Time and the Everyday in Slow Cinema - Hardcover

Barotsi, Rosa

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 3965580922 ISBN 13: 9783965580923

Publisher: ICI Berlin Press, 2025

Synopsis

Time and the Everyday in Slow Cinema examines the phenomenon of Slow cinema, a style defined by its lingering focus on quotidian activities and extended durations. Rosa Barotsi argues that while the style emerges from a tradition of durational filmmaking and resonates with movements advocating for deceleration, it is also deeply entangled in the structures of late capitalism, creating a dynamic tension between radicalism and conservatism. This book situates the trend between artistic innovation and institutional commodification, ultimately raising critical questions about spectatorship, cinematic time, and the politics of cultural value.

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About the Author

Rosa Barotsi is a researcher at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia and Principal Investigator of the NextGeneration EU-funded project IMFilm. Her research and curatorial work explore the intersections of film, gender, and labour. She is a co-founder of the Feminist Frames network and the In Front of the Factory collective. She recently co-edited the special issue 'Gender and Labour in the Italian Screen Industries' in Comunicazioni Sociali (2023). She was previously a Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellow and a Fellow at ICI Berlin.

Edition details

• Publisher: ICI Berlin Press
• Publication date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3965580922
• ISBN 13: 9783965580923
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 350