Robinson in England: A Conversation with Patrick Keiller
Artur Piskorz
artur.piskorz@gmail.comPedagogical University of Krakow (Poland)
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2714-1260
Abstract
Patrick Keiller, a British artist and filmmaker, made five short films and three film essays: London (1994), Robinson in Space (1997) and Robinson in Ruins (2010). The main characters of the latter works are Robinson and his nameless companion – the narrator. They set off on a series of journeys to places nearly completely devoid of human presence or activity, investigating their semantic and myth-making potential. Keiller’s film essays are multi-layered narratives exploring, among others, such issues as the production of space, the functioning of memory, and the feeling of nostalgia. “Drifting”, understood as a game of spatial and verbal associations, reveals Keiller’s fascination with architecture, which is filmed in an innovative way. The contribution is a record of two interviews with Patrick Keiller, made in Oxford in September 2018 and 2019.
Keywords:
Patrick Keiller, London, England, psychogeography, Robinson, architectureReferences
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Artur Piskorzartur.piskorz@gmail.com
Pedagogical University of Krakow Poland
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2714-1260
Professor at the English Department of the Pedagogical University in Kraków. His research focuses on cinema in social and political contexts, in particular in relation to British cinema and culture. The cinema of Stanley Kubrick has been his lifelong passion and interest. His latest book is a critical monograph of Mike Leigh’s cinema.
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