The Self-Portrait in the Moving Image
28 February and 1 March 2014

This event reassessed the practice of self-portraiture in the moving image by showcasing and discussing a broad variety of films, including works by Robert Kramer, Aleksandr Sokurov, Jonas Mekas, Vincent Dieutre, Jack Hazan, Chantal Akerman, Jean-Luc Godard, Agnes Varda, and Sarah Turner.

Introduction to 'The Self-Portrait in the Moving Image' by Laura Mulvey
Introduction to 'The Self Portrait in the Moving Image' by Michael Temple
Roundtable discussion 
Muriel Tinel-Temple, ‘The self-portrait in experimental cinema’
Marlène Monteiro, ‘Vincent Dieutre’s Leçons de ténèbres: the self-portrait as fragmented self’
Cecilia Sayad in conversation with Michael Temple about her book Performing Authorship: Self-Inscription and Corporeality in the Cinema (London: I.B. Tauris, 2013)
 Laura Busetta, ‘Jonas Mekas’s Self-portrait: subjectivity, fragmentation, and displacement’