Mikhail Matyushin and Early Soviet Cinema: Points of Intersection
https://doi.org/10.69975/2074-0832-2025-66-4-29-39
Abstract
The article examines the ideas of Mikhail Matyusin, a Russian avant-garde artist and composer, related to cinema and echoing the concepts of Sergei Eisenstein. Matyushin's texts touching upon the topic of cinema are analyzed in the context of his work and compared to the manifesto “A statement on Sound” (Zayavka. The Future of Sound Film). The study shows the similarities of the two avant-garde artists' approaches to creating an audio-visual counterpoint. A number of facts and documents are introduced into scholarly discourse.
About the Author
S. A. Uvarov
Moscow P.I. Tchaikovsky Conservatory;
St Petersburg Museum of Avant-garde (Matyushin's House)
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Sergey A. Uvarov
Cand. Sci. (in Art History), Head of the Scientific and Creative Center of Film Music at P.I. Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory, Research Associate at the St Petersburg Museum of Avant-garde (Matyushin's House).
13/6 Bolshaya Nikitskaya Str., Moscow, 125009.
197022, Saint Petersburg, Professor Popov street, 10.
AuthorID: 817709
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Uvarov S.A. Mikhail Matyushin and Early Soviet Cinema: Points of Intersection. Vestnik VGIK. 2025;17(4(66)):29-39. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.69975/2074-0832-2025-66-4-29-39
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