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INCITE LAUNCH / THE NATION’S FINEST curated by Brett Kashmere and Astria Suparak

Thursday May 17, 2018 7:10 PM Oakes 105 with illustrated preview of the INCITE Sports issue by the curators This program deconstructs the athlete body – how it is used for national, political, and social agendas, and how it is viewed and re-crafted by artists (who are sometimes athletic!). The Nation’s Finest is part of A Non-Zero-Sum Game: Sports,…Continue Reading INCITE LAUNCH / THE NATION’S FINEST curated by Brett Kashmere and Astria Suparak

Susana de Sousa Dias Screening of 48 and Post-Realism Seminar #15

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48 (Public Screening) Director Susana de Sousa Dias in discussion with Film and Digital Media Professor Jonathan Kahana co-sponsored by Film+Digital Media / Porter College Visiting Artist Series / Arts Dean’s Office Monday February 26, 2018 7 PM Communications 150 (Studio C) What can a portrait photograph reveal about a political system? What can a…Continue Reading Susana de Sousa Dias Screening of 48 and Post-Realism Seminar #15

Brett Story Screening of THE PRISON IN TWELVE LANDSCAPES and Post-Realism Seminar #14

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THE PRISON IN TWELVE LANDSCAPES (Public Screening) Director Brett Story in discussion with Film and Digital Media Professor Sharon Daniel co-sponsored by Film+Digital Media / Porter College Visiting Artist Series Monday November 6, 2017 7 PM Communications 150 (Studio C) More people are imprisoned in the United States at this moment than in any other…Continue Reading Brett Story Screening of THE PRISON IN TWELVE LANDSCAPES and Post-Realism Seminar #14

VIRTUAL REALITY IN REAL TIME: an evening of discussion with Sundance curator Shari Frilot

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Virtual Reality in Real Time: A Conversation  TUESDAY MAY 2, 730pm / Communications Studio C  Coming to Santa Cruz to discuss VR (Virtual Reality) with the UCSC community are Sundance curator Shari Frilot, who pioneered the exhibition of VR at the Sundance festival and has watched it evolve over the years, and Prof. Homay King (Bryn Mawr), who writes…Continue Reading VIRTUAL REALITY IN REAL TIME: an evening of discussion with Sundance curator Shari Frilot

LET YOUR LIGHT SHINE: an evening of screening and discussion with filmmaker Jodie Mack

Woman in the center of a prism with rainbow lights shooting out of it.

SCREENING TUESDAY MAY 1, 7pm | Communications 150 (Studio C) Visiting Artist Jodie Mack screening her film-cycle “Let Your Light Shine” including featurette “Dusty Stacks of Mom” and “New Work” Jodie Mack (born 1983 London, UK): Let Your Light Shine, (75 min.) This collection of films investigates the formal principles of abstract cinema while maturing an…Continue Reading LET YOUR LIGHT SHINE: an evening of screening and discussion with filmmaker Jodie Mack

EXTRACTION: DECOLONIAL VISUAL CULTURES IN THE AGE OF THE CAPITALOCENE

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EXTRACTION: DECOLONIAL VISUAL CULTURES IN THE AGE OF THE CAPITALOCENE All events are on Tuesday evenings, 5:30-7:30, in the Digital Arts Research Center (DARC) 108 at UC Santa Cruz Extraction designates capitalism’s fundamental logic of withdrawal—of value, nutrients, energy, labor, time—from people, lands, culture, life-forms, the elements, without corresponding deposit (except as externalities of non-value…Continue Reading EXTRACTION: DECOLONIAL VISUAL CULTURES IN THE AGE OF THE CAPITALOCENE

Filmmaker Wu Wenguang Seminar | Chinese Independent Documentary Film

Man in black and white imaging in the background with the text "he forgot about the cows, forgot about his son. at the bottom.

THE FOLK MEMORY PROJECT & INDEPENDENT CHINESE DOCUMENTARY  Seminar with Wu Wenguang, Zhang Mengqi, Zhang Ping, and Liu Xiaolei  Tuesday November 22,2016  7-9 PM, Communications 139  Please RSVP to Prof. Yiman Wang (yw3@ucsc.edu) to reserve a place in the seminar. co-sponsored by Porter College, Film + Digital Media, the Institute for Arts and Sciences, and Cowell College.  Wu Wenguang…Continue Reading Filmmaker Wu Wenguang Seminar | Chinese Independent Documentary Film