Prof. Tami Gold will be presenting at Film Lab 2017. She is a Filmaker, Educator and Artist who will be the Lab’s first Industry Spotlight of 2017, Rising Up Angry: Filmmaking for Social Justice. Prof. Gold will share clips and stories from two films: Every Mother’s Son, about three women who lose their sons to police violence and unite for justice and change, and Puzzles, about a hate crime in a gay bar in Massachusetts and the correlation between American economic desperation and homophobia, intolerance, and, ultimately, violence. There will be an open Q&A and opportunities for networking!
Year: 2017
Codes and Modes: Reframing Reality, Virtuality and Nonfiction Media
This version of the Codes and Modes Symposium aims to create an intervention into the uncritical excitement about virtual reality, augmented reality, artificial intelligence and machine learning to establish a space for conversations about long-term socio-cultural and neurobiological impacts. Presenters will discuss how theorists, activists and artists can develop useful frameworks to explore the complex implications of using these technologies. Featured speakers include Lev Manovich (CUNY Graduate Center), Mandy Rose (Co-Director of i-Docs), Daanish Masood (BeAnotherLab), and Lina Srvistava (Fouder of Cultural Innovation for Social Impact) and Dan Archer (Empathetic Media).
The Symposium is sponsored by the Integrated Media Arts MFA Program at Hunter College, the Department of Film and Media Studies at Hunter College and the Emerging Media Technologies Program at NYC College of Technology, the Entertainment Technology Department. The primary locations on the 17th and 18th are the Lang Theater and the Film and Media Television Studio on the 5th floor in the Hunter North building. The evening of the 16th will be in the glass room 3rd floor Hunter West.
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IMA student Rachel Brown’s installation
IMA student Rachel Brown participated in a group exhibition Against Competition / Towards Mutual Aid at Flux Factory, February 8th – 14th.