Bell & Howell Filmo 75, a 16mm movie camera made in 1928

In this episode you'll learn • What Other Cinema is and why it matters • The vision of Craig Baldwin • How found-footage filmmaking transforms existing media • Why San Francisco became a center of experimental cinema #OtherCinema #CraigBaldwin #ExperimentalFilm youtu.be/c3ljDnYtBYI

Other Cinema: Sanctuary of Underground and Experimental Film

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Excited to share this critical essay I wrote after checking out EXTRA/PHENOMENALITIES at the Stanford Art Gallery -- had the chance to think through questions of AI and imperialism through the AICA-USA art critics fellowship alongside wonderful writers and mentors. www.aicausa.org/magazine/mej...

Places We Make From — AICA-USA

Beyond Appearances At The Stanford Art Gallery By Alex Feliciano Mejía Alex Feliciano Mejía  squares the role of research universities in the AI era—and how artists in their surrounding com...

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Heyyyyy Bay Area folks! I'll be celebrating the launch of my book Muñeca at Pegasus Books, one of my favorite bookshops since I was a Cal student. I'd love to see a bunch of you there. pegasusbookstore.com/gomez

Two very different kinds of hauntings delivered via StoryHour last night!

Story Hour@storyhour.bsky.social · 7mo ago

This Story Hour, Ai Jiang and Cynthia Gómez showed us what horror stories can do. We started with a heartbreaking ghost story and ended with hard-hitting social horror. You can still watch! @aijiang.bsky.social @cynthiasaysboo.bsky.social youtu.be/QLbAuC6vQOI

once your email storage is full you should be allowed to graduate from it. no more emails for you. you’ve seen enough emails. you’re free now

"The 45-second film, made around 1897, was the first appearance on film of what might be called a robot" HELL. YES.

Lost 19th century film by Méliès discovered at the Library | Timeless

Library conservators recently made a startling discovery in a batch of decaying film reels -- a long-lost 1897 film by early cinema icon George Méliès. The French magician-turned-filmmaker's

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This thread. As my uni cuts & cuts, I argue - let’s double down on being a home for all the students who will come here from other places - be a place that’s safe for trans students, welcome immigrants, support disabled students - we are a good place for them already, and should stand up & say that…

Alfred Twu@alfredtwu.com · 9mo ago

As Californians, we should be prepared to receive over a million LGBTQ people moving here, and that is on top of other groups moving here for other reasons, whether it's to get away from racism, to find jobs, etc. Getting more housing built quickly will be important.

I'm enjoying taking some time off from watching a film a day, but I think I might do something similar to this with Harun Farocki in February. Everything I've seen by him has been amazing and, like Obomsawin, he's got shorts, so it feels doable.

Benjamín Schultz-Figueroa@benjaminschultzfig.bsky.social · 10mo ago

OK, I totally dropped the ball on Noirvember. Noirs are all feature films and that's too much for me (especially since I often need to rewatch the movies I'm teaching on top of that). But I'm determined to have an Alanis Obomsawin December. I'm ready to immerse myself in the work of a master.

Timberwolves hold a moment of silence for Renee Nicole Good

The Democrats are cowards, structurally cowards, since their legitimacy as a ruling class party is anchored in their commitment to reproducing us imperialism. I get this, yet it continues to be disappointing to see the result of their spineless politics

Max Berger@maxberger.bsky.social · 9mo ago

It would be so cool if the United States Congress still existed.

pros and cons of using 3 different books to study something: pros: - 3 different perspectives, approaches, and explanations - regular repetition cons: - sometimes you forget about 1 of the 3 books for a few days

Some people are responding to criticisms of this as if people were saying “impeachment is obviously the right strategy.” No. The point is that “impeachment isn’t the right strategy because the GOP may start to be responsible” is an unfathomably stupid and insulting lie.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 9mo ago

Asked about the possibility of impeachment, Schumer says "we hope that we can have support from our Republican colleagues to put a brake on this long before it gets that far"

and then for hours used passive voice to pretend they had no idea who was behind the apparently spontaneous explosions

Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 9mo ago

(Semafor) - The New York Times and Washington Post learned of a secret US raid on Venezuela soon before it was scheduled to begin Friday night — but held off publishing what they knew to avoid endangering US troops .. @semafor.com www.semafor.com/article/01/0...

