The Future Line of Cinema(tic) Spaces

Abstract

Gilles Deleuze describes cinema through a geometric system, closely resembling a vector: a sum of instants, constructing a line of visual temporality. To render this temporal line—this trajectory—it relies on another linear vector, another trajectory: the projection line, which brings images to life on the screen. Cinema is a continuous flow that fundamentally orients architectural and urban space, establishing a necessary geometric identity, as an assemblage of moments/movements.

This reflection thus proposes a brief journey of discovery towards the future of the cinema hall, using conditions/references from art’s universe: on the one hand, the cinematic ritual rupture, the absence of spectators, and the emptiness of cinema theatres; on the other, the linearity of cinema. Between these two domains lies the cinema hall of the future: the rediscovery of what cinema is as a substantial matter and a renewed interest in experimental forms of spectatorship, glimpses of possible futures.

Keywords: cinema hall, rituals, public space, projection, frame