Eisenstein on the audiovisual Cinema and the Audiovisual Imagination
'We had no hesitation in choosing the winner. Preface
Robert Robertson achieves the near-impossible,
shedding fresh light on Eisenstein without loading This not one of those books
him with ideology. in which I state what I will write about,
Like the work it describes, this book is symphonic; write that I'm writing about it,
it draws together strong influences and forces around and to conclude,
Eisenstein into a compelling and cogent narrative write about what I have written.
– at once enjoyable, provocative.’ It's a book for those who are ready to explore
Francine Stock, Chair of the judging panel, ideas
And/Or Kraszna-Krausz Prize, 2010 without being told
what they will read,
'Robert Robertson’s book Eisenstein on the Audiovisual what they are reading,
really represents one of my preoccupations in being an and what to conclude.
editor. It really stretches the field.'
Philippa Brewster, Senior Editor, winner of the It's a book for those who
Kraszna-Krausz Foundation's Outstanding Contribution think for themselves.
to Publishing Award, 2014.
*******************************
'Fascinating and thought-provoking.'
amazon.com Colin Odell and Michelle le Blanc.
amazon.co.uk
amazon.com
‘This book is exceptionally well written. amazon.co.uk
The argument is straightforward and the text lucid.
Eisenstein on the Audiovisual should be on the shelves Cinema and the Audiovisual Imagination
of every library of an institution teaching media is based on courses Robertson has taught at
and/or film studies in the English-speaking world.' King's College London, the University of Kent,
Professor Richard Taylor the BFI, and the Netherlands Academy of Film
and Television
Reviews (operas, music/films, books)
The Kingdom, 18 articles in various Dutch newspapers and magazines (1983-1984)
Oserake and The River That Walks in Time Out London (Wally Hammond, 2002)
Articles, interviews
Marina Hammond, BBC World Service, Russian Section, interview about Empedocles (1995)
Tatiana Egorova, Empedokles in Musikalnya Zhien #4, Moscow (1999)
Jaap Mees, Oserake and the River That Walks, interview in Talking Pictures (2003)
Nick Higham, BBC 4 television, Eisenstein on the Audiovisual (28/4/10)
Julia Sukan del Rio, Eisenstein on the Audiovisual, interview for postgraduate research on film composers,
Film Studies, University College London (9/7/10)
James Wilson, interview to introduce The Battleship Potemkin, Swedenborg House, London (15/10/10), published in Images of the Afterlife in Cinema by James Wilson, Duchy of Lambeth, 2011
Own articles
1. Failure, Intertransparency and the Leaping Elements in Interfaces #13, Dijon (1998)
2. From Rheingold to Renegade Arts in Filmwaves #3, London (1998)
3. Film and the Ocean of Music in Filmwaves #7, London (1999)
4. The Kingdom, an Opera about the Haitian Revolution, Society for Caribbean Studies, Internet (2004)
5. Que viva Mexico! Eisenstein’s Film-Symphony project in Offscreen, online film journal (2005), in two parts
6. The Wilderness of the Imagination in Landscape and Arts #36, London (2006)
7. Eisenstein, Synaesthesia, Symbolism and the Occult Traditions, Offscreen (2006)
Also published in Italian in Caracult, online interdisciplinary journal affiliated to Bologna University (2007)
8. Testing for Nature’s Equilibrium: Eisenstein and Frank Lloyd Wright on Organic Unity, Offscreen (2007)
9. Audiovisual Glass: Eisenstein and Frank Lloyd Wright on Light, Space and Music, Offscreen (2008)
10. Eisenstein on his Audiovisual Collaboration with Prokofiev, Offscreen (2009)
11. The Equivalence of Space and Music: Eisenstein and Frank Lloyd Wright in The Soundtrack (March 2010)
'We had no hesitation in choosing the winner. Preface
Robert Robertson achieves the near-impossible,
shedding fresh light on Eisenstein without loading This not one of those books
him with ideology. in which I state what I will write about,
Like the work it describes, this book is symphonic; write that I'm writing about it,
it draws together strong influences and forces around and to conclude,
Eisenstein into a compelling and cogent narrative write about what I have written.
– at once enjoyable, provocative.’ It's a book for those who are ready to explore
Francine Stock, Chair of the judging panel, ideas
And/Or Kraszna-Krausz Prize, 2010 without being told
what they will read,
'Robert Robertson’s book Eisenstein on the Audiovisual what they are reading,
really represents one of my preoccupations in being an and what to conclude.
editor. It really stretches the field.'
Philippa Brewster, Senior Editor, winner of the It's a book for those who
Kraszna-Krausz Foundation's Outstanding Contribution think for themselves.
to Publishing Award, 2014.
*******************************
'Fascinating and thought-provoking.'
amazon.com Colin Odell and Michelle le Blanc.
amazon.co.uk
amazon.com
‘This book is exceptionally well written. amazon.co.uk
The argument is straightforward and the text lucid.
