From uwcinema at u.washington.edu Thu Nov 3 13:11:48 2022 From: uwcinema at u.washington.edu (UW Cinema Studies List) Date: Mon Mar 18 15:03:38 2024 Subject: [UWcinema] [Pacific Northwest Media Commons] Next Year's Work-In-Progress, Upcoming Event, and New Social Media Pages Message-ID: Hello everyone, I am writing to update you all with exciting developments for the Pacific Northwest Media Commons. With the invaluable aid of my new co-organizer, Lauren Berliner, we have created next year?s schedule for work-in-progress events, created social media sites and a logo for the PNWMC, and are all set for this month?s talk by Dr. Zo? Druick. The schedule for 2023?s work-in-progress events is attached to this email. We will have presentations from Dr. Benedict Stork, Dr. Susan Harewood, Dr. Clare Wilkinson, Dr. Mal Ahern, Dr. John Trafron, and Dr. Ariana Ochoa Camacho. Please circulate this flyer to any interested parties. All events will be held online over Zoom. Additionally, we still have two more events for 2022. On Friday, November 18th Dr. Druick will present ?System Jams: Frederick Wiseman?s Documentaries Through a Cybernetic Lens? (flyer attached) and on December 2nd Dr. Johanna Goss will present ?Ray Johnson, Mail Art, and Network Aesthetics.? Finally, thanks to Lauren, we now have a Facebook page where members can find out about upcoming events and post their own announcements to the broader community. This page can be found here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/398344665719853/ We are also now on Instagram at: @pnw_media_commons Please help spread the word about our upcoming events and share our social media accounts with anyone you think might be interested! As always, if you are interested in hosting or proposing an event as part of the PNWMC, please do not hesitate to reach out to Lauren and me. We welcome your involvement in any form! Sincerely, -Ben Benjamin Schultz-Figueroa (he, him, his) Assistant Professor of Film Studies Seattle University 901 12thAve Seattle, WA 98122 schultzfigub@seattleu.edu https://www.benjaminschultzfigueroa.com Author of The Celluloid Specimen: Moving Image Research into Animal Life available for pre-order from UC Press here: https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520342347/the-celluloid-specimen -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: PNWMC_2023schedule.png Type: image/png Size: 451208 bytes Desc: PNWMC_2023schedule.png URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Best, -Ben Benjamin Schultz-Figueroa (he, him, his) Assistant Professor of Film Studies Seattle University 901 12thAve Seattle, WA 98122 schultzfigub@seattleu.edu https://www.benjaminschultzfigueroa.com Author of The Celluloid Specimen: Moving Image Research into Animal Life available for pre-order from UC Press here: https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520342347/the-celluloid-specimen From: Schultz-Figueroa, Benjamin Date: Thursday, November 3, 2022 at 1:11 PM To: Mal Ahern , Jennifer Bean , Jennifer Bean , UW Cinema Studies List , Lauren Berliner , psufilm@pdx.edu , Sangita Gopal , srigolet@uoregon.edu , Johnston, Alexander , Film Studies Faculty , Eric Ames , jgosse@uidaho.edu , Zoe Druick , Clark, Joseph , Wilkinson, Clare M , tanyagoldman@nyu.edu , strodeek@uw.edu , Michael Aronson , artscifac-list Subject: [Pacific Northwest Media Commons] Next Year's Work-In-Progress, Upcoming Event, and New Social Media Pages Hello everyone, I am writing to update you all with exciting developments for the Pacific Northwest Media Commons. With the invaluable aid of my new co-organizer, Lauren Berliner, we have created next year?s schedule for work-in-progress events, created social media sites and a logo for the PNWMC, and are all set for this month?s talk by Dr. Zo? Druick. The schedule for 2023?s work-in-progress events is attached to this email. We will have presentations from Dr. Benedict Stork, Dr. Susan Harewood, Dr. Clare Wilkinson, Dr. Mal Ahern, Dr. John Trafron, and Dr. Ariana Ochoa Camacho. Please circulate this flyer to any interested parties. All events will be held online over Zoom. Additionally, we still have two more events for 2022. On Friday, November 18th Dr. Druick will present ?System Jams: Frederick Wiseman?s Documentaries Through a Cybernetic Lens? (flyer attached) and on December 2nd Dr. Johanna Goss will present ?Ray Johnson, Mail Art, and Network Aesthetics.? Finally, thanks to Lauren, we now have a Facebook page where members can find out about upcoming events and post their own announcements to the broader community. This page can be found here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/398344665719853/ We are also now on Instagram at: @pnw_media_commons Please help spread the word about our upcoming events and share our social media accounts with anyone you think