Oucipo
Encyclopedia
Oucipo is part of the Ouxpo
cultural movement
that was in turn derived from the Oulipo
literary movement, but with a specific focus on cinema
.
Literally, the Workshop of Possible (or Potential) Cinema (Ouvroir de Cinématographie Potentielle), Oucipo was founded on October 7, 1974 by François Le Lionnais
as Oucinépo, but later become more commonly known as Oucipo.
Oucipo in itself was never very active. However, it gave birth to numerous film production groups working along similar thematic lines.
Ouxpo
Ouxpo is an acronym for Ouvroir dX Potentielle. It is an umbrella group for Oulipo, Oubapo, Outrapo, etc. The term 'ouvroir', originally used in conjunction with works of charity, was reused by Raymond Queneau for a blend of 'ouvroir' and 'œuvre' and roughly corresponds to the English 'workshop'...
cultural movement
Cultural movement
A cultural movement is a change in the way a number of different disciplines approach their work. This embodies all art forms, the sciences, and philosophies. Historically, different nations or regions of the world have gone through their own independent sequence of movements in culture, but as...
that was in turn derived from the Oulipo
Oulipo
Oulipo is a loose gathering of French-speaking writers and mathematicians which seeks to create works using constrained writing techniques. It was founded in 1960 by Raymond Queneau and François Le Lionnais...
literary movement, but with a specific focus on cinema
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
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Literally, the Workshop of Possible (or Potential) Cinema (Ouvroir de Cinématographie Potentielle), Oucipo was founded on October 7, 1974 by François Le Lionnais
François Le Lionnais
François Le Lionnais was a French chemical engineer and mathematician, perhaps best known as a founder of the literary movement Oulipo....
as Oucinépo, but later become more commonly known as Oucipo.
Oucipo in itself was never very active. However, it gave birth to numerous film production groups working along similar thematic lines.