Welcome to the website of the Theory and Practice of the Video-Essay: an International Conference on Videographic Criticism, that will be hosted by the Interdepartmental Program in Film Studies at the University of Massachusetts Amherst on September 22 and 23, 2022.
The videographic essay is a still-emerging but swiftly evolving form. Film scholars working in this Barthesian “third form” of critical scholarship employ the expressive power of audiovisual media for their engagements with film and film theory. This will be a two-day in-person conference addressing theory, practice, pedagogy, and future directions of this field. It will consider submissions of videographic works, video essays, desktop films, video epigraphs, and papers. Works in progress are welcome!
This website will lead you to the conference program as well as to information about registration, location, lodging, transportation, and eating out in the Amherst area.
If you have any questions, feel free to write us a message: videoessay@umass.edu
Conference Directors
Barbara Zecchi, Film Studies (bzecchi@umass.edu)
Daniel Pope, Film Studies (daniel@umass.edu)
Conference Organizing and Academic Committee
Barbara Zecchi, Film Studies
Daniel Pope, Film Studies
Barry Spence, Film Studies
Kevin Anderson, Communication
Emily Ko, Film Studies
Celia Sainz, Spanish and Portuguese
Eva Álvarez-Vázquez, Spanish and Portuguese
Beatriz Gómez Vega, Spanish and Portuguese
Treasurer
Ian Sedelow, Film Studies
Conference poster by Daniel Pope
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