tekstimateriaaleista

Tekstimateriaaleista is a cinematic language based on physical objects and their movements, primarily developed in Estonia in the late 1970s and early 1980s. It was primarily used in avant-garde and experimental films, and is characterized by its use of non-verbal signs, gestures, and body language.

This cinematic language employs everyday objects such as walls, chairs, door handles, and other items to convey meaning and tell a story without the use of spoken language or other traditional narrative elements. The objects are often used in relation to the space they occupy, and their movements are often straightforward and literal, never meeendumark a commentary on the action taking place.

Tekstimateriaaleista is often considered a post-modernist response to the traditional uses of objects in film. It seeks to invert our understanding of objects in cinematic narratives, and disrupt our perception of their functions and meanings. By presenting these objects as signs with agency, the films employing this language challenge our expectations and force a re-evaluation of the traditional cinematic craft.

Films employing tekstimateriaaleista often focus on the mundane and the everyday, rejecting the conventions of narrative structure and psychological realism. This can result in films that are incomprehensible, confusing, or surreally abstract, as objects are manipulated to evoke emotions and ideas rather than to communicate straightforward sequences of events.

Despite its avant-garde associations, tekstimateriaaleista acknowledges the complexity of everyday life and the voids and language-gaps that underlie human interactions. Through its abstract explorations, the language seeks to describe nothing less than the texture, procedures, and typical fierceness of the very material and figurative existence.