Marcel Bächtiger Zwicky: Catalogue data in Spring Semester 2021

Name Dr. Marcel Bächtiger Zwicky
Address
Dep. Architektur
ETH Zürich, HIL E 15.1
Stefano-Franscini-Platz 5
8093 Zürich
SWITZERLAND
E-mailbaechtiger@arch.ethz.ch
DepartmentArchitecture
RelationshipLecturer

NumberTitleECTSHoursLecturers
052-0514-00LSpatial Concepts in Film and Architecture (FS) Information Restricted registration - show details
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1 credit1VM. Bächtiger Zwicky, A. Gigon
AbstractThe course deals with spatial phenomena at the interface of film and architecture. The alternating influence of these two media will be analiyzed, the dispositions of perception and effect will be compared and thus will sharpen the view for a architectural way of looking at space.
ObjectiveThe examination of filmic space situations and performance discloses new perceptions of architecture which will be studied on behalf of film analyses and experimental topics. During the course space-effective creative means such as editing or framing will be introduced and discussed under perceptive aspects. Mediality within spatial perception can thus be integrated into a development of cultural history and leads towards a conception which goes  beyond the limits of architecture and stimulates new processes of design.
ContentLike architecture, film can be understood both as an autonomous artistic discipline and as a politically and socially determined form of expression of a particular time and culture. "Few films are pure 'works of art', but all are to a greater or lesser extent historic documents", Siegfried Kracauer remarked already in 1947 in his famous study 'From Caligari to Hitler'. "As historic documents, however, they reflect the external and internal state of a society which, for its part, expects pretences from film." Based on the tension between the poles of artwork and document or reflection and pretence, we will look at, analyse and discuss ten selected award-winning films of contemporary international cinema - from Maïwenn's 'Polisse' (2011) to Bong Joon-ho's 'Parasite' (2019) and Chloé Zhao's 'Nomadland' (2020). The focus lies on the architectural and cinematic space, whose staging, function and symbolism will be critically examined in the context of current social issues. The seminar will start with an introduction to the construction tools of cinematic space and the study of selected texts on spatial and film theory. The films are presented and analysed by the students.
063-0174-21LSpatial Concepts in Film and Architecture (Thesis Elective) Information Restricted registration - show details 6 credits13AM. Bächtiger Zwicky, A. Gigon
AbstractWithin three elective courses the students need to fulfill an elective work (seminar work). Elective works serve the independent way of dealing with the contents of the according elective course.
ObjectiveThe aim of these papers is to foster an independent engagement with the subjects of the seminar. A scientific familiarization with the respective themes is required.