Sustaining cultures through cinematic space – the historical continuance of art and architectural traditions in 20 C Film

Graham Cairns

doi:10.47818/DRArch.2022.v3si069

Sustaining cultures through cinematic space – the historical continuance of art and architectural traditions in 20 C Film

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Graham Cairns Short Bio AMPS (Architecture, Media, Politics, Society).

Dr Graham Cairns is an academic and author in the field of architecture who has written extensively on film, advertising and political communication. He has held Visiting Professor positions at universities in Spain, the UK, Mexico, the Gambia, South Africa and the US. He has led academic departments in the UK and the US. He has worked in architectural studios in London and Hong Kong and previously founded and ran a performing arts organisation, Hybrid Artworks, specialised in video installation and performance writing. He is author and editor of several books and various articles on architecture as both a form of visual culture and a socio-political construct. He is currently director of the academic research organisation AMPS (Architecture, Media, Politics, Society).

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.47818/DRArch.2022.v3si069

Keywords:

architecture, film, culture, heritage

Abstract

This paper explores the idea of film as a medium that has been used to celebrate, develop and ultimately sustain cultural traditions in an age of globalization and technological and cultural change. It borrows ideas from the sector of heritage, namely intangible cultural heritage, and uses this to offer a framework for understanding the work of two key mid 20th century film directors, Jean Renoir and Yasujiro Ozu. Through a detailed analysis of the cinematography employed by both directors, their use of architectural space and the cultural traditions that they drew heavily upon, it explores examples how both directors used film as a medium for the reutilization of their particular cultural artistic traditions in a contemporary setting.

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2022-12-30

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Cairns, G. (2022). Sustaining cultures through cinematic space – the historical continuance of art and architectural traditions in 20 C Film. Journal of Design for Resilience in Architecture and Planning, 3((Special Issue), 29–48. https://doi.org/10.47818/DRArch.2022.v3si069