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Öğe An autoethnographic exploration: how did Agnès Varda change my way of seeing?(İstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi, 2022) Demirhan, Zeynep; Çiçekoğlu, FerideABSTRACT: This thesis uses autoethnography as the research method to explore how Varda’s filmmaking has inspired the way I film and document my memories of the city. Agnès Varda’s autobiographic eye and cinematic subjectivity in the nexus of the urban environment are significant in three respects. First, Varda represents her memories by mixing autobiographical narration with artistic experiments with form. Thus, this thesis will explore two documentaries, L’Opéra Mouffe (1958) and Les Plâges d’Agnès (2008), and an installation Les Veuves de Noirmoutier (2004) from her exhibition L’île et Elle (The Island and She) at the Fondation Cartier in Paris. Second, Varda’s films are situated in certain places, which she deems important in constructing one’s identity. Hence, this thesis argues that the term genius loci is central to her take on places. Third, Varda’s filmmaking can be interpreted as a flâneusian activity. Thus, the focus will be on Varda’s relation to the city in her selected films Cléo from 5 to 7 (1962), Les Dites Cariatides (1984), and Uncle Yanco (1967). Whereas the first part of the thesis will emphasize Varda’s experiences of the city and her relation to the spirit of places, the second part of the thesis will highlight the resonances between Varda’s filmmaking and my way of recollecting my memories of the city in film, following the footsteps of Varda, and reflecting on my relationship with Istanbul after Ankara. In particular, the thesis will reveal the effects of Varda on my three short films Survival (Büyükada), Neighbor (Dolapdere,) and Faces (my grandmother’s gradual loss of memory).
