Issue 7
THE SCENT OF BOYS
Guest Editors
Victor Fan & Earl Jackson
Issue 7 is dedicated to the Scent of Boys. Film does not convey scent directly, though it is embedded in our embodied relationship with the cinematographic image through insinuation, imagination, synesthesia, memory, and physical immersion into the smell of the movie theater. The moment those patches of light and shadow on screen hit our retinas, the cinematographic image is generated as a consciousness: a milieu that we can see, hear, touch, and smell. Moreover, smell stimulates erotic sensations and longing; it gives body to our desire. In this Issue, filmmakers, artists, and scholars ruminate upon scent in Asian cinemas and the way olfactory memories have informed their same-sex desires, creativity, and research. Through words, images, and scents, this Issue seeks to engage the readers in an affective environment, bringing to light this oft-overlooked aspect of our cinematic experience.
Victor Fan is Senior Lecturer in Film Studies, King’s College London, UK. Film Consultant for the Chinese Visual Festival. His articles have appeared in journals including Camera Obscura, Journal of Chinese Cinemas, Screen, and Film History. Author of Cinema Approaching Reality: Locating Chinese Film Theory and Extraterritoriality: Locating Hong Kong Cinema and Media.
Earl Jackson is Prof. Emeritus from UC Santa Cruz, USA. Currently Chair Professor, Asia University, Taiwan. Author of Strategies of Deviance: Studies in Gay Male Representation, and numerous essays on sexuality and Japanese and Korean Cinema. He has worked in the Korean independent film industry as a screenwriter, editor, dramaturg, and actor.
With contributions by:
Cui Zi’en, Nick Deocampo, Fan Popo, Kit Hung,
Kim KyungMook, Travis Kong, Yutaka Kubo,
Nguyễn Quốc Thành and Su Hui-yu
Featuring interviews with:
Imaizumi Koichi, Kanakan-Balintagos
And special sections with photographs by:
Kii Chan, György Ali Pálos, Chan Ka-Kei, Wong Kan-Tai, and Bobby KH Sham (Bobpin)
MORE INFO
38,841 words
91 images
120 pages
ISBN: 978-88-941962-7-6
ISSN: 2531-4912
Custom scents Afternoon Storm and Painter’s Hands developed by:
Beatrice Glow
Spine and bookmark artwork
Tan Wei Keong