The Oceanic Primitivism of Len Lye's Animation <i>Tusalava</i>
 (1929)

Stephen, Ann

doi:10.1111/1467-8365.12276

Art History

2017

DOI: 10.1111/1467-8365.12276

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The Oceanic Primitivism of Len Lye's Animation Tusalava (1929)

Ann Stephen¹

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From Lotte Reiniger to Nguyễn Trinh Thi: Examining the Evolution of Non-Western Representation in Artists’ Film and Video

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Experimental filmmakers are often celebrated for their radical engagement with both form and content. This article highlights how artists’ film and video have evolved in the past century when it comes to the representation of non-Western communities and their cultures. Employing close textual analysis, it compares Lotte Reiniger’s The Adventures of Prince Achmed (1926), Len Lye’s Tusalava (1929) and Free Radicals (1958), and Nguyễn Trinh Thi’s Letters from Panduranga (2015), through a postcolonial lens. Foregrounding how Nguyễn is engaged in the nuances of postcolonial identity in a manner that is not replicated by Reiniger and Lye, it concludes that depictions of non-Western cultures in artists’ film and video have developed in the past century from spaces of exoticization to sites of inclusion and respect.

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The Oceanic Primitivism of Len Lye's Animation Tusalava (1929)

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From Lotte Reiniger to Nguyễn Trinh Thi: Examining the Evolution of Non-Western Representation in Artists’ Film and Video

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