Vertov on paper: a study of the writings of Dziga Vertov

• Grant number: 14/10854-0
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master
• Start date: September 01, 2014
• End date: August 31, 2016
• Field of knowledge: Linguistics, Literature and Arts - Arts - Cinema
• Agreement: Coordination of Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES)
• Principal Investigator: Eduardo Victorio Morettin
• Grantee: Luis Felipe Gurgel Ribeiro Labaki
• Host Institution: Escola de Comunicações e Artes (ECA). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

The present project intends to study the writings of soviet filmmaker Dziga Vertov, emphasizing on the texts that, prior to the publishing of the first two volumes of the Russian edition Dziga Vertov. Iz Nasledya (in 2004 and 2008), had not been included in other editions of selected writings, analyzing the possible contributions of this material to the study of the filmmaker's work. Another objective is to identify the existing imprecisions, as pointed out by this new edition, on the reproduction of Vertov's texts in the volume Dziga Vertov. Stat'y, dnevniky, zamysly (org. Sergei Drobashenko, Isskustvo, 1966), which for a long time was used as the main source for many of the most widespread Western translations of Vertov's texts, including Annette Michelson's Kino-Eye: The Writings of Dziga Vertov (1984). For this study, the candidate will translate directly from the Russian language some selected materials, utilizing the Iz Nasledya edition. (AU)

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

LABAKI, Luis Felipe Gurgel Ribeiro. Viértov no papel: um estudo sobre os escritos de Dziga Viértov. 2016. Master's Dissertation - Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Escola de Comunicações e Artes (ECA/SBD) São Paulo.