This special issue of Cinéma&Cie aims at pushing the discussion on the relationships between avant-garde arts and popular culture far beyond traditional scholarship on the topic, stressing the concept of cultural history more than the specificity of film, media and music histories. By adopting a global perspective, the authors will elaborate useful analytical and theoretical tools to re-assess the “avantpop connection” as a dynamics of two-way exchanges across several artistic and media domains and different geographical and historical contexts.
Simone Dotto, François Mouillot and Maria Teresa Soldani
Avant into Pop, Pop into Avant. Interplays between Music and Visual Media
Marie Sophie Beckmann
It wasn’t…pristine: (Re-)visiting the New York Film Festival Downtown
Francesco Spampinato
Cathode Mamma: Postpunk and Television in Italy
Donal Fullam
The Avant-Garde Roots of Video Game Music and Algorithmic Culture
Sandra Lischi, Matias Guerra
Imaginary Video Landscape: John Cage, Mugam Music, Video Art
Gauri Nori
Tuning into the Radio in Experimental Films from India
Runchao Liu
Visions of China: Avant-Orientalism, Art Rock, and Conflicted Otherness
Beyond Cinema
Ana Ramos
Vertov et la perception-caméra
Reviews / Comptes-rendus
Projects & Abstracts
Contributors
