ZOOM LINK: https://cca.zoom.us/j/4876547396?
PASSWORD: FilmWeek20

Curator and artist Astria Suparak will talk about her path from teen punk to disillusioned art student to acclaimed curator, and back again (or something like that), including how she began a renowned film series at Pratt Institute (New York) as an alternative education and a revolt against mainstream media; toured internationally with curated exhibitions and programs of art, film, performance, and live music; worked extensively as both an institutional and independent curator; and currently creates projects around scifi, sports, and diasporas. Presentation will include practical steps for students and a ton of images. Hosted by CCA Faculty and Film Program Chair Ranu Mukherjee.

***OPEN TO CCA COMMUNITY ONLY, INCLUDING PROSPECTIVE STUDENTS AND FILM ALUMNI.

THIS EVENT IS PART OF THE FIRST-EVER CCA FILM WEEK, a time for our community to come together, to explore, reflect on and celebrate the power and potential of the moving image, the diversity of voices working in this field and our questions related to racial and social justice.

PARTICIPANT BIOS: 

Astria Suparak has curated exhibitions, screenings, performances, and live music events for art institutions and festivals across ten countries, including The Liverpool Biennial, MoMA PS1, Museo Rufino Tamayo, Eyebeam, The Kitchen, Carnegie Mellon, Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen, and Expo Chicago, as well as for unconventional spaces such as roller-skating rinks, ferry boats, sports bars, and rock clubs.

Ranu Mukherjee (CCA Faculty, Film Program Chair) makes hybrid forms of video, painting and installation guided by the forces of ecology and non-human agency, diaspora and migration, motherhood and transnational feminisms. She draws inspiration from the histories of collage, black feminist science fiction and Indian mythological prints (19th-20thc). Employing layers of saturated color, printed pattern on sari cloth and animated overlays of image, tempo and choreography, she amplifies physical presence and sensuality. Her recent work considers how experiences of rupture and longing can be catalysts for building new imaginative capacities.