Masterclass with Guillermo G. Peydró: Film on Art

Masterclass with Guillermo G. Peydró: Film on Art

Join us for an exciting event with renowned filmmaker Guillermo G. Peydró where he will share his insights on the intersection of film and art. Get ready to be inspired and learn!

Date: Thursday 5th December 2024

Time: 13:00-14:00

Location: Geoffrey Manton Building, Manchester Metropolitan University

About this masterclass

Since the 1940s, a whole series of filmmakers have consciously explored the possibilities of filming the arts, using diverse and often conflicting strategies. In my book Film on Art. From the Dramatisation of Painting to the Essay Film (“El cine sobre arte. De la dramatization de la pintura al cine-ensayo”, Shangrila, 2019), I propose seven options, each with pioneering experiments, theoretical debates, and subsequent detours. The seventh of these, the last in chronological order, is an essay film on art and brings together all the other experiments in a meta-reflexive form that uses the expressive tools of the literary essay. My work as a filmmaker falls within the last option, particularly my trilogy of political reactivation of Spanish works of art, which includes a film about painting (The Guernica Variations, 2012), another about architecture (City of Work, 2015) and a third piece on literature (The Tableau of Wonders, 2021). In this masterclass, I will briefly examine the characteristics of each of the trends. I will offer a brief description of the devices I use in my films, focusing on my essay-film on Cervantes in times of pandemics and fake news (The Tableau of Wonders, 2021). This event is linked to the screening that will take place on the same day at the Instituto Cervantes in Manchester:Vessels of Communication with Guillermo G Peydró. Free event but registration is required.

About the director:

Guillermo G. Peydró is a filmmaker and art historian. He has been a programmer at the Greenpoint Film Festival (Brooklyn, New York). He completed his PhD at the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía on ‘film-essay on art’, in which he studied the forms of critical dialogue between film and the visual arts since the beginning of the 20th century, as well as their aesthetic, academic and political applications. His films have been screened in cinemas, museums, universities and cultural centres in Europe, North America and Latin America. Peydró is a lecturer at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid (Spain) https://www.ucm.es/cap/prof-guillermo-g-peydro.

More information about his work is available here: http://www.guillermopeydro.com/

This event is organized by Dr Carmen Herrero (Reader in Hispanic Studies) at Manchester Metropolitan University. This masterclass is part of the Vessels of Communication Project, in collaboration with the Screen Culture Network at Manchester Metropolitan University and the Instituto Cervantes (Manchester).

Host or Publisher Carmen Herrero