Rick Prelinger “COMMON GEOGRAPHIES” Workshop (CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS)

Rick Prelinger “COMMON GEOGRAPHIES: REPOSITORY AND COMMUNITY” Workshop (CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS)Feb. 15th, 1-5 pm Northrop Crosby Room (afternoon snacks provided)The evolution of media forms has accelerated production (especially documentary production) but left many artifacts, practices and people in its wake. At the same time media obsolescence creates opportunities for makers, archivists and community members to rethink the dynamic […]

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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Conference Schedule

Friday, October 12th Registration/Breakfast 9.00-10.00 Crosby Room, Northrop Session 1 10.00-11.30 Keynote 1: Kathleen Fitzpatrick (Michigan State University) “Sustainability and Solidarity” Respondent: Jani Scandura (UMN) Crosby Room, Northrop Break 11.30-12.00 Session 2 12.00-13.30 Panel A: Stories of Trash Crosby Room, Northrop Chair: Emily Fedoruk (CSCL) Amy Folkedahl Meehleder (UMN): Mapping the “Trash-scape”: Waste and the […]

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).

In January 2016, a collective of self-organized graduate students working under the generous guidance of several faculty members affiliated with the Moving Image Studies (MIMS) graduate minor formed an official student group, the Moving Image and Media Studies Graduate Group (MIMSGG). Our collective provides an interdisciplinary forum for graduate students and faculty with shared interests […]