Anti-war march in NYC, organized overnight. Happening right now, 8th Ave. People care.

I am struggling with what might be a generational experience. The gulf war was pretty politically formative for me. It’s not history so much as memory this time. It is destabilizing to see almost the exact same gameplan but this time without the guardrails that at the time I took for granted.

I cannot wait to confront any supporters (past or present) of the US president, insist they watch this video, and that they explain which sector of America this is going to make great (rich, powerful) again

Yashar Ali 🐘@yasharali.bsky.social · 9mo ago

The BBC has verified this video out of Venezuela.

You might want to read this but it also might make you sick with fury.

taran@taranarchy.bsky.social · 9mo ago

always knew the burrito taxi industry was scummy but this is the most unfathomably evil, cartoon villain shit I’ve read in a while. jfc

Trump's DOJ was monitoring all the movements of the Miami Herald reporter who was covering the Epstein case.

Watched this last night for the first time, preparing for 16mm cinematography workshop next semester. I know the film is known for Alton’s DP work, but I was digging the conflict around (gendered?) notions of “objectivity” between Christine and Martin, like the scene where the seance get interrupted

LadyKdesigns@ladykdesigns.bsky.social · 11mo ago

The Amazing Mr. X (1948), also known as The Spiritualist, is a #noirror #filmnoir directed by Bernard Vorhaus with cinematography by John Alton. Starring Turhan Bey, Lynn Bari, Cathy O'Donnell, and Richard Carlson. The film is featured in Alton's book on cinematography Painting with Light (1949).

Very excited this critical essay I co-wrote with Ellie Vanderlip is out in the experimental film journal, Found Footage Magazine. foundfootagemagazine.com/online-issue...

Finding the Found: Personality and precarity in San Francisco’s Other Cinema archive – Found Footage Magazine

Arriving at the door of 992 Valencia Street in San Francisco, the storefront of Artists’ Television Access (ATA), you encounter your first lesson in the subtle language of the Other Cinema (OC) archiv...

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How 13 CSU presidents got up-to-20 percent raises despite huge budget cuts and layoffs: www.calfac.org/how-csu-trus...

How CSU Trustees Got Duped Into Approving Huge Base Salary Increases for Presidents (Using CSU Operating Funds) - California Faculty Association

In our last headlines, we covered how the CSU Board of Trustees, including the chancellor, approved a policy that gave extravagant raises to the

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We are watching the second season of Twin Peaks at my house and I had only watched it once before -- and i happened to have been super sick in like February of 2020 (who knows if I had COVID) and it was on a TV which stretched the aspect ratio to 16:9. I realized this time its actually 4:3. But,

Watching Pasolini's Gospel According to Matthew today while standing, bouncing, and sitting with the newborn in the carrier. The musical selections are incredible example of audio and visual elements creating space for imaginations to explore. Love Jesus' unibrow as well.

Congratulations to the 13 presidents of the California State University system who were given 5-20 percent raises! (retroactive to July 2025)🎉🎉🎉👏👏👏Don’t let a $144 million budget cut to the CSU harsh their glow up!

I *really* want more reporting on this because the book was pretty heavily vetted by lawyers in advance of publication….

Maris Kreizman@maris.bsky.social · 12mo ago

This is so damn scary. The book claimed that Jeffrey Epstein was the one who introduced Donald and Melania. Now the CEO of Harper UK is out.

今年も旅する蝶が舞い降り フジバカマの上をヒラヒラ舞う その美しさ･･･ 2000キロもの旅の途中 どうぞご無事で･･･(*´˘`*)♡ #photography #photo #フジバカマ #アサギマダラ #旅する蝶

My latest for Mindplex, an interview with STELARC

Experimenting With Alternative Anatomical Architectures. An interview with STELARC

When art meets anatomy, STELARC turns the human body into a living laboratory — exploring flesh, machines, and the limits of being alive.

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Tonight, Sat. 9/27, at 7:30pm I am super honored to be collaborating with Michelle Segura to present a night of poetry and cinema from Guatemala and the Guatemalan diaspora as part of Other Cinema’s Fall Season at @artiststelevisionaccess (992 Valencia Street, corner of Valencia and 21st Street)!