Kara Walker had some interesting things to say about race that caught my attention. She says that a lot of times in film, the lives of the back characters wouldn’t be shown in the same way as the white characters. The black characters lives would be in the margarine of the story compared to the …
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William Kentridge: Event #6
The black and white really old aesthetic of this video provided a very different viewing experience because it felt a lot further from a talk or presentation in the same way as the other events I’ve been a part of so far. This was definitely trying to out the viewer in the correct frame of …
David Lynch and Susie Pearl: Event #5
Mediation is something I’ve Never considered doing until watching this video. Part of my interest now definitely had to do with David Lynch because I naturally want to trust what he says because I like him as a person. David Lynch talks about how anyone can meditate, and it can fill a whole that someone …
Benjamin Lowder Event #4
Listening to Benjamin Lowder speak about ancient Egypt was really interesting. He used a lot of PowerPoint presentation type stuff but he wasn’t very reliant on the PowerPoint because he was only using it to show pictures, while he talked for awhile about just projects here. Benjamin Lowder talked a lot about geodesic domes, as …
Michele Leigh & Lora Mjolsness: Event #3
Michele Leigh and Lora Mjolsness shared a few interesting and unique animated films during their presentation. The main topic of their lecture was the importance of learning about and respecting the work of female filmmakers from the Soviet Union and Russia. They showed some very old animated short films that felt like a completely new …
Keith Knight: Event #2
Listening to Keith Knight speak has been the most moving event I have been a part of so far this semester. Keith didn’t just speak about his Hulu series, “Woke” he also spoke a lot about racial injustice in America, and talked about it in a way I have never experienced before. Keith is a …
Jay Needham: Event #1
Listening to Jay Needham speak on Zoom was an incredibly interesting experience. I love when I get to hear about what work professors do outside of the classes they teach, because I know that those works are probably what the professor is most passionate about, because they chose to work on them in their free …