Benoît Turquety's Technological Study of Cinema's Invention

Benoît Turquety's book 'Inventer le cinéma' offers a rigorous examination of cinema's technological history. Published in February 2015, this scholarly work appears in artpress issue 419. Turquety approaches cinema as a complex technological project through multiple technological studies. The author builds upon philosophical traditions established by Gaston Bachelard, Georges Canguilhem, and Gilbert Simondon. His investigation explores cinema's strange nature as both artistic medium and technological system. The book represents significant academic research into cinema's foundational mechanisms. Turquety's methodology combines historical analysis with philosophical inquiry about technological development. This publication contributes to ongoing scholarly discourse about cinema's origins and evolution.