might be interested! As always, if you are interested in hosting or proposing an event as part of the PNWMC, please do not hesitate to reach out to Lauren and me. We welcome your involvement in any form! Sincerely, -Ben Benjamin Schultz-Figueroa (he, him, his) Assistant Professor of Film Studies Seattle University 901 12thAve Seattle, WA 98122 schultzfigub@seattleu.edu https://www.benjaminschultzfigueroa.com Author of The Celluloid Specimen: Moving Image Research into Animal Life available for pre-order from UC Press here: https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520342347/the-celluloid-specimen -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From uwcinema at u.washington.edu Fri Nov 18 15:03:36 2022 From: uwcinema at u.washington.edu (UW Cinema Studies List) Date: Mon Mar 18 15:03:38 2024 Subject: [UWcinema] [Pacific Northwest Media Commons] Next Year's Work-In-Progress, Upcoming Event, and New Social Media Pages In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Good catch Kirsten! I?ve updated the facebook page, but also, here is the zoom link: https://seattleu.zoom.us/j/6498489179 Benjamin Schultz-Figueroa (he, him, his) Assistant Professor of Film Studies Seattle University 901 12thAve Seattle, WA 98122 schultzfigub@seattleu.edu https://www.benjaminschultzfigueroa.com Author of The Celluloid Specimen: Moving Image Research into Animal Life available for pre-order from UC Press here: https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520342347/the-celluloid-specimen From: Thompson, Kirsten Date: Friday, November 18, 2022 at 2:58 PM To: Schultz-Figueroa, Benjamin , Mal Ahern , Jennifer Bean , UW Cinema Studies List , Lauren Berliner , psufilm@pdx.edu , Sangita Gopal , srigolet@uoregon.edu , Johnston, Alexander , Film Studies Faculty , Eric Ames , jgosse@uidaho.edu , Zoe Druick , Clark, Joseph , Wilkinson, Clare M , tanyagoldman@nyu.edu , strodeek@uw.edu , Michael Aronson , artscifac-list Subject: Re: [Pacific Northwest Media Commons] Next Year's Work-In-Progress, Upcoming Event, and New Social Media Pages Hi ben, Can you provide the link as the link from the FB page seems to be broken Thanks, Dr. Kirsten Moana Thompson Professor and Director of Film and Media & Theilline Pigott-McCone Endowed Chair, 2022-2024 Seattle University 901 12th Ave Casey 430-02, Seattle WA 98122 thompski@seattleu.edu https://www.seattleu.edu/artsci/film www.kirstenmoanathompson.com office hours by arrangement https://seattleu.zoom.us/j/9952070475 From: "schultzfigub@seattleu.edu" Date: Friday, November 18, 2022 at 2:29 PM To: Mal Ahern , Jennifer Bean , UW Cinema Studies List , Lauren Berliner , "psufilm@pdx.edu" , Sangita Gopal , "srigolet@uoregon.edu" , Alexander Johnston , Film Faculty , Eric Ames , "jgosse@uidaho.edu" , Zoe Druick , "Clark, Joseph" , "Wilkinson, Clare M" , "tanyagoldman@nyu.edu" , "strodeek@uw.edu" , Michael Aronson , "artscifac-list@seattleu.edu" Subject: Re: [Pacific Northwest Media Commons] Next Year's Work-In-Progress, Upcoming Event, and New Social Media Pages Hi everyone, Just a quick reminder that Dr. Zo? Druick?s presentation ?System Jams: Frederick Wiseman?s Documentaries Through a Cybernetic Lens? will begin one hour from now. You can find the full details about the event on the facebook page here: https://fb.me/e/2ZmmzH1ah. Hope to see some of you there! Best, -Ben Benjamin Schultz-Figueroa (he, him, his) Assistant Professor of Film Studies Seattle University 901 12thAve Seattle, WA 98122 schultzfigub@seattleu.edu https://www.benjaminschultzfigueroa.com Author of The Celluloid Specimen: Moving Image Research into Animal Life available for pre-order from UC Press here: https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520342347/the-celluloid-specimen From: Schultz-Figueroa, Benjamin Date: Thursday, November 3, 2022 at 1:11 PM To: Mal Ahern , Jennifer Bean , Jennifer Bean , UW Cinema Studies List , Lauren Berliner , psufilm@pdx.edu , Sangita Gopal , srigolet@uoregon.edu , Johnston, Alexander , Film Studies Faculty , Eric Ames , jgosse@uidaho.edu , Zoe Druick , Clark, Joseph , Wilkinson, Clare M , tanyagoldman@nyu.edu , strodeek@uw.edu , Michael Aronson , artscifac-list Subject: [Pacific Northwest Media Commons] Next Year's Work-In-Progress, Upcoming Event, and New Social Media Pages Hello everyone, I am writing to update you all with exciting developments for the Pacific Northwest Media Commons. With the invaluable aid of my new co-organizer, Lauren Berliner, we have created next year?s schedule for work-in-progress events, created social media sites and a logo for the PNWMC, and are all set for this month?s talk by Dr. Zo? Druick. The schedule for 2023?s work-in-progress events is attached to this email. We will have presentations from Dr. Benedict Stork, Dr. Susan Harewood, Dr. Clare Wilkinson, Dr. Mal Ahern, Dr. John