Colleen Laird
@colleenlaird.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Japanese Film at the University of British Columbia. Videographic scholarship ❤️
In the Vancouver area in September and interested in videographic scholarship for research and teaching and want more of a hands on experience beyond a presentation? The Ways of Undoing team is offering a three-day workshop at the University of British Columbia Sept 21-23. Registration required.
In the Vancouver area in September and interested in videographic scholarship for research and teaching? 👀 👀 👀 "Beyond the Written Assignment: Videographic Methods in Research and Tecahing" Ways of Undoing coming to UBC campus. Sept 18. 4-6pm. Asian Centre.
Aaaand the second Ways of UnDoing videographic essay exhibition is a much longer affair. Sept 17 - Oct 29 at the Wardlaw Museum, University of St. Andrews! Scotland! Exciting!
The first Ways of UnDoing videographic essay exhibition is happening Wednesday Sept 9th at Dundee Contemporary Arts! Scotland! So exciting! www.dca.org.uk/events/BbL-w...
We're organizing a 'Meet the Editor' session at this year's European Association for Japanese Studies @eajs.eu conference in Poznań with Prof. Joshua Mostow, Editor-in-Chief of Brill's Japanese Studies Library (www.brill.com/BJSL). 📅 Friday, 28 August 2026 🕒 1:00-2:00 p.m. 📍 De Gruyter Brill booth
The Journal of Embodied Research invites videographic submissions for an issue on how racism, digital technologies, and Asian Americanness are lived, felt, and contested through dance and embodied research. Abstracts are due November 15. Read the call here: tinyurl.com/JER-cfp
CFP: Racing After Technology
CALL FOR PROPOSALS Racing After Technology: Asian American Digital Choreographies and Embodied Research in an Anti-Black World Guest Editor: Al Evangelista, Oberlin College The Journal of Embodied Res...
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Extremely honored to have my "See Under: Orient" video screened at Locarno this week!!! Many thanks to Dayna McLeod, Chiara Grizzaffi, and Kevin B. Lee for inviting the piece and curating this amazing collection!
Some summer listening? How about the new episode of The Video Essay Podcast with guest host Lucy Fife Donaldson interviewing @arielavissar.bsky.social, Matthew Payne, and me, included in the fabulous new issue of Open Screens: www.openscreensjournal.com/article/id/2...
Thinking in the Timeline: A Conversation with The Video Essay Podcast
This conversation, produced in collaboration with The Video Essay Podcast, brings together three of the special issue co-editors – Ariel Avissar, Colleen Laird, and Matthew Thomas Payne – and guest mo...
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Very honored to have one of my supercuts --The Landlady--screened tomorrow at Birkbeck Cinema as part of the "Making Series: ii. Film, Tactility and the Politics of Aesthetic Labour" programme! ❤️ Many thanks to Lily Ford! When: 03 July 2026, 15:30 — 18:30 Venue: Birkbeck 43 Gordon Square, London
#6 in A Year of Supercuts. What is a supercut. What is a video essay. vimeo.com/1204964369?s...
The Secret of Success
A Year of Supercuts: Athena Exploration: Voice-over
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Coming in a bit late, but my fourth supercut of the year is finally done: vimeo.com/1191277564?s...
The Landlady
This is "The Landlady" by Colleen Laird on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.
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New Ways of Doing Newsletter! It is totes free with videographic goodies. Get yours today: waysofdoing.com/newsletter/
Third entry in my Year of Supercuts: vimeo.com/1175774964?s...
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A Year of Supercuts: Poseidon Exploration: environmental sound
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Only 20 spots available. Open to graduate students and faculty at any rank. Deadline March 31 VIDEOGRAPHIC VENICE WORKSHOP July 31 - Aug 6. Step into Venice, one of the world’s most fragile landscapes as a videoessayist, and learn to navigate through delicate terrains: www.univiu.org/study/summer...
