Film Criticism in the Digital Era

Historically, the key challenge for traditional film and television criticism has been its limited ability  to quote its objects of study. Today, however, digital technology has enabled critics to incorporate sounds, images, and video clips in their reviews. This paper explores the potential of online film criticism to present more detailed and nuanced examinations of the formal features of our visual culture, using as examples an analysis of the stylistic and intertextual... Read More

Burn, Run & Hide

Artistic duo Maynou & Steele wish to present their artistic research in a live presentation by speaking about and showing excerpts of various works they have produced utilizing tactics of appropriation, deconstruction, and remixing. Burn, Run & Hide refers specifically to the first production of Maynou & Steele and also represents their working philosophy. Burn, Run & Hide shows the eternal running of an ever-present figure created from different commercial... Read More

Copyright Law and the Re-Distribution of Archival Film

This project addresses practical and immediate issues with political as well as cultural dimensions. The proposed project will analyse the production histories of several representative examples–important works of film (fiction) that are arguably crucial to our understanding of the past–in order to try to call attention to the relation between the archive, intellectual property, control over use and dissemination of material and the dynamics of history. A particular... Read More