A Missed Encounter between Species: The Interplay of Scientific Realism and Aesthetics in Painlevé’s Cinematographic Experiments on the Octopus

Silvia Casini

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A Missed Encounter between Species: The Interplay of Scientific Realism and Aesthetics in Painlevé’s Cinematographic Experiments on the Octopus

Silvia Casini^* (Corresponding Author)

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Abstract

Jean Painlevé’s films blend aesthetic concerns and scientific realism operating a micro-turn within the broader cinematographic turn that occurred in the sciences in the 20th century. By engaging with his films on the octopus, an animal studied to illuminate human consciousness and firmly grounded in the popular imagination through literature and the arts, this article demonstrates how Painlevé embraced a politics of life organised around the concept of a missed encounter between life forms.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	127-156
Number of pages	30
Journal	Studi di Estetica
Volume	24
Issue number	3
Early online date	1 Dec 2022
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.7413/18258646223
Publication status	Published - 1 Dec 2022

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Aesthetic and scientific realism
Missed encounter
Octopus

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