Chantal Akerman was one of the most significant directors of our times. A radical innovator of cinematic forms, she was at the forefront of feminist and women’s filmmaking. In the 1990s, she developed an important installation practice and began to experiment with self-writing.
Focusing on Akerman’s works of the last two decades, a period during which she diversified her creative practice, this collection traces her artistic trajectory across different media. From her documentaries ‘bordering on fiction’ to her final installation, NOW, the volume elucidates the thematic and aesthetic concerns of the later works, placing particular emphasis on self-portraiture, the exploration of intimacy, and the treatment of trauma, memory and exile. It also attends to the aural and visual textures that underpin her art. Drawing on a wide range of theoretical approaches as well as engaging more creatively with Akerman’s work, the essays provide a new optic for understanding this deeply personal, prescient oeuvre.
Marion Schmid is Professor of French Literature and Film at the University of Edinburgh. Emma Wilson is Professor of French Literature and the Visual Arts at the University of Cambridge.
Reviews:
‘What I like in Schmid and Wilson’s book is the breadth of content it offers. It is not a book about the “usual” subjects we speak about in the context of Akerman’s cinema. There is work on the director’s installations; there is work on, yes, ageing and smoking; there is work on what Albertine Fox calls “vocal landscapes”; and there is also work on Akerman’s use of light in Cyril Béghin’s excellent chapter Light out of Joint.’ — Nadin Mai, The Art(s) of Slow Cinema5 July 2019
‘Afterlives is an array of incredibly rich, beautiful, creative, and often deeply emotional responses to filmmaker, writer and artist Chantal Akerman's later works, looking with much needed detail attention to the final two decades of Akerman's creative output.’ — Ros Murray, Modern and Contemporary France 28.1, 2019, 175-76 (full text online)
‘Together these essays resonate as similar tropes, films, and installations recur in new configurations. It is a testament to the artist, and to the editors, that new thought continues to illuminate Akerman’s oeuvre.’ — Ivone Margulies, H-France20, May 2018, no. 66
Schmid, Marion, and Wilson, Emma, introduction to , in Chantal Akerman: Afterlives, ed. by Marion Schmid and Emma Wilson, Moving Image, 9 (Cambridge: Legenda, 2019)
First footnote reference:35 Marion Schmid, Emma Wilson, introduction to , in Chantal Akerman: Afterlives, ed. by Marion Schmid and Emma Wilson, Moving Image, 9 (Cambridge: Legenda, 2019), p. 21.
Subsequent footnote reference:37 Schmid and Wilson, p. 47.
Schmid, Marion, and Wilson, Emma. 2019. Introduction to , in Chantal Akerman: Afterlives, ed. by Marion Schmid and Emma Wilson, Moving Image, 9 (Cambridge: Legenda)
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Bruno, Giuliana, ‘In Memory of Chantal Akerman: Passages through Time and Space’, in Chantal Akerman: Afterlives, ed. by Marion Schmid and Emma Wilson, Moving Image, 9 (Cambridge: Legenda, 2019)
First footnote reference:35 Giuliana Bruno, ‘In Memory of Chantal Akerman: Passages through Time and Space’, in Chantal Akerman: Afterlives, ed. by Marion Schmid and Emma Wilson, Moving Image, 9 (Cambridge: Legenda, 2019), p. 21.
Bruno, Giuliana. 2019. ‘In Memory of Chantal Akerman: Passages through Time and Space’, in Chantal Akerman: Afterlives, ed. by Marion Schmid and Emma Wilson, Moving Image, 9 (Cambridge: Legenda)
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Flitterman-Lewis, Sandy, ‘A Tree in the Wind: Chantal Akerman’s Later Self-Portraits in Installation and Film’, in Chantal Akerman: Afterlives, ed. by Marion Schmid and Emma Wilson, Moving Image, 9 (Cambridge: Legenda, 2019)
First footnote reference:35 Sandy Flitterman-Lewis, ‘A Tree in the Wind: Chantal Akerman’s Later Self-Portraits in Installation and Film’, in Chantal Akerman: Afterlives, ed. by Marion Schmid and Emma Wilson, Moving Image, 9 (Cambridge: Legenda, 2019), p. 21.
Subsequent footnote reference:37 Flitterman-Lewis, p. 47.
