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Monuments Askew: An Elliptical History of the Factory of the Eccentric Actor

Monuments Askew: An Elliptical History of the Factory of the Eccentric Actor

Corrigan, Maria

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Series: Media Matters

Art HistoryFilm StudiesTheater History

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ISBN10: 1978843011
ISBN13: 9781978843011
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Published: Aug 12 2025
Pages: 172
Weight: 0.58
Height: 0.42 Width: 6.17 Depth: 8.90
Language: English
Monuments Askew: An Elliptical History of the Factory of the Eccentric Actor presents a cultural history of the Factory of the Eccentric Actor (FEKS), an avant-garde collective of Ukrainian artists whose unique approach to monumental history generated a new kind of cinema for a modernizing Soviet era. Often lost in the shuffle of this period, FEKS's vibrant and experimental cinematic output initiated a youthful and cheeky overhaul of Soviet revolutionary culture. Monuments Askew reveals the foundational role of this understudied group of artists--including Grigori Kozintsev and Leonid Trauberg--and uses their own theoretical contributions to undo the foundations of our understanding of Soviet media and arts. As a counter to a solely cinema-focused conceptualization of this era, Corrigan develops a transnational media theory of eccentricity. Defining eccentric circles as warped, irregular orbits that force a realignment of centers, Monuments Askew shows how FEKS's body of work inspires an eccentric realignment of the pillars of Soviet visual culture, and indeed of monumentality itself.

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