School of
Film and Media Studies
School of Film and Media Studies
School of Film and Media Studies
Immerse yourself in the production and critique of film, media, television, and video art.
Our interdisciplinary programs combine research and hands-on training, as we encourage you to become engaged makers and critical consumers of media.
Upcoming Events
Mar
3
BLKNWS: TERMS & CONDITIONS Film Screening
Please join Global Black Studies for a film screening of BLKNWS:TERMS & CONDITIONS a genre-bending documentary adapted from Director Kahlil Joseph’s renowned video art installation. Post film discussion to follow.
Mar
4
FMS Screening Series presents “Cashé”
“Caché on its fundamental level is about a family that becomes aware it is being watched. And not merely watched, but seen.” (Roger Ebert)
” crafts a thriller that has audiences twitching with suspicion, letting out gasps…emerging from the cinema in deep discussion. I can’t recall a film in the last decade that has provoked so many theories, nor demanded so many explanations - none of which appear to satisfy, simply feeding the appetite, rather, for second viewings and yet more interpretations.” (The Guardian)
Mar
5
Conscription Engine: Europe’s Twink Death by Marcin Ratajczyk
In this presentation, Marcin Ratajczyk will discuss Conscription Engine, an AI-driven installation that examines how rising fears of militarization in Europe draw people into forms of voluntary self-objectification.
The conversation will be moderated by Shaka McGlotten, Professor of Media Studies.
Organized as part of the Information Aesthetics course by Hakan Topal, Professor of New Media and Art+Design.
Bio
Marcin Ratajczyk (b. 2002, Poznań, Poland) is a media artist based in Vienna. He studies Digital Arts under UBERMORGEN at the University of Applied Arts Vienna and is a co-founder of Malpractice, a Polish–Austrian–Italian collective exploring AI as a collaborator in posthuman artistic processes. Through Malpractice, his work has been presented at institutions such as Francisco Carolinum Linz, House of Electronic Arts Basel, Digital Art Mile at Art Basel, and Y3 Pavilion Wuhan, as well as at the 38th Chaos Computer Congress in Hamburg. His practice investigates the aesthetics of digital intimacy, performative systems, and the emotional residues of algorithmic life.
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