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by Nitin Bathla (Editor), Silvia Cipelletti (Editor), Markus Lähteenmäki (Editor)
Amid deepening ecological and democratic crises, urban theory is changing fundamentally. Film and cinema--media historically intertwined with the city--have likewise undergone a profound transformation in its modes of representation and visual culture since the late 1980s. Today, filmmakers, photographers, and radical artists investigate the distant landscapes and territories of extended urbanization in all its forms. Films like Behemoth (Zhao Liang, 2015), Homo Urbanus (Ila Bêka & Louise Lemoine, 2017), and Leviathan (Lucien Castaing-Taylor & Véréna Paravel, 2012) exemplify this genre. But how do cinema and the city mutually shape each other? This book stages an encounter between film and the theory of planetary urbanization by deploying the notion of the Sensoriums of Planetary Urbanization. It offers a deep analysis of the multifaceted experiences of urban life--within and beyond the city.
With contributions by Adam Jasper, Assel Kadyrkhanova, Mosè Cometta, Jacqueline Maurer, Lorenzo Tripodi, Sofie Stilling, S ren Nielsen and Hans Teerds, Fred Truniger, Anne Romme, Emil Hvelplund Kristiansen, Junia Cambraia Mortimer, Roberto Luís Monte-Mór, Rosa Barba, J.P. Sniadecki and Joshua Bonnetta, Christian Schmid, Ana Vaz, Hira Nabi, Chrystel Oloukoï, Ila Bêka and Louise Lemoine
- Brings together contemporary visual culture with the transformative theory of planetary urbanization
- Features contributions from scholars, researchers, filmmakers, and practitioners
- Draws on various academic disciplines and creative practices including film, urban studies, geography, architecture, architectural history, and cultural studies
Author Biography
Nitin Bathla is a researcher working at the intersection of urbanization, the environment, society, and the arts. He is the author of the award-winning book Researching Otherwise and the critically acclaimed documentary Not Just Roads. He serves as an editor for the journal Urban Geography, Shared Habitats, and the Urban Political Podcast, and sits on the editorial board of Urban Political Ecology.
Markus Lähteenmäki is a historian and curator of architecture working at EPFL, the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne. He is the Editor-in-Chief of Architectural Histories, Europe's leading journal dedicated to architectural history and a pioneer of open access academic publishing.
Silvia Cipelletti holds a Master's degree from the Academy of Architecture in Mendrisio, where she is currently undertaking PhD research on border landscapes through video essays. She has also been working as a guest lecturer and teaching assistant for courses and workshops that investigate the interface between architecture and visual media.
Klearjos Eduardo Papanicolaou is a filmmaker and lecturer specializing in urban and sensory ethnography. His films include The Seven Sisters Indoor Market (with Marios Kleftakis), The Disappearance of Robin Hood (with Urban-Think Tank), Not Just Roads (with Nitin Bathla), and Hot Cold Wet Dry (with Marios Kleftakis). He teaches audiovisual ethnography to architecture students at the ETH Zurich.
