At the Edges of Sleep : : Moving Images and Somnolent Spectators / / Jean Ma.

Many recent works of contemporary art, performance, and film turn a spotlight on sleep, wresting it from the hidden, private spaces to which it is commonly relegated. At the Edges of Sleep considers sleep in film and moving image art as both a subject matter to explore onscreen and a state to induce...

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Place / Publishing House:Berkeley, CA : : University of California Press,, [2022]
©2022
Year of Publication:2022
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Physical Description:1 online resource (280 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1 Apichatpong Weerasethakul and the Turn to Sleep
  • 2 Sleep Must Be Protected
  • PART I: REGARDING SLEEP
  • 3 Into the Dark
  • 4 Exiting and Entering Early Cinema
  • 5 Somnolent Journeys
  • 6 Insensate Intimacies
  • PART II: SLEEPING REGARD
  • 7 The Regressive Thesis
  • 8 Narcotic Reception
  • 9 A Little History of Sleeping at the Movies
  • 10 Zoning Out
  • 11 Circadian Cinemas
  • Notes
  • Selected Bibliography
  • Index