This introductory course surveys the history of film and visual media in the 20th and 21st centuries. We will both explore the rise of major cinematic movements in their striving to define the "art of film" and shed light on the often overlooked parts and marginalized figures in the history of film. Building upon Rudolf Arnheim's concept of "visual thinking," this class puts special emphasis on creative practices and visual exercises that introduce students to new forms of visual expression and argumentation. Weekly video blogs, a visual essay, and a collaborative film festival project will further advance and diversify our multifaceted approach to the history of film and visual media.

This graduate course surveys new developments in media theory and provides an overview of advanced approaches to the study of media. We will look at different schools and streams of thought that productively expand and transform the established corpus of media theory. This year, our survey of recent media theoretical positions will also serve as the conceptual ground for our upcoming FVS graduate conference in April 2023. Weekly response papers, film screenings, and research projects will be vital components of our course and further advance our semester-long survey of new voices and positions in media theory.

This course explores the history of visual music throughout the 20th and 21st centuries. By bringing together
experimental and popular approaches to this unique art form, we will survey early avant-garde experiments with color music alongside Disney animations and musical choreographies in the 1920s and 1930s. Second, we will dive into the post-war art scenes and pioneers of electronic music while simultaneously tracing the rise of jukebox films in the 1950s and 1960s. Third, we will enter into the history of music videos and crossovers with video art since the early 1990s. Weekly video blogs and three visual music projects will further deepen our survey of the multilayered interplay between film, video, animation, and music.

Co-taught seminar with Katarina Burin. This hybrid studio and visual studies course explores the legacy of the Bauhaus for art and design education today and investigates new modes of material research. Conceived as a research-based art making course, we will examine Bauhaus pedagogy through weekly archival visits, pedagogical exercises, material workshops, studio practice, and lectures by guest scholars. Our research will culminate in two exhibitions that combine research materials from collections, drawings, and objects alongside student art projects generated as a result of our semester-long investigations.