NIGHT PASSAGES/ PHILOSOPHY, LITERATURE AND FILM

In the beginning was the night. All light, shapes, language, and subjective consciousness, as well as the world and art depicting th em, emerged from this formless chaos. In fantasy, we seek to return to this original darkness. Particularly in literature, visual re presentations, and film, the night resiliently resurfaces from the margins of the knowable, acting as a stage and state of mind in w hich exceptional perceptions, discoveries, and decisions play out.Elisabeth Bronfen investigates the nocturnal spaces in which extra ordinary...[Read more]