“WindVision: in conversation about a PhD journey from film theory to experimental essay (with PhD supervisor, Ursula Hurley)”

Hurley, Ursula; Neis, Dalia

Abstract

Former candidate and supervisor hold a reflective conversation in which they consider their PhD journey from a conventional film theory thesis towards a spiralling constellation of unfilmable scripts, circular poems, and personal essay, with a cassette tape of original music thrown in. Part poem, part novel, part feminist Bildungsroman, part virtual film-script, part essay, tracing a young filmmaker called Lydia’s obsession with the haunting cinematic dream of filming the wind. Her quest leads her to the enigmatic and sensual scholar-mystic Dr Lizzie Zephyrah with whom she undergoes a species of apprenticeship: ‘we are making a film. It just doesn’t involve a camera.’ “This beguiling, unclassifiable text re-humanises our new materialism and fashions a lens for yet further, far-seeing enquiry: ‘realising you are wind filming wind.’ " (Review by Scott Thurston). Dalia will conclude by reading from her recent publication and PhD “sequel” The Swarm.

Citation

Hurley, U., & Neis, D. (2023). “WindVision: in conversation about a PhD journey from film theory to experimental essay (with PhD supervisor, Ursula Hurley)”. [Video]

• Digital Artefact Type: Video
• Acceptance Date: Jun 21, 2023
• Publication Date: Nov 6, 2023
• Deposit Date: Nov 15, 2023
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.17866/rd.salford.24243457