Flitterman-Lewis, Sandy. 2019. ‘A Tree in the Wind: Chantal Akerman’s Later Self-Portraits in Installation and Film’, in Chantal Akerman: Afterlives, ed. by Marion Schmid and Emma Wilson, Moving Image, 9 (Cambridge: Legenda)
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Mavor, Carol, ‘Moeder, Maman, Mom’, in Chantal Akerman: Afterlives, ed. by Marion Schmid and Emma Wilson, Moving Image, 9 (Cambridge: Legenda, 2019)
First footnote reference:35 Carol Mavor, ‘Moeder, Maman, Mom’, in Chantal Akerman: Afterlives, ed. by Marion Schmid and Emma Wilson, Moving Image, 9 (Cambridge: Legenda, 2019), p. 21.
Blackhurst, Alice, ‘Smokescreens: Notes on Cigarettes in Chantal Akerman’, in Chantal Akerman: Afterlives, ed. by Marion Schmid and Emma Wilson, Moving Image, 9 (Cambridge: Legenda, 2019)
First footnote reference:35 Alice Blackhurst, ‘Smokescreens: Notes on Cigarettes in Chantal Akerman’, in Chantal Akerman: Afterlives, ed. by Marion Schmid and Emma Wilson, Moving Image, 9 (Cambridge: Legenda, 2019), p. 21.
Subsequent footnote reference:37 Blackhurst, p. 47.
Blackhurst, Alice. 2019. ‘Smokescreens: Notes on Cigarettes in Chantal Akerman’, in Chantal Akerman: Afterlives, ed. by Marion Schmid and Emma Wilson, Moving Image, 9 (Cambridge: Legenda)
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Chamarette, Jenny, ‘Ageless: Akerman’s Avatars’, in Chantal Akerman: Afterlives, ed. by Marion Schmid and Emma Wilson, Moving Image, 9 (Cambridge: Legenda, 2019)
First footnote reference:35 Jenny Chamarette, ‘Ageless: Akerman’s Avatars’, in Chantal Akerman: Afterlives, ed. by Marion Schmid and Emma Wilson, Moving Image, 9 (Cambridge: Legenda, 2019), p. 21.
Subsequent footnote reference:37 Chamarette, p. 47.
Chamarette, Jenny. 2019. ‘Ageless: Akerman’s Avatars’, in Chantal Akerman: Afterlives, ed. by Marion Schmid and Emma Wilson, Moving Image, 9 (Cambridge: Legenda)
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D’haeyere, Hilde, and Jacobs, Steven, ‘Real Estates: The Comedy of Spaces and Things in Chantal Akerman’s Demain on déménage’, in Chantal Akerman: Afterlives, ed. by Marion Schmid and Emma Wilson, Moving Image, 9 (Cambridge: Legenda, 2019)
First footnote reference:35 Hilde D’haeyere, Steven Jacobs, ‘Real Estates: The Comedy of Spaces and Things in Chantal Akerman’s Demain on déménage’, in Chantal Akerman: Afterlives, ed. by Marion Schmid and Emma Wilson, Moving Image, 9 (Cambridge: Legenda, 2019), p. 21.
Subsequent footnote reference:37 D’haeyere and Jacobs, p. 47.
D’haeyere, Hilde, and Jacobs, Steven. 2019. ‘Real Estates: The Comedy of Spaces and Things in Chantal Akerman’s Demain on déménage’, in Chantal Akerman: Afterlives, ed. by Marion Schmid and Emma Wilson, Moving Image, 9 (Cambridge: Legenda)
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Zanger, Anat, ‘Diaries, Thresholds and Gazes as Anamnesis in Chantal Akerman’s Cinema’, in Chantal Akerman: Afterlives, ed. by Marion Schmid and Emma Wilson, Moving Image, 9 (Cambridge: Legenda, 2019)
First footnote reference:35 Anat Zanger, ‘Diaries, Thresholds and Gazes as Anamnesis in Chantal Akerman’s Cinema’, in Chantal Akerman: Afterlives, ed. by Marion Schmid and Emma Wilson, Moving Image, 9 (Cambridge: Legenda, 2019), p. 21.
Zanger, Anat. 2019. ‘Diaries, Thresholds and Gazes as Anamnesis in Chantal Akerman’s Cinema’, in Chantal Akerman: Afterlives, ed. by Marion Schmid and Emma Wilson, Moving Image, 9 (Cambridge: Legenda)
Example citation: ‘A quotation occurring on page 21 of this work’ (Zanger 2019: 21).
Wilson, Emma, ‘Unknown deaths in La Captive’, in Chantal Akerman: Afterlives, ed. by Marion Schmid and Emma Wilson, Moving Image, 9 (Cambridge: Legenda, 2019)
First footnote reference:35 Emma Wilson, ‘Unknown deaths in La Captive’, in Chantal Akerman: Afterlives, ed. by Marion Schmid and Emma Wilson, Moving Image, 9 (Cambridge: Legenda, 2019), p. 21.
