[csaa-forum] public lecture - Stephen Teo on Asian Cinema - 26/10 at 12.45pm

[Brian Morris]

As part of RMIT's School of Applied Communication Graduate Research Conference (GRC) you are invited to a public lecture/keynote presentation by
 
Dr Stephen Teo
'Towards a Theory of Asian Cinema: A critical inquiry into an alternative cinematic paradigm'

Date: Friday, 26th October 2007
Time: 12.45 - 1.45pm
Venue: RMIT Council Chamber, Building 1
(see http://www.rmit.edu.au/about/maps/city/location)

[Admission is Free]

Abstract:
This paper considers the question of Asian cinema and whether such an entity exists as a valid cinematic paradigm in comparative terms. I examine artistic manifestations of an Asian cinematic practice through representations of cinematic space in the works of Wong Kar-wai, Hou Hsiao-hsien and others, and explore the notion of a theory of Asian cinema arising from such practices. Can such a theory be self-sustaining in the assertion of an Asian cinema? Or is Asian cinema a series of national cinemas that are too diverse to cohere, with each national cinema striving to transcend Asian-ness even as it seeks to incorporate a certain view of shared cultural values? The paper will examine questions of identity, transculturalism and the dominance of Hollywood in relation to the proposed concepts of Asian cinema and Asian cinematic practices.

Dr. Stephen Teo is a research fellow at the Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore, and a senior associate of RMIT University. He is currently conducting research into Asian cinemas, and is the author of Hong Kong Cinema: The Extra Dimensions (London: BFI, 1997), Wong Kar-wai (BFI, 2005), King Hu's A Touch of Zen (Hong Kong University Press, 2007), and Director in Action: Johnnie To and the Hong Kong Action Film (HKU Press, 2007). He is now working on his next book, The Chinese Martial Arts Cinema: The Wuxia Tradition, to be published by the Edinburgh University Press.

Enquiries: angelo.tardio at rmit.edu.au 

For those outside Melbourne: this lecture will also be available online later in video and audio format 
http://www.rmit.edu.au/appliedcommunication/publiclectures

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Dr. Brian Morris
Senior Lecturer & Postgraduate Research Coordinator
School of Applied Communication
RMIT University (City), GPO Box 2476V
Melbourne VIC 3001, Australia

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