Projection Booth Workshop at Heights Theater (CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS)

Projection Booth Workshop at Heights Theater Feb. 28th, 1.30-3.30pm at Heights Theater Analogue projection technology is rapidly disappearing from many theaters across the U.S. However, a few locations in Minneapolis are still offering analogue film experiences, and we want to take advantage of those spaces to learn about where film came from and possibly, where it […]

Koyaanisqatsi (1982) Screening and a Projection Booth Workshop at Trylon

We are pleased to inform you that MIMSGG has organized another free film screening at the Trylon as a continuation of our collaborative’s work on media and obsolescence. The film we will be watching and discussing on Thursday, November 29th, 7 pm at the Trylon is the visually and aurally stunning Koyaanisqatsi (1982). Free tickets […]

Hot Currents #1: Obsolescence Reading Group

MIMSGG will hold a reading group event in preparation for the Politics and Aesthetics of Obsolescence conference (Oct 12-13), where we will discuss excerpts from Kathleen Fitzpatrick’s book Planned Obsolescence (2011) and Joel Burges’ Out of Sync & Out of Work: History and the Obsolescence of Labor in Contemporary Culture (2018).

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Politics & Aesthetics of Obsolescence Conference

A University of Minnesota
Cultural Studies & Comparative Literature and MIMSGG Conference,
October 12-13, 2018. Keynote Speakers:
Professor Kathleen Fitzpatrick (Michigan State University) and
Professor Joel Burges (University of Rochester, NY).