Mind the screen
media concepts according to Thomas Elsaesser
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Publication pays tribute to the work of the European film scholar Thomas Elsaesser, author of several volumes on media studies and cinema culture. Covering a full scope of issues arising from the author's work-from melodrama and mediated memory to avant-garde practices, media archaeology, and the audiovisual archive. It elaborates and expands on Elsaesser's original ideas along the topical lines of cinephilia, the historical imaginary, the contemporary European cinematic experience, YouTube, and images of terrorism and double occupancy, among other topics. Also contributions from artists and scholars explore a range of media concepts and provide a mirror for the multi-faceted types of screens active in Elsaesser's work, including the television set, video installation, the digital interface, the mobile phone display and the hallowed silver screen of the contemporary film culture.