Biography
Olivier Zuchuat is an HES professor associated with the cinema department of HEAD – Geneva (HES-SO). Director and editor, he notably directed the cinematographic essays Djourou (2004), Au Loin des villages (2008), Comme des lions de pierre à l’entrée de la nuit (2013) and Le périmètre de Kamsé (2020), all distributed in Europe. He co-edited the books Montage – Une anthologie (1913-2018) (Presses du Réel, MAMCO-HEAD) and Lav Diaz : faire face (Post éditions, 2022).
Contents
18.12.2023
“Small Axe” by Steve McQueen : towards a limited seriality
In 2020, British filmmaker Steve McQueen brought together under the name Small Axe a collection of five autonomous films that have as common elements a place (London, Brixton district), a community under…
30.09.2021
Politics and aesthetics of film montage
From cinema to installation
Against a deluge of images, certain forms of montage, compilation and spatialization allow for a critical engagement with images. Doreen Mende looks back at the approaches of Soviet women editors and the…