Memories, Bodies, Ecologies
In the research project “The Video Essay: Memories, Ecologies, Bodies,” funded by the SNSF and co-hosted at the Università Svizzera italiana (USI) and Hochschule Luzern (HSLU), the current state and future potentials of the video essay is investigated. We look at the video essay as a digital media format that produces and shares (audiovisual) knowledge in such a way that it enables us to critically reflect on the media processes we’re surrounded by.
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The Future of Survival
Cinema Futures is a unique event to explore cinema’s importance in envisioning a better future for all. This partnership between the Locarno Film Festival and the Università della Svizzera italiana (USI) – with support from the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) and Swisscom – connects audiovisual innovation to social and environmental responsibility. As part of its larger mission to discover and support new directions for cinema, Locarno Film Festival offers an exciting environment to convene the world’s leading scholars in film and media, serving as a platform to set a research agenda to assess and defi-ne the future of the field.This year’s conference focused on the main theme of Cinematic Survival, ela-borated through three modes of survival: Digital Survival, Social Survival, and Environmental Survival.