Videographic Venice | The Video Essay at the Intersection of Place and Practice - Venice International University
Venice International University
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Co-organized by Dr. Colleen Laird and her colleagues, Videographic Venice invites participants to explore Venice as both subject and medium through videographic criticism. Apply by March 31: www.univiu.org/study/summer...
Videographic Venice | The Video Essay at the Intersection of Place and Practice - Venice International University
Venice International University
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Screenworks 16.2 - "Laird's Constraint": Videographic Montage Analysis Special Issue, entry #6 of 6 In "The Most unCertain Hour", @colleenlaird.bsky.social studies multiple iterations of the Marvel Studios logo, then pairs it with the 1963 anime "Astro Boy": www.screenworks.org.uk/archive/volu...
Second entry in my Year of Supercuts: vimeo.com/1162986094?s...
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A Year of Supercuts: Hera Exploration: splitscreen
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Delighted to announce the publication of Screenworks 16.2 - "Laird's Constraint": Videographic Montage Analysis Special Issue! I'm very proud of this one! Enjoy - and make your own: www.screenworks.org.uk/archive/volu...
Just one week left to apply for this incredible, FUNDED opportunity! waysofdoing.com/ways-of-undo...
Ways of Undoing – Ways of Doing
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Colleen Laird@colleenlaird.bsky.social · 8mo agoCall for Applications! Ways of Undoing invites videographic makers, scholars, and artists to apply to one of three intensive, week-long residential workshops (St Andrews 2026 | Vancouver 2027 | Tokyo 2028). Funded accommodation & board provided. Deadline: Feb 1, 2026 waysofdoing.com/ways-of-undo...
Now accepting applications! Join me, @barbarazecchi.bsky.social, @jbinotto.bsky.social, @arielavissar.bsky.social, Alan O'Leary, and Danielle Hipkins for a intensive videographic exploration of Venice this summer. Deadline: Mar 31. See details here: www.univiu.org/study/summer...
Call for Applications! Ways of Undoing invites videographic makers, scholars, and artists to apply to one of three intensive, week-long residential workshops (St Andrews 2026 | Vancouver 2027 | Tokyo 2028). Funded accommodation & board provided. Deadline: Feb 1, 2026 waysofdoing.com/ways-of-undo...
Now on 16:9, @colleenlaird.bsky.social's "See Under: Orient", the first in a series of videos made for our summer workshop, “𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐇𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐌𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐖𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐚 𝐁𝐚𝐫…”, in response to the The New York Times’ list of “100 Best Movies of the 21st Century". 16-9.dk/2025/11/the-... More to follow soon...
The 100 Best Movies of the 21st Century: "See Under: Orient" - 16:9 filmtidsskrift
VIDEO-ESSAY. Kicking off the “One Hundred Movies Walk into a Bar…” series, Colleen Laird’s “See Under: Orient” examines films from The New York Times list from or set in East Asia. Through formal gest...
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🎬 𝐂𝐀𝐋𝐋 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐕𝐈𝐃𝐄𝐎𝐆𝐑𝐀𝐏𝐇𝐈𝐂 𝐏𝐄𝐄𝐏𝐒! 🎬 This summer, we're diving into the New York Times' 100 Best Movies of the 21st Century list — and we want you to join us! We’re very interested to see what kinds of works might come out of a collective analysis of/reflection on the same curation of films...
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Cut to Sound #3: "Magnetic Pulses" A collaborative video, with images and words by @barbarazecchi.bsky.social, @cormacrestrike.bsky.social, Merel Marjieh, @middento.bsky.social, @jemsaunders1.bsky.social, Adi Beck, Nilüfer Neslihan Arslan, and @colleenlaird.bsky.social: vimeo.com/1077486007
Magnetic Pulses (Cut to Sound, Group 3)
Made as part of a collaborative videographic experiment I organized in 2024-2025. Participants: Barbara Zecchi, Cormac Donnelly, Merel Marjieh, Jeff Romero Middents,…
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