The subject of these considerations is to recall the need to analyze categories on the border of cultural archaeology, such as “folklore” in the context of visual perception as “archeology” of not only seeing, but also knowledge. So it is not an interpretation of a specific work or the work of one author. No less important for these reflections was the film Charming eyes [Oczy uroczne] (1976) by Piotr Szulkin (1950–2018), in which the director was inspired by a text by Jan Kasprowicz (1860–1926) from the series Stories and fairy tales [Bajki, klechdy i baśnie] (1922). The aim is to try to answer the question: Do the images, including the film ones, only present sensual perceptions about reality (and therefore, in a way, also of folk culture)? Or just our knowledge about it? Methodology: tools from cultural anthropology, semiotics, psychology of perception.
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Tematem eseju jest przypomnienie potrzeby powrotu do refleksji na temat terminów z pogranicza archeologii kultury, takich jak m.in. „ludowość” w kontekście percepcji wizualnej jako „archeologii” nie tylko widzenia, ale i wiedzy. Prezentowany tekst nie jest więc interpretacją konkretnego dzieła czy twórczości jednego autora. Niemniej ważnym dla tych rozmyślań okazał się film Oczy uroczne z 1976 r. Piotra Szulkina (1950–2018), w którym reżyser inspirował się tekstem Jana Kasprowicza (1860–1926) z cyklu Bajki, klechdy i baśnie (1922). Celem jest próba odpowiedzi na pytanie: Czy obrazy, w tym filmowe, przedstawiają jedynie poznawalne zmysłowo wyobrażenia na temat rzeczywistości (a więc poniekąd też kultury ludowej)? Czy naszą wiedzę na ten temat? Metodologia: narzędzia z zakresu antropologii kultury, semiotyka, psychologia percepcji.
Pietrzak Maciej, O-bi, o-ba: Koniec cywilizacji – postpiśmienny świat Piotra Szulkina [O-Bi, O-Ba: The End of Civilization – The Postliterate World of Piotr Szulkin]. „Przestrzenie Teorii” nr 32. Poznań 2019, Adam Mickiewicz University Press, pp. 273–284. ISSN 1644-6763. DOI 10.14746/pt.2019.32.14. Piotr Szulkin made his mark in the history of cinema primarily as the author of disturbing visions of the future. His four films made between 1979 and 1985 comprised the science-fiction tetralogy, which is still one of the greatest artistic achievements of this genre in Polish cinema. The subject of the article is the third production of Szulkin’s series – the post-apocalyptic film O-Bi, O-Ba: The End of Civilization from 1984. In the film, the director creates a suggestive vision of a world destroyed as a result of nuclear conflict, in which the original functions of literature and the written word are forgotten. The author article analyzes the way in which forsaken literary artifacts are used in the post-literary reality of the film. An important element of his considerations is also the post-apocalyptic reception of the biblical text, on whose elements the mythology of the film’s world is based.
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