Fun Fatale, Yafit Taranto

Sixth ; Expanded Cinema During the Master, I experimented with the cinematic frame and the way I want to engage with the spectator. I wish the encounter to become a meeting point, a space where dialogue can exist. My experiments were initially situated during the presentations of the exams in the form of performance.

The past three exams brought me closer to the spectator and away from the conventional cinematic experience. During the first presentation, 'I came out of my artistic closet' and revealed myself, the maker, to the spectator. I used the screen of the cinema as the backdrop for my appearance.

For my next exam, I realised a long time dream to 'VJ with drums', using an electric drum that steers video footage. I transformed the cinema into a music lab, full of sound equipment, again the screen was only part of the performance.

According to the Tate Modern, Expanded Cinema aims to make the relationship between the spectator and the screen active. It fights the notion of the audience as a passive receiver of cinema. It emerged in the 1960s and operated between the arts and pop sub-culture.

According to Julian Ross, a researcher of the subject, Expanded Cinema treats audiovisual projections as an event or performance and rethinks the space of the exhibition. Often it refocuses attention on the cinematic apparatus. According to Ross, the Expanded Cinema operates against the industrial framework of cinema. It provokes the possibilities of chance, 'happy accidents' and has a 'one-off' quality.

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