Hitchcock and Contemporary Art

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiii

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2. Introduction

   • Christine Sprengler

   Pages 1-23

3. Cinephilic Pilgrimages and the Reification of Profilmic Space

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   Pages 25-43

4. Activating Memories and Museums through the Expanded Essay Film

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   Pages 45-65

5. Remediation and Intermediality: From Moving to (Film) Still

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   Pages 67-89

6. Spatial Montage, Temporal Collage, and the Art(ifice) of Rear Projection

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   Pages 91-117

7. The Acoustics of Vertigo: Soundtracks, Soundscapes, and Scores

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   Pages 119-139

8. Conclusion

   • Christine Sprengler

   Pages 141-153

9. Back Matter

   Pages 155-201

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Hitchcock and Contemporary Art introduces readers to the fascinating and diverse range of artistic practices devoted to Alfred Hitchcock's films. His works have the capacity to activate sophisticated engagements with Hitchcock's films and cinema more generally, tackling issues of time and space, memory and history, and sound and image.

• Alfred Hitchcock
• cinema
• film
• Museum

"Motivated by feminist curiosity (like Pandora), Sprengler cannot resist revealing hidden secrets; namely that Hitchcock's hold on our imagination has found its way past cinephiles into the work of contemporary art. Her exhaustive case studies include moving images, installations, video games, and soundscapes, and her discussion has resonances that go beyond these 'Hitchcockian artworks' to the film/art axis of influence more generally. This is a valuable reference text for anyone seeking sustained analysis of the rapprochement of art and film and the release of cinema's obsessions into the wider field of visual culture." - Catherine Fowler, Associate Professor, Film, Otago University, New Zealand

"Contemporary art has been quick to capitalize on the familiarity of Hitchcock's iconic films in a way that serves to define the new rapprochement between the art world and popular cinema. Sprengler's book is the first to explore the art gallery of Hitchcockians and provides a valuable catalogue of their achievements." - Richard Allen, author of Hitchcock's Romantic Irony

Christine Sprengler is Associate Professor of Art History at Western University, Canada.

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