Eisenstein on the Audiovisual should be on the shelves Cinema and the Audiovisual Imagination
of every library of an institution teaching media is based on courses Robertson has taught at
and/or film studies in the English-speaking world.' King's College London, the University of Kent,
Professor Richard Taylor the BFI, and the Netherlands Academy of Film
and Television
Reviews (operas, music/films, books)
The Kingdom, 18 articles in various Dutch newspapers and magazines (1983-1984)
Oserake and The River That Walks in Time Out London (Wally Hammond, 2002)
Articles, interviews
Marina Hammond, BBC World Service, Russian Section, interview about Empedocles (1995)
Tatiana Egorova, Empedokles in Musikalnya Zhien #4, Moscow (1999)
Jaap Mees, Oserake and the River That Walks, interview in Talking Pictures (2003)
Nick Higham, BBC 4 television, Eisenstein on the Audiovisual (28/4/10)
Julia Sukan del Rio, Eisenstein on the Audiovisual, interview for postgraduate research on film composers,
Film Studies, University College London (9/7/10)
James Wilson, interview to introduce The Battleship Potemkin, Swedenborg House, London (15/10/10), published in Images of the Afterlife in Cinema by James Wilson, Duchy of Lambeth, 2011
Own articles
1. Failure, Intertransparency and the Leaping Elements in Interfaces #13, Dijon (1998)
2. From Rheingold to Renegade Arts in Filmwaves #3, London (1998)
3. Film and the Ocean of Music in Filmwaves #7, London (1999)
4. The Kingdom, an Opera about the Haitian Revolution, Society for Caribbean Studies, Internet (2004)
5. Que viva Mexico! Eisenstein’s Film-Symphony project in Offscreen, online film journal (2005), in two parts
6. The Wilderness of the Imagination in Landscape and Arts #36, London (2006)
7. Eisenstein, Synaesthesia, Symbolism and the Occult Traditions, Offscreen (2006)
Also published in Italian in Caracult, online interdisciplinary journal affiliated to Bologna University (2007)
8. Testing for Nature’s Equilibrium: Eisenstein and Frank Lloyd Wright on Organic Unity, Offscreen (2007)
9. Audiovisual Glass: Eisenstein and Frank Lloyd Wright on Light, Space and Music, Offscreen (2008)
10. Eisenstein on his Audiovisual Collaboration with Prokofiev, Offscreen (2009)
11. The Equivalence of Space and Music: Eisenstein and Frank Lloyd Wright in The Soundtrack (March 2010)
Gordon and Breach/Harwood Academic Publishers
From 1986 to 2000, as an editor at Gordon and Breach/Harwood Academic Publishers
I set up a performing arts programme, publishing journals, books, CDs, videotapes and audiocassettes.
The idea was to focus on the performing arts worldwide. I was especially interested in commissioning publications about performing traditions and works which combine more
than one medium. One of the reasons I set up the journal Contemporary Theatre Review
was to introduce theatre ideas and practices from the Continent and further afield, to the UK.
The main aims of my publishing programme were:
- to publish material by practitioners for practitioners
- to present primary material
- to publish artistic achievements of the 20th century which were thought to have been lost, due to the dictatorships
of Hitler, Stalin and Franco (The Times Literary Supplement referred to this as a 'programme of reclamation')
- to supplement traditional paper media with accompanying CDs, videotapes, cassettes, and online facilities.
I commissioned the following journals and book series:
Contemporary Music Studies
Contemporary Theatre Review
Contemporary Theatre Studies
Russian Theatre Archive
Polish Theatre Archive
German Theatre Archive
Greek and Roman Theatre Archive
Greek Poetry Archive
I managed the following publications:
Contemporary Music Review
Music Archive Publications (music scores)
Musical Performance
Studies in Russian Musicology
Netherlands Music Archive
Choreography and Dance
Choreography and Dance Studies
Choreography and Dance Archive (videotape and text format)
The Language of Dance Series
Poets' Voices (text and CD format)
Performing Arts International
Performing Arts Studies
Mask: A Release of Acting Resources
Computers and the History of Art
I set up a performing arts programme, publishing journals, books, CDs, videotapes and audiocassettes.
The idea was to focus on the performing arts worldwide. I was especially interested in commissioning publications about performing traditions and works which combine more
than one medium. One of the reasons I set up the journal Contemporary Theatre Review
was to introduce theatre ideas and practices from the Continent and further afield, to the UK.
The main aims of my publishing programme were:
- to publish material by practitioners for practitioners
- to present primary material
- to publish artistic achievements of the 20th century which were thought to have been lost, due to the dictatorships
of Hitler, Stalin and Franco (The Times Literary Supplement referred to this as a 'programme of reclamation')
- to supplement traditional paper media with accompanying CDs, videotapes, cassettes, and online facilities.
I commissioned the following journals and book series:
Contemporary Music Studies
Contemporary Theatre Review
Contemporary Theatre Studies
Russian Theatre Archive
Polish Theatre Archive
German Theatre Archive
Greek and Roman Theatre Archive
Greek Poetry Archive
I managed the following publications:
Contemporary Music Review
Music Archive Publications (music scores)
Musical Performance
Studies in Russian Musicology
Netherlands Music Archive
Choreography and Dance
Choreography and Dance Studies
Choreography and Dance Archive (videotape and text format)
The Language of Dance Series
Poets' Voices (text and CD format)
Performing Arts International
Performing Arts Studies
Mask: A Release of Acting Resources
Computers and the History of Art