Trafron, and Dr. Ariana Ochoa Camacho. Please circulate this flyer to any interested parties. All events will be held online over Zoom. Additionally, we still have two more events for 2022. On Friday, November 18th Dr. Druick will present ?System Jams: Frederick Wiseman?s Documentaries Through a Cybernetic Lens? (flyer attached) and on December 2nd Dr. Johanna Goss will present ?Ray Johnson, Mail Art, and Network Aesthetics.? Finally, thanks to Lauren, we now have a Facebook page where members can find out about upcoming events and post their own announcements to the broader community. This page can be found here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/398344665719853/ We are also now on Instagram at: @pnw_media_commons Please help spread the word about our upcoming events and share our social media accounts with anyone you think might be interested! As always, if you are interested in hosting or proposing an event as part of the PNWMC, please do not hesitate to reach out to Lauren and me. We welcome your involvement in any form! Sincerely, -Ben Benjamin Schultz-Figueroa (he, him, his) Assistant Professor of Film Studies Seattle University 901 12thAve Seattle, WA 98122 schultzfigub@seattleu.edu https://www.benjaminschultzfigueroa.com Author of The Celluloid Specimen: Moving Image Research into Animal Life available for pre-order from UC Press here: https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520342347/the-celluloid-specimen -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From uwcinema at u.washington.edu Fri Nov 18 14:58:39 2022 From: uwcinema at u.washington.edu (UW Cinema Studies List) Date: Mon Mar 18 15:03:38 2024 Subject: [UWcinema] [Pacific Northwest Media Commons] Next Year's Work-In-Progress, Upcoming Event, and New Social Media Pages In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi ben, Can you provide the link as the link from the FB page seems to be broken Thanks, Dr. Kirsten Moana Thompson Professor and Director of Film and Media & Theilline Pigott-McCone Endowed Chair, 2022-2024 Seattle University 901 12th Ave Casey 430-02, Seattle WA 98122 thompski@seattleu.edu https://www.seattleu.edu/artsci/film www.kirstenmoanathompson.com office hours by arrangement https://seattleu.zoom.us/j/9952070475 From: "schultzfigub@seattleu.edu" Date: Friday, November 18, 2022 at 2:29 PM To: Mal Ahern , Jennifer Bean , UW Cinema Studies List , Lauren Berliner , "psufilm@pdx.edu" , Sangita Gopal , "srigolet@uoregon.edu" , Alexander Johnston , Film Faculty , Eric Ames , "jgosse@uidaho.edu" , Zoe Druick , "Clark, Joseph" , "Wilkinson, Clare M" , "tanyagoldman@nyu.edu" , "strodeek@uw.edu" , Michael Aronson , "artscifac-list@seattleu.edu" Subject: Re: [Pacific Northwest Media Commons] Next Year's Work-In-Progress, Upcoming Event, and New Social Media Pages Hi everyone, Just a quick reminder that Dr. Zo? Druick?s presentation ?System Jams: Frederick Wiseman?s Documentaries Through a Cybernetic Lens? will begin one hour from now. You can find the full details about the event on the facebook page here: https://fb.me/e/2ZmmzH1ah. Hope to see some of you there! Best, -Ben Benjamin Schultz-Figueroa (he, him, his) Assistant Professor of Film Studies Seattle University 901 12thAve Seattle, WA 98122 schultzfigub@seattleu.edu https://www.benjaminschultzfigueroa.com Author of The Celluloid Specimen: Moving Image Research into Animal Life available for pre-order from UC Press here: https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520342347/the-celluloid-specimen From: Schultz-Figueroa, Benjamin Date: Thursday, November 3, 2022 at 1:11 PM To: Mal Ahern , Jennifer Bean , Jennifer Bean , UW Cinema Studies List , Lauren Berliner , psufilm@pdx.edu , Sangita Gopal , srigolet@uoregon.edu , Johnston, Alexander , Film Studies Faculty , Eric Ames , jgosse@uidaho.edu , Zoe Druick , Clark, Joseph , Wilkinson, Clare M , tanyagoldman@nyu.edu , strodeek@uw.edu , Michael Aronson , artscifac-list Subject: [Pacific Northwest Media Commons] Next Year's Work-In-Progress, Upcoming Event, and New Social Media Pages Hello everyone, I am writing to update you all with exciting developments for the Pacific Northwest Media Commons. With the invaluable aid of my new co-organizer, Lauren Berliner, we have created next year?s schedule for work-in-progress events, created social media sites and a logo for the PNWMC, and are all set for this month?s talk by Dr. Zo? Druick. The schedule for 2023?s work-in-progress events is attached to this email. We will have presentations from Dr. Benedict Stork, Dr. Susan Harewood, Dr. Clare Wilkinson, Dr. Mal Ahern, Dr. John Trafron, and Dr. Ariana Ochoa Camacho. Please circulate this flyer to any interested parties. All events will be held online over Zoom. Additionally, we still have two more events for 2022. On Friday, November 18th Dr. Druick