159 research outputs found
Pierre Alferi
No full textPierre Alferi is one of France’s most innovative and versatile contemporary writers. His writing career began in 1989, with the publication of his doctoral thesis on English scholastic philosopher William of Ockham. Since then, Alferi has published fourteen volumes of poetry, five novels, philosophical and literary essays, translations of books by John Donne, Meyer Schapiro, Giorgio Agamben, of the Books of Job and Isaiah, and of contemporary English and American poets. He has also made several short films, as well as co-founded and co-edited two literary journals, including, with Olivier Cadiot, the influential Revue de Littérature Générale
Intermittences et perspectives du sujet poétique chez Alferi et Tortel
No full textIntermittences et perspectives du sujet poétique chez Alferi et Torte
Le rossignol mécanique. A propos des cinépoèmes de Pierre Alferi.
No full textNational audienceLe cinéma irrigue l’œuvre de Pierre Alferi de bout en bout, et de multiples façons. Au sein de ces relations, la forme « cinépoème » relève d’une appréhension du cinéma moins comme art que comme medium, et d’une exploitation de ses potentialités sur l’écriture poétique elle-même. C’est, en effet, davantage en écrivain que le poète envisage ce medium, ce qu’une mise en perspective des cinépoèmes avec des antécédents cinématographiques mais aussi poétiques, met à jour
L'argent Après-vous Chez Pierre Alferi
No full textInternational audienceIn Après vous (2010), Pierre Alferi stages a precarious community, the laws of the Market and experimenting alternative economies. Although rarely named, money is omnipresent - either by its lack (c.f. the squatters) or its deliberated rejection (c.f. the protagonist Ben), or by its power to destroy the social fabric by murders and kidnappings. Exceeding the detective genre declared on the front cover, this novel has recourse to the neutrality of the investigator to short-circuit any pathos or any utopian idealism and, by the rhetoric of the "deffect", imposes to the reader the reflexive urgency of a philosophico-economic fiction on the necessary exit from a capitalistic system submitted to the quite-monetar
Une cli-fi composite : les artefacts science-fictionnels dans Hors sol de Pierre Alferi
No full textPierre Alferi (1963), poète et romancier connu pour le caractère innovant de ses textes, met en scène dans Hors sol (2018) un monde postapocalyptique où ce n’est qu’une partie infime de l’humanité qui a survécu, dans des nacelles suspendues dans la stratosphère, alors que les autres êtres humains ont disparu à la suite des nombreuses catastrophes causées par le changement climatique. Contrairement à la cli-fi traditionnelle qui se rattache à des genres populaires comme le thriller, ce roman est fortement caractérisé par son souci de la forme : il présente une compilation de textes très hétérogènes, disponibles en ligne à une date précise au début du xxiie siècle. Cet amalgame de documents donne une image assez complète, non seulement de ce monde postapocalyptique, mais aussi des causes de l’exil au ciel. Dans cet article, l’étude du dialogisme (Bakhtine) – notamment, le détournement de discours officiels – et du caractère polyphonique du roman – sa fragmentation et la manière dont les différents textes sont présentés – sera proposée afin de montrer que Pierre Alferi utilise des fragments juxtaposés pour créer une image nuancée du monde de fiction, combinant des éléments de science-fiction avec un engagement contre le réchauffement climatique.Pierre Alferi (1963), a poet and novelist who is known for the innovative nature of his texts, presents in Hors sol (2018) a post-apocalyptic world where only a tiny part of humanity has survived, in gondolas suspended in the stratosphere, while the rest has disappeared as a result of the many catastrophes caused by climate change. In contrast to traditional cli-fi, which is linked to popular genres such as thriller, this novel is strongly characterised by its concern for form: it presents a compilation of very heterogeneous texts, which are available online at a specific date in the early 22nd century. This amalgam of documents gives a fairly complete picture, not only of this post-apocalyptic world, but also of the causes of the exile in the sky. In this article, the study of dialogism (Bakhtin)—particularly the subversion of official discourses—and the polyphonic nature of the novel—its fragmentation and the way in which different texts are presented—will be proposed in order to demonstrate that Pierre Alferi uses juxtaposed fragments to create a nuanced image of the fictional universe, combining elements of science fiction with a commitment to addressing climate change
Combined Laser Surveying and Finite Element Modeling for The Structural Assessment of Masonry Structures at the Hierapolis Outer Bath Complex
No full textThe outer bath remains at the complex of Hierapolis (Pamukkale, Turkey) are particularly in danger due to the damage they have accumulated in the past Centuries because of several seismic events [1]. In order to assess the present condition and to properly formulate hypotheses for the interventions, a combined laser surveying and finite element modelling procedure has been set up. In the present paper, the results of the laser survey are firstly described. The procedure is based on the use of Focus3D Faro® three-dimensional laser scanner for the acquisition, and Scene® software for the data management. The obtained point clouds have been analysed with the software 3DReshaper® to extrapolate the main features of the geometry. As a result of this first stage of the analysis, detailed plans and sections of the structure have been obtained, from which the geometry of almost each masonry block could be explicitly accounted for. In the second stage of the analysis, the geometry was converted to be used as the input of a finite element program. The finite element code iDiana® by TNO (The Netherlands) was used for the structural analysis thanks to its ability in representing the behaviour of the blocks interfaces. Different constitutive laws can be assigned to both the continuum blocks and the interfaces. In the present study, for the sake of simplicity, the blocks are considered linear elastic, while the interface have a combined constitutive law accounting for cracking-shear-crushing behaviour [2]. A detailed two-dimensional model of one of the main front has been built up, and several analyses performed starting from simple linear static analysis under the effect of dead loads, up to non-linear analyses accounting also for seismic effects. In particular, the in plane behaviour of the front subjected to equivalent seis- mic acceleration was analysed with a pushover analysis. Different possible interventions have been modelled, providing useful suggestion for the eventual adoption of any of the
Thomas Alferi (dir.), La Tradition – œuvre de Dieu. Approches plurielles d’un terme controversé
No full textLe sous-titre du volume de dix contributions publiées sous la direction de Thomas Alferi, de la Faculté de théologie catholique d’Angers, dit bien l’intention de ces réflexions, distribuées selon quatre axes. « Exposer la Tradition aujourd’hui », tout d’abord : F. Poché souligne combien le terme même de tradition et les sens qu’on lui fait porter sont mis à rude épreuve dans nos sociétés contemporaines occidentales « hypermodernes », et cela parce que les éléments de référence de la tradition..
Supertalk Pierre Alferi : La série Z sur le gâteau, Louvre, 8 juin 2014
No full textSupertalk, Pierre Alferi, La série Z sur le gâteau 8 juin 2014 à 16h Auditorium du Louvre, Paris Quoi de commun entre un gorille albinos, une bombe sexuelle préhistorique et un sacristain cannibale ? Les films qui leur furent consacrés ne sont ni du même genre, ni de la même époque, ni du même continent. Chacun possède pourtant des traits communs où s’accroche un air de famille , un air « psychotronique » : scénario abracadabrant, sujet scabreux, filmage foutraque, effets très peu spéciaux,..
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