Film, art and media

The  article  aims  to  investigate  the  salient  features  of  Frederick  Kiesler  œuvre  –  the theatrical  mise-en-scene  as  a  multimedia  display,  the  dramatization  of  the  space  of consumption  and  the  space  of  the  art  exhibition  for  immersive  purposes,  cinema understood  as  a  totalizing  and  spiritual  experience,  and  the  intuition  of  a  virtualized, individual and domestic experience of the artwork – through the analysis of a selection of  his  projects,  in  light  of  the  most  recent  categories  proposed  for  the  investigation of  immersivity.  The  purpose  of  this  study  is  to  place  Kiesler’s  work  in  a  media-archaeological perspective that takes into account the constant and fruitful asynchrony with the media present in which his work is historically situated

In light of the impact of the pandemic on the ways of social living, the fallout on COVID-19 dress codes and the discipline of movement imposed by social distancing, the text investi- gates the embodiment of 20th-century biotechnical thought – of which Frederick Kiesler’s correalism is one of the expressions – through the analysis of a garment, the “stillsuit,” and a choreography of gesture of fictional origin. The latter are manifestos of the discipline the natives of Dune impose on themselves in order to achieve a harmonious coexistence with the planetary ecosystem in the eponymous novel by Frank Herbert.