overview of some pieces of art that utilize film and video to elucidate historical and mnemonic accounts. Thirdly, I will consider the specific features and challenges of film and media that make them an effective repository in art to represent memory. I will consider the work of artists like Tacita Dean, Krzysztof Wodiczko and Jane and Louise Wilson, whose art is heavily influenced and inspired by concepts of memory, history, nostalgia and melancholy. These artists provide examples of the use of film in art, and they have established contemporary art as a site for memory.</p></abstract>

This article explores the relationship between film, contemporary art and cultural memory. It aims to set out an overview of the use of film and media in artworks dealing with memory, history and the past. In recent decades, film and media projections have become some of the most common mediums employed in art installations, multi-screen artworks, sculptures, multi-media art, as well as many other forms of contemporary art. In order to examine the links between film, contemporary art and memory, I will firstly take a brief look at cultural memory and, secondly, I will set out an overview of some pieces of art that utilize film and video to elucidate historical and mnemonic accounts. Thirdly, I will consider the specific features and challenges of film and media that make them an effective repository in art to represent memory. I will consider the work of artists like Tacita Dean, Krzysztof Wodiczko and Jane and Louise Wilson, whose art is heavily influenced and inspired by concepts of memory, history, nostalgia and melancholy. These artists provide examples of the use of film in art, and they have established contemporary art as a site for memory.

Film and Media as a Site for Memory in Contemporary Art

Acta Universitatis Sapientiae, Film and Media Studies

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This article explores the relationship between film, contemporary art and cultural memory. It aims to set out an overview of the use of film and media in...

Film and Media as a Site for Memory in Contemporary Art

Published Online: Jan 19, 2018

Page range: 157 - 173

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ausfm-2017-0007

Keywords
contemporary art, cultural memory, memory, film, temporality

© 2017 Domingo Martinez Rosario, published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Film and Media as a Site for Memory in Contemporary Art

Published Online: Jan 19, 2018

Page range: 157 - 173

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ausfm-2017-0007

Keywordscontemporary art, cultural memory, memory, film, temporality

© 2017 Domingo Martinez Rosario, published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
contemporary art, cultural memory, memory, film, temporality