Sustainable Legacy of Agnès Varda

Drawing especially on the encounters and relationships that defined her exceptional career <i>The Sustainable Legacy of Agnès Varda</i> outlines a sustainable legacy for the celebrated director and visual artist. Over nine chapters it unpacks how creation connection and environment form the core of Varda's artistry which centers foremost on relationships with her family with other artists even with passersby she would meet in her travels around the world.<br/> <br/>Also celebrating her feminist legacy the chapters cover a wide range from the classic <i>Cléo from 5 to 7</i>(1962) to documentaries <i>The Beaches of Agnès</i>(2008) and <i>Faces Places</i>(2017) as well as selected art installations. The book's final section is dedicated to teaching Varda's work; here ten scholars from around the world consider how Varda's art and feminist pedagogies offer unique ways to bring crucial concepts into the classroom. By seeking a sustainable praxis to discuss and teach Varda's work and by making pedagogical concerns an explicit part of this approach this book argues that Varda's insights about the nature of creative work will inspire new generations of viewers and audiences. <br/><br/>