A Themed Playlist from South African Cybermag herri
Curated by herri editor and South African filmmaker Aryan Kaganof. These ten short film works give a tiny glimpse into the incredibly rich world of contemporary experimental film as curated …
Themed Playlist: Experimental Radical Films from the Radical Film Network
Clive Myer and Mike Dunford Clive Myer and Mike Dunford were considering the space and place of experimental film in today’s so-called “anything goes” multi-platform, media faced society. They were …
Accent as Expertise, Perception, and Desire: A Playlist to Accompany Thinking with an Accent
The editors of Thinking with an Accent have compiled a media playlist to accompany their Open Access collection, available to read for free online or in a variety of downloadable formats. They have chosen a range of media texts, spanning the realms of installation and video art, theater, fiction and documentary film, and music. Their goal, to borrow a phrase from pioneering raciolinguist John Baugh’s foreword to our volume, has been to channel the “methodological liberation that is on display throughout this book,” and to do so in a way that introduces readers to the work of each of our contributors.
Film Screening: Tiempo de Lluvia
On 26 October, the Centre for Screen Cultures, in collaboration with the St Andrews Centre for Amerindian, Latin American, and Carribean Studies (CAS), hosted a screening of Tiempo de Lluvia, …
‘Sound, the ultimate multi-tool’ – an online screening of Last Things (2023) + conversation with filmmaker and artist Deborah Stratman and curator Ilinca Vânău
We are thrilled to welcome you to the final event in our three year focus on sound and the moving image with a screening of another incredible (and appropriately titled) …
Shared Resources – A conversation with Jordan Lord and Pooja Rangan
4pm (BST), 25th April: Shared Resources – a conversation with Jordan Lord and Pooja Rangan (online) Please register here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/shared-resources-a-conversation-with-jordan-lord-and-pooja-rangan-tickets-522393241247 In advance of this event we will screen Jordan …
Feeling Thing – A Conversation with Jo Bannon and Julie Rose Bower (online)
The Centre for Screen Cultures is delighted to be running events focusing on sound and the body in 2022-23, starting with an online conversation between Jo Bannon and Julie Rose …
Themed Playlist: Blackstar Theory- Drama, Dream, and David Bowie
Leah Kardos (Kingston University) shares a playlist that illuminates the intertextuality of David Bowie’s work and informs his last three projects, The Next Day (2013), the off-Broadway musical Lazarus (2015), and the album Blackstar (2016).
Themed Playlist: Mothers of Invention
To celebrate and coincide with the publication of the (fantastic!) Mothers of Invention: Film, Media, and Caregiving Labor, Eds Corinn Columpar and So Mayer deliver a playlist that expands on the book, which examines parenting both a theme and a practice in film and media cultures, where mothering can be seen as a form of radical caring labour.
(Im)material Worlds at Sands International Film Festival of St Andrews
Sands International Film Festival of St Andrews features the (Im)material Worlds programme, hosted by the Centre for Screen Cultures. Get the full programme notes here.
Event: Conversation with Luke Fowler and Lee Patterson, Wednesday 6th April, 3-4.30pm
The Centre for Screen Cultures at University of St Andrews is delighted to be hosting an online screening followed by a conversation between filmmaker Luke Fowler and sound artist Lee …
Event: Fugitive archives: Margaret Tait / Luke Fowler at Dundee Contemporary Arts, 31st March at 6pm
A screening of Margaret Tait’s unfinished films + a live spatial sound composition by Luke Fowler I. Unfinished Films (selected by Luke Fowler) A one-off screening of unfinished films …
Themed Playlist: Ukrainian Films
Inspired by community interest, the FLEFF team decided to develop a film list that would include both historical and contemporary films from Ukraine, a country with a long history of cinema. This is a selection of ten, all available through streaming services.
Themed Playlist: Sensing the Archive- A Frames Cinema Journal Special
This playlist is a companion piece to the Frames Cinema Journal Issue 19 which explores the sensory properties of archives, archival instabilities and the digital turn. Here is some recommended viewing for the readings and reflections of the issue.
Themed Playlist: Seeking Sanctuary
On 7th March, the University of St Andrews will commemorate its second anniversary of its University of Sanctuary status. This is a playlist on the theme of migration and seeking sanctuary.
Event: conversation with Budhaditya Chattopadhyay and Cathy Lane
On the 17th November, the Centre for Screen Cultures ran an event in collaboration with MeCCSA Sound Studies Network: A conversation between Budhaditya Chattopadhyay and Cathy Lane. The event was recorded and we …
Themed Playlist: Filming Abortion
From Maria San Filippo, a tie-in to her recent Flow column “Maude & Me; Or, Responsibilities of a Feminist Media Critic,” this list features films that represent abortion in resonant, hopefully mind-changing ways.
Themed Playlist: Film, Water, and Politics in the American West
From Tyler Parks, a list of films that promote and explore water landscapes in the American West: How did they envision utopias and progress, and what can we learn from them about how we see development, the environment, and politics today?
Event: conversation between Budhaditya Chattopadhyay and Cathy Lane
The Centre for Screen Cultures at University of St Andrews is delighted to be co-hosting a conversation between Budhaditya Chattopadhyay and Cathy Lane at 2pm-3.30pm on Wednesday 17th November via …
Themed Playlist: Queer Memory on Screen
From Anamarija Horvat (University of Nottingham), a playlist of films and television programmes that have contributed to the formation of queer memory, shaping how viewers imagine queer history and the past …