Join us for an evening of screening and conversation with Dr. Alexandra Juhasz - activist, media maker, scholar and author of AIDS TV
March 27: 7-9 PM in Choi Auditorium
What can early activist video responses to the AIDS crisis teach us about the possibilities for community-based media production? How does AIDS continue to serve as a space for innovative media work on resistance, memory, and memorial? Dr. Alex Juhasz, Professor of Media Studies at Pitzer College, will screen and discuss works from her trajectory as an AIDS activist and media maker who produced a diverse array of AIDS videos; first for public access TV, then through community based collaborations, and later through experimental documentary. Author of several books includng AIDS TV and Learning from You Tube, Juhasz will also speak about her present research on digital spaces of AIDS remembrance and memorial. More on Dr. Juhasz at: http://pzacad.pitzer.edu/~ajuhasz/
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Oxy Videotheque: Electronic Art & Activism 1967-2014 is the theme of Occidental Media Arts & Culture Program's Spring, 2014 Cinematheque series. In a digital moment where terms such as “cinema” and “film” are becoming increasingly blurred, this series focuses on video, the electronic medium that has precipitated much of that change. From its analog origins, to digital and now web-based iterations, video has profoundly transformed cinematic ideas of authorship, audience, aesthetics, and agency. Moving from early guerrilla video collectives and community-based video activism, to database documentary and video performance art, this series of spring events invites participants to explore the politics, poetics, and potentials of video.
The series website with full details and schedule of events is now live at: http://oxymac.com/cinematheque
A printable campus map is accessible at:http://www.oxy.edu/sites/default/files/assets/OXYmap.pdf
McKinnon/Johnson Hall is # 2 on the printable campus map, in the center of campus. The map indicates a number of different general parking options on campus.
This series is made possible with generous support from the Remsen-Bird Fund.