Frederick J. Kiesler's Involvement with Film Culture (Diplom)

Diploma Thesis

Author

Feng Lei

Location, Date

Universität für angewandte Kunst in Wien, Wien, Österreich, 30 October 2015

Keywords

Film, Architektur, Film Guild Cinema, New York, Frederick J. Kiesler

Text

This thesis investigates Friedrich J. Kiesler’s (1890-1965) involvement with film culture, which has largely been neglected and never seriously paid attention to by scholars. Starting with Kiesler’s Film Guild Cinema (1929) as its entry point, the thesis first employs a crossover strategy so as to dissolve rigid disciplinary boundaries and look into the intersection between film and architecture, so as to spotlight Film Guild Cinema as a space where architecture enlightens cinema, and a place where cinema enlightens architecture, an arena where architecture and cinema mutually affect each other. Thereafter, looking back retrospectively (and in an unconventional biographical manner), an overview is offered to exam certain essential prequels, precursors and predecessors from the so-called most fruitful years of Kiesler’s life. Key projects such as the R. U. R. backdrop design (1922-1923), Space Stage (1924), City-in-Space (1925) are examed in succession.

Language, Format, Material, Edition

English

Activity List

Location

Address

  • Universität für angewandte Kunst in Wien, Wien, Österreich
  • Oskar-Kokoschka-Platz 2
  • 1010 Wien
  • Österreich
Published By: Gabriele Jutz | Universität für Angewandte Kunst Wien | Publication Date: 09 May 2022, 11:48 | Edit Date: 06 November 2023, 13:26