will present ?System Jams: Frederick Wiseman?s Documentaries Through a Cybernetic Lens? (flyer attached) and on December 2nd Dr. Johanna Goss will present ?Ray Johnson, Mail Art, and Network Aesthetics.? Finally, thanks to Lauren, we now have a Facebook page where members can find out about upcoming events and post their own announcements to the broader community. This page can be found here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/398344665719853/ We are also now on Instagram at: @pnw_media_commons Please help spread the word about our upcoming events and share our social media accounts with anyone you think might be interested! As always, if you are interested in hosting or proposing an event as part of the PNWMC, please do not hesitate to reach out to Lauren and me. We welcome your involvement in any form! Sincerely, -Ben Benjamin Schultz-Figueroa (he, him, his) Assistant Professor of Film Studies Seattle University 901 12thAve Seattle, WA 98122 schultzfigub@seattleu.edu https://www.benjaminschultzfigueroa.com Author of The Celluloid Specimen: Moving Image Research into Animal Life available for pre-order from UC Press here: https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520342347/the-celluloid-specimen -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From uwcinema at u.washington.edu Wed Nov 23 10:23:10 2022 From: uwcinema at u.washington.edu (UW Cinema Studies List) Date: Mon Mar 18 15:03:38 2024 Subject: [UWcinema] Pacific Northwest Media Commons] Change for December 2nd Event In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hello everyone, I?m writing to inform you that we have unfortunately had to cancel Johanna Gosse?s talk on Ray Johnson. Luckily, Jennifer Bean has offered to step in for the December 2nd slot. She will be presenting her work-in-progress titled ?In Defense of the Junk Print: Early Cinema?s Vital Decay.? Full details about the event can be found on the Facebook event page (https://fb.me/e/2syjuFS7H) and below. Happy break! -Ben Title: "In Defense of the Junk Print: Early Cinema?s Vital Decay" Time: 3:30pm PST, December 2nd Place: https://seattleu.zoom.us/j/6498489179 Abstract: Cinema?s liveliness is often construed in terms of the represented image and/or sound designed by humans to be seen and/or heard. In like manner, film restoration is often conceived as the intentional (and most often laborious) act of recovering a representation that existed at some point prior to the current existence of the filmic thing itself. These common conceptions involve many fallacies, among them a disregard for the material composition of a given print?silver, gelatin, chemicals, plastic?that are never static or stable, that transform, mutate, or decay with every projection, every unspooling, every touch. When a print no longer conveys the self-same images it presumably once indexed, it is classified as junk: useless, discarded, and utterly lacking in appeal. This talk places junk at the center of film historical inquiry, urging a materialist conception of cinema over the precepts of aesthetic philosophy. It takes as a case study the extant reels of several mystery-crime serials featuring icons of transgressive femininity, Pearl White and Grace Cunard, that were produced in New York in the 1910s, distributed from Winnipeg to the Yukon in the early 1920s, discarded as trash in 1929, discovered in the late 1970s, transferred to acetate safety stock in the 1980s, and forgotten today in archival vaults in Washington, D.C. and Ottawa. I argue that the decayed, blurred, warped, and shrunken images are not obstacles that need to be overcome, but rather fundamental signs of the countless, dispersed, anonymous historical forces?both human and non-human?on which the vitality of cinema depends. Bio: Jennifer M. Bean is Robert Jolin Osborne Associate Professor of Cinema and Media Studies at the University of Washington, Seattle. Her publications include the award-winning collections Silent Cinema and the Politics of Space (2014) and A Feminist Reader in Early Cinema (2003), as well as Flickers of Desire: Movie Stars of the 1910s (2011). She has served as advisory board member for the National Film Preservation Foundation, the British Film Institute, Turner Classic Movies, and Thanhouser Film Preservation, Inc., and is currently Editor-in-Chief of Feminist Media Histories: An International Journal. Benjamin Schultz-Figueroa (he, him, his) Assistant Professor of Film Studies Seattle University 901 12thAve Seattle, WA 98122 schultzfigub@seattleu.edu https://www.benjaminschultzfigueroa.com Author of The Celluloid Specimen: Moving Image Research into Animal Life available for pre-order from UC Press here: https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520342347/the-celluloid-specimen -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: