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SUMMARY:Postsocialist Locales and Global Dreams: The Minimalist Approach in Roma
	nian and Chinese Cinema
DESCRIPTION:\nCGS Brown Bag Lecture Series\n\nVictoria Lupascu\, Penn St
	ate\n\nLupascu&#39\;s talk with analyze the transnational imaginaries of
	 migrant workers and students as represented in Constantin Popescu&rsquo
	\;s&nbsp\;The Laughing Yellow Face&nbsp\;and&nbsp\;Li Hong&rsquo\;s&nbsp
	\;Out of Phoenix Bridge&nbsp\;and will position the cultural creation of
	 such figures in the context described by postsocialism in Romania and C
	hina. Drawing on the history of cinematic aesthetics during transitional
	 times by Jason McGrath and Andrei Gorzo\, Lupascu theorizes minimalism 
	as a genre with heuristic capacity in portraying postsocialist contexts.
	 A reaction to the miserabilist genre\, minimalism constructs these figu
	res as points of intersection between multiple means of communication an
	d modes of existence conditioned by flows of capital. The epistemologica
	l and ontological ruptures of transitioning from socialism to postsocial
	ism are embedded in the visual delineation of infrastructure and communi
	cation lines that condition human connections as seen in Popescu&rsquo\;
	s and Li&rsquo\;s films. Identity and subjectivity formation practices a
	re central to these films and\, she argues\, bear the brunt of the trans
	itional operations. Lupascu juxtaposes Romanian and Chinese films not fo
	r common traits generated by common historical experiences\, but for the
	 contribution their analysis brings to our understanding of the figure o
	f migrant workers and students in relation to minimalism as an aesthetic
	 practice closely imbricated with postsocialist and global cultural expe
	riences.\n\nFor more details: https://events.la.psu.edu/event/postsocial
	ist_locales_and_global_dreams_the_minimalist_approach_in_romanian_and_ch
	inese_cinema/
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<html><head></head><body><p>CGS Brown Bag L
	ecture Series</p><p><b>Victoria Lupascu, Penn State</b></p><p>Lupascu&#3
	9;s talk with analyze the transnational imaginaries of migrant workers a
	nd students as represented in Constantin Popescu&rsquo;s&nbsp;<i>The Lau
	ghing Yellow Face&nbsp;</i>and<i>&nbsp;</i>Li Hong&rsquo;s<i>&nbsp;Out o
	f Phoenix Bridge</i>&nbsp;and will position the cultural creation of suc
	h figures in the context described by postsocialism in Romania and China
	. Drawing on the history of cinematic aesthetics during transitional tim
	es by Jason McGrath and Andrei Gorzo, Lupascu theorizes minimalism as a 
	genre with heuristic capacity in portraying postsocialist contexts. A re
	action to the miserabilist genre, minimalism constructs these figures as
	 points of intersection between multiple means of communication and mode
	s of existence conditioned by flows of capital. The epistemological and 
	ontological ruptures of transitioning from socialism to postsocialism ar
	e embedded in the visual delineation of infrastructure and communication
	 lines that condition human connections as seen in Popescu&rsquo;s and L
	i&rsquo;s films. Identity and subjectivity formation practices are centr
	al to these films and, she argues, bear the brunt of the transitional op
	erations. Lupascu juxtaposes Romanian and Chinese films not for common t
	raits generated by common historical experiences, but for the contributi
	on their analysis brings to our understanding of the figure of migrant w
	orkers and students in relation to minimalism as an aesthetic practice c
	losely imbricated with postsocialist and global cultural experiences.</p
	><p>For more details: <a href='https://events.la.psu.edu/event/postsocia
	list_locales_and_global_dreams_the_minimalist_approach_in_romanian_and_c
	hinese_cinema/'>https://events.la.psu.edu/event/postsocialist_locales_an
	d_global_dreams_the_minimalist_approach_in_romanian_and_chinese_cinema/<
	/a></p></body></html>
LOCATION:157 Burrowes Building
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