Wilson, Emma. 2019. ‘Unknown deaths in La Captive’, in Chantal Akerman: Afterlives, ed. by Marion Schmid and Emma Wilson, Moving Image, 9 (Cambridge: Legenda)
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Mayer, So, ‘Texas (is not Paris) is Burning: The Drag of Dis/Orientation in Chantal Akerman’s Sud’, in Chantal Akerman: Afterlives, ed. by Marion Schmid and Emma Wilson, Moving Image, 9 (Cambridge: Legenda, 2019)
First footnote reference:35 So Mayer, ‘Texas (is not Paris) is Burning: The Drag of Dis/Orientation in Chantal Akerman’s Sud’, in Chantal Akerman: Afterlives, ed. by Marion Schmid and Emma Wilson, Moving Image, 9 (Cambridge: Legenda, 2019), p. 21.
Mayer, So. 2019. ‘Texas (is not Paris) is Burning: The Drag of Dis/Orientation in Chantal Akerman’s Sud’, in Chantal Akerman: Afterlives, ed. by Marion Schmid and Emma Wilson, Moving Image, 9 (Cambridge: Legenda)
Example citation: ‘A quotation occurring on page 21 of this work’ (Mayer 2019: 21).
Fox, Albertine, ‘Vocal Landscapes: Framing Mutable Stories in De l’autre côté (2002) and Une voix dans le désert (2002)’, in Chantal Akerman: Afterlives, ed. by Marion Schmid and Emma Wilson, Moving Image, 9 (Cambridge: Legenda, 2019)
First footnote reference:35 Albertine Fox, ‘Vocal Landscapes: Framing Mutable Stories in De l’autre côté (2002) and Une voix dans le désert (2002)’, in Chantal Akerman: Afterlives, ed. by Marion Schmid and Emma Wilson, Moving Image, 9 (Cambridge: Legenda, 2019), p. 21.
Fox, Albertine. 2019. ‘Vocal Landscapes: Framing Mutable Stories in De l’autre côté (2002) and Une voix dans le désert (2002)’, in Chantal Akerman: Afterlives, ed. by Marion Schmid and Emma Wilson, Moving Image, 9 (Cambridge: Legenda)
Example citation: ‘A quotation occurring on page 21 of this work’ (Fox 2019: 21).
Roberts, Adam, ‘“Like a Musical Piece”: Akerman and Musicality’, in Chantal Akerman: Afterlives, ed. by Marion Schmid and Emma Wilson, Moving Image, 9 (Cambridge: Legenda, 2019)
First footnote reference:35 Adam Roberts, ‘“Like a Musical Piece”: Akerman and Musicality’, in Chantal Akerman: Afterlives, ed. by Marion Schmid and Emma Wilson, Moving Image, 9 (Cambridge: Legenda, 2019), p. 21.
Roberts, Adam. 2019. ‘“Like a Musical Piece”: Akerman and Musicality’, in Chantal Akerman: Afterlives, ed. by Marion Schmid and Emma Wilson, Moving Image, 9 (Cambridge: Legenda)
Example citation: ‘A quotation occurring on page 21 of this work’ (Roberts 2019: 21).
Béghin, Cyril, ‘Light out of Joint’, in Chantal Akerman: Afterlives, ed. by Marion Schmid and Emma Wilson, Moving Image, 9 (Cambridge: Legenda, 2019)
First footnote reference:35 Cyril Béghin, ‘Light out of Joint’, in Chantal Akerman: Afterlives, ed. by Marion Schmid and Emma Wilson, Moving Image, 9 (Cambridge: Legenda, 2019), p. 21.
Schmid, Marion, ‘Chantal Akerman: Filmmaker, Video Artist, Writer’, in Chantal Akerman: Afterlives, ed. by Marion Schmid and Emma Wilson, Moving Image, 9 (Cambridge: Legenda, 2019)
First footnote reference:35 Marion Schmid, ‘Chantal Akerman: Filmmaker, Video Artist, Writer’, in Chantal Akerman: Afterlives, ed. by Marion Schmid and Emma Wilson, Moving Image, 9 (Cambridge: Legenda, 2019), p. 21.
Schmid, Marion. 2019. ‘Chantal Akerman: Filmmaker, Video Artist, Writer’, in Chantal Akerman: Afterlives, ed. by Marion Schmid and Emma Wilson, Moving Image, 9 (Cambridge: Legenda)
Example citation: ‘A quotation occurring on page 21 of this work’ (Schmid 2019: 21).
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