par Seiderer, Anna ;Schellow, Alexander
Référence Critical arts, 31, 2, page (87-101)
Publication Publié, 2017-03
Article révisé par les pairs
Résumé : The article presents artistic-led research focused on Belgian colonial films. It aims to reconnect the narrative aspect of the films with the experience of time, which Paul Ricoeur relates to memory. This memory is explored by a particular technique: taking notes during the film screening and subsequently revising them. The focus is on the notes Alexander Schellow wrote on two films shot during the colonial expedition in northern Congo led by Armand Hutereau between 1911 and 1913. Schellow's artistic practice of drawing and animation sharpened his gaze on the agency of the cameras, which becomes readable and visible through his notes. Inspired by Maya Deren, it is argued that this subjective experience of writing notes during the film screening is a manipulation of reality that enables us to understand with much greater acuity the major political phenomena that were at work, such as the transfiguration operated by camera in the first years of the colonial project, transforming a territory into a consumable commodity.