Film and the Avant-Garde (FMS-0058)

Spring 2027 · FMS 0058 · Tufts University · 3 credits · Undergraduate

The role of film within avant-garde art, primarily in Europe and North America. Avant-garde filmmakers beginning in the 1920s, such as Fernand Leger and Marcel Duchamp, as well as filmmakers from cross-media movements such as Dada and Surrealism. Postwar artists in the United States who reworked prewar avant-garde film genres and pioneered new ones, including lyrical and collage film. Structural film of the 1960s and the pluralism of avant-garde film since the 1970s. Historical conditions and theories that shaped these developments, and the use of avant-garde film by feminists and other artists for socio-political critique. Lower level version of FMS 0185.

Course codes: FMS-0058, FMS 0058, FMS0058, FMS-58, FMS 58, FMS58, ILVS-0058, ILVS 0058, ILVS0058, ILVS-58, ILVS 58, ILVS58, ILVS-0187, ILVS 0187, ILVS0187, ILVS-187, ILVS 187, ILVS187, HAA-0159, HAA 0159, HAA0159, HAA-159, HAA 159, HAA159, FMS-0185, FMS 0185, FMS0185, FMS-185, FMS 185, FMS185, HAA-0049, HAA 0049, HAA0049, HAA-49, HAA 49, HAA49, VMS-0185, VMS 0185, VMS0185, VMS-185, VMS 185, VMS185, VMS-0058, VMS 0058, VMS0058, VMS-58, VMS 58, VMS58

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