Category Archives: Miscellaneous

Enrique Rodriguez lecture

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Jonathan Sterne Lecture

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Writing for the Future

Professor Paul Stoller (Guggenheim Fellow, and UT Austin Alum) will be here on February 27th as part of the Sensorium lecture series. Writing for the Future A public lecture by Professor Paul Stoller (West Chester University) Time: February 27, 2012 at … Continue reading

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Photography & ethnicity in 19th-century Mexico discussed

  Description: “The Heart of Darkness in the Lacandon Rain Forest” is a talk by Dr. Deborah Dorotinsky, Institute of Aesthetic Research, National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). Dorotinsky examines the visual construction of landscape and ethnicity in Mexico, as … Continue reading

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Sight, Darkness, Secrecy

Sensory Complications in Maya Archaeology A public lecture by Professor Stephen D. Houston (Brown University) Time: February 6, 2012 at Noon Location: Student Activity Center 5.118 Abstract: The human senses access and process stimuli from a variety of sources. This talk, which … Continue reading

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Informal Workshop: Chelsi West

Join Cultural Forms student Chelsi West as she workshops images from her fieldwork in Albania. When: Thursday, December 1st at noon Where: Intermedia Research Studio

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Informal Workshop: Daniel Rudin

When: Thursday, November 10th at noon Where: Intermedia Research Studio Drop in, stop on by, and workshop with MFA student Daniel Rudin as he designs a new video/installation on November 10th at noon.  This is a public workshop, everyone is welcome.

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Art/E/Fact Publication

An interesting new project exploring the connections and entanglements of art and anthropology, Art/E/Fact brings together essays and new media productions in a biannual publication supported by The Centre for Visual Anthropology at Goldsmiths. Art/E/Fact’s first issue, On Dialogues, focuses … Continue reading

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New Nikon Slide Feeder for Scanning 35mm Slides

The Workshop just installed a new, motorized slide feeder to the 35mm slide scanner. Load up to 50 slides at once, and let the Nikon SF-210 quickly digitize your collection of images. The feeder handles most slide sizes and brands. … Continue reading

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The uneasy line between art and document

Here’s a nice post on CBS news about a manipulated photograph.  I find the move to be a significant and compelling commitment to both authorial expression and event-based documentation: Jamie and Kevin captured New York Times photographer Bill Cunningham grabbing … Continue reading

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