Convenors: Jaap Kooijman (University of Amsterdam) and Mathias Bonde Korsgaard (Aarhus University)

Quite surprisingly, there are hardly any audiovisual essays on music television, while one would expect that the music video, based on its particular audiovisual form, would be a suitable object for videographic criticism. Perhaps this lack is the result of the much stricter legal copyright regulations on music than other audiovisual objects, or perhaps the music video is too similar in form to the (poetic) audiovisual essay. While some audiovisual essays have certainly explored the role of sound and music in different audiovisual media (mostly film and television), they are far outnumbered by essays that focus on matters of visual representation. In this workshop, Jaap Kooijman and Mathias Bonde Korsgaard will use their own work in progress to show the potential and the challenges of working with sound and music in videographic criticism.

• Why can it be challenging to work with sound and music in videographic criticism? 

• How do we best overcome the challenge (and realize the potential)? 

• Liz Greene, “The Sound of Middle-Aged Nostalgia,” included in Catherine Grant, “Turning Up the Volume? The Emergent Focus on Film Sound, Music and Listening in Audiovisual Essays,” The Cine-Files 8 (Spring 2015)

• Andreas Halskov, “Echoes of the Past: Popular Music and Nostalgia in Modern Television Drama,” 16:9 (May 2018)

• Jaap Kooijman, “Double Nostalgia in The Queen’s Gambit,” 16:9 (June 2021)

• Cormac Donnelly, “Sonic Chronicle, Post Sound,” in NECSUS (November 2020)

This workshop wasn't recorded, but the Zoom chat can be read here.