Explaining the components of architectural space in Kiarostami's cinema with a phenomenological approach to Koker's trilogy films.

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 PhD Student in Architecture, Faculty of Art and Architecture, Tehran West Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.

2 Assistant Professor, Department of Architecture, Faculty of Art and Architecture, West Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.

3 Assistant Professor, Department of Architecture, Faculty of Art and Architecture, Abhar Branch, Islamic Azad University, Abhar, Iran.

4 Professor, Department of Architecture, Faculty of Art and Architecture, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran.

Abstract

Architecture and cinema, apart from their functional aspect of creating space, in the process of understanding space, both include common principles that are mixed by architects and directors. The aim of the upcoming research is to identify and analyze Koker's trilogy films in Kiarostami's cinema with a phenomenological approach. For this purpose, in the form of the case study method and with an analytical and phenomenological approach to space, firstly based on theoretical studies, the phenomenological approach to space in cinema has been examined, then by using Merleau-Ponty's interpretive phenomenological method and Sobchak's model, the role of space and the possibility of using The interaction between architecture and cinema has been reread in Kiarostami's works, and in the final step, using this approach, a model of the relationship between the evolution of architecture and cinema space has been presented. The results show that architecture and cinema can be mediators for the presentation of meaning, which can be shared between different fields and media. In fact, architecture and cinema consist of common basic elements such as scene, space, light, movement and vision. The set of these elements together define the character of Kiarostami's cinema, which is actually the essence of his cinema. Kiarostami's cinema is a general and qualitative phenomenon that cannot be reduced to any of the characteristics of that example of normal human communication without losing its true nature.

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