A panel presentation on the cultural and artistic impact of new media technologies.
Panel:
- Writer Jack Ross will draw on his web-based projects including the REM trilogy.
- Filmmaker Gabriel White will discuss the question of a "minor" cinema.
- Filmmaker David Blyth will discuss the internet and desire though his recent film Transfigured Nights.
- Film Archive curator Amelia Harris will examine the similar presence of amateurism in early cinema and contemporary media.
When: Thursday Dec 3
7.30 pm
Where: Auckland Film Archive
Level 1, 300 K Rd
Koha entry
complimentary beer!
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[postscript: 4/12/09]
Well, the event went off very well, I thought.
You can read more about the details of my presentation here, and no doubt there'll be further follow-ups on the Floating Cinemas website and blog.
[Photograph by Mary Paul (4/9/09)]