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Grace Han

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Stanford PhD candy thinking abt CG & AI through animation aesthetics; film critic on asian/diaspora cinema; GALECA secretary; πŸ… & πŸ‰ https://art.stanford.edu/people/grace-han πŸ“SF Bay Area

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this is on wednesday!

10.11.2025 16:12 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ’« Digital Aesthetics Alert πŸ’«

We will have Kristen Whissel present on β€œAtomic Modernity, The Cultural Technique of Filtering, and Doom Town 3D” on Wed, Nov 12! More details in the flyer below. We look forward to seeing many of you there! :-)

Zoom here: tinyurl.com/449kr46x

06.11.2025 16:58 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

this is this week!!

20.10.2025 01:20 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Digital Aesthetics with Joseph LaDappe Digital Aesthetics, a Stanford Humanities Center Research Workshop, is back! The first event of the 25-26 year will feature artist-educator-activist Joseph LaDappe, who will present on β€œMakin…

Digital Aesthetics is back! This time, we'll have artist-educator-activist, Joseph LaDappe, on Wed, Oct 22, from 5:00-6:30pm. Dinner will be served for in-person attendees. Zoom link for our online participants: tinyurl.com/5cjwfmej

More information below:
gracehan.xyz/2025/10/14/d...

14.10.2025 21:52 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Towards a CinΓ©-Paleontology: Theories of Digital Cinematography In commemoration of the recent release Jurassic World: Rebirth, I’m sharing a tidbit of my latest book chapter in Handbuch Medientheorien im 21. Jahrhundert, on β€œTheories of Digital Cin…

need a quick reader on digital cinema before the start of the school year? check out my (dinosaur) themed entry for Handbuch Medientheorien im 21. Jahrhundert, which traces the turn from #psychoanalysis to #phenomenology in film theory. link here for more:

gracehan.xyz/2025/08/08/t...

09.08.2025 18:12 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Sundance Press Inclusion Initiative applications now open! Highly recommend folks to apply, if they haven’t already. Please note that you have to submit both a press accreditation application and the PII application to be considered. Full press relea…

in other news: i revamped my website! added a blog function to keep y’all updated with film festival / academic news. newest post is on the @sundance.org Press Inclusion Initiative β€” read more here:

gracehan.xyz/2025/08/04/s...

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Grace Han in front of the screen showing a slide explaining Gen AI machine learning basics.

Grace Han in front of the screen showing a slide explaining Gen AI machine learning basics.

3 Panelists sit to the left of the screen that shows an advert for an upcoming talk they are doing while they address questions at the Q&A

3 Panelists sit to the left of the screen that shows an advert for an upcoming talk they are doing while they address questions at the Q&A

First #sas36 panel: Bad Animation (= So Good) @aurelievpetit.bsky.social @ghahahan.bsky.social and Jacqueline Ristola

09.07.2025 00:12 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Excellent panel on "Bad" Animation by @ghahahan.bsky.social @aurelievpetit.bsky.social and Jacqueline Ristola at #SAS36

07.07.2025 11:53 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
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poster just dropped!
submissions for TASTE OF POMEGRANATE, a @screenshotasia Short Film Focus at #Pitt, is open until July 1. More details here ::

filmfreeway.com/Screenshot_SFF

03.06.2025 14:38 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

this is tomorrow!

19.05.2025 15:10 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Screenshot Short Film Focus: Taste of Pomegranate The Screenshot Short Film Focus, part of Screenshot: Film Asia 2025 in Pittsburgh, will highlight short films from the South West Asian and North African tha...

Submissions for SCREENSHOT SHORT FILM FOCUS: TASTE OF POMEGRANATE are now open until July! Showcase will be in Pittsburgh, Nov 8. If you have any short film work from or about the SWANA region, feel free to submit!

filmfreeway.com/Screenshot_SFF

15.05.2025 17:58 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

@hankg.bsky.social @sunhahong.bsky.social @stanfordhai.bsky.social @shanedenson.bsky.social

10.05.2025 00:32 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Please join us for our last Digital Aesthetics event of the AY 24-25: an AI & Media Roundtable, with Sun-ha Hong, Johan Fredrikzon, Julia Irwin, and Hank Gerba on May 20, 5-7pm PT. Abstracts and bios can be found here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Zoom for the day of: tinyurl.com/5n8mdpbb

09.05.2025 23:54 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2

this is tomorrow !!

28.04.2025 21:50 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

this is tomorrow!!

24.04.2025 15:35 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ’«Digital Aesthetics alert (we have 2 events in the next week!)πŸ’«

Join us for a workshop with Thomas Pringle, who will present β€œStreaming Capital: Digital Aesthetics and Natural Infrastructure” on Tues, April 29, 5-7pm PT.

Zoom link: tinyurl.com/34unt7nc

22.04.2025 20:37 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

reminder that this is on friday! lunch will be served to in-person attendees (thai food)!

21.04.2025 18:28 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ’«Digital Aesthetics Alert πŸ’«

We’re pleased to welcome Kartik Nair for his talk, β€œForms in Motion: Elemental Effects in Contemporary Cinema” on Friday, April 25, from 1-3pm PT at McMurtry 370. Lunch will be served!

Zoom link otherwise: tinyurl.com/y48zask7

16.04.2025 19:01 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2

this is tomorrow!

07.04.2025 19:47 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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‼️Digital Aesthetics Alert‼️

Join us in our workshop with Sybille KrΓ€mer, who will speak on β€œThe Productivity of Artificial Flatness” at the SHC on Tuesday, April 8, 5-7pm PT. Flyer, full title, & Zoom below. We hope to see many of you there!

Zoom: tinyurl.com/38vjpaz6

01.04.2025 17:23 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

deadline had been extended until TONIGHT 11:59pm PST!! galeca.org/Crimson-Hono...

31.03.2025 21:25 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Florida mayor seeks to evict cinema for showing Oscar-winning documentary Miami Beach mayor also proposes withdrawing grant after O Cinema screened Palestinian-focused film No Other Land

A model is emerging, which is simply pretending the First Amendment doesn't exist

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Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Digital Aesthetics with Scott Richmond. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting. Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Digital Aesthetics with Scott Richmond. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.

it has come to my attention that the url might be busted! here’s the full link: stanford.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

10.03.2025 22:31 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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‼️ Digital Aesthetics alert ‼️

Scott Richmond will come by for a hands-on demo and talk about a pre-circulated paper over lunch. Details below and for Zoom attendees, link here: tinyurl.com/mrzjv77d

Email me for the paper, if you haven’t received it already! ghahahan@stanford.edu

10.03.2025 21:57 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

and so happy for the animation teams β€” IN THE SHADOW OF THE CYPRESS and FLOW β€” and the win for NO OTHER LAND. well-deserved, and again, hopeful outlook for indies and world cinema!

03.03.2025 04:30 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

the #Oscar wins give me hope for the future of indie cinema & theatrical release (ANORA was only in theaters!) & is a testament to how prominent A24 β€” and anti-AI sentiment β€” has grown in american industry the past few years. super pleased with the wins this year - congrats everyone!!

03.03.2025 04:14 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ’« 2 Digital Aesthetics workshops coming up! πŸ’«

Tues, Mar 4, 5-7pm PT- Rizvana Bradley, Borrowed Time: Mediating the Nonevental
Fri, Mar 14, 11:30-1p PT - Scott Richmond, Computing, Intimately: On Computational Transitional Objects

We hope to see many of you around!

27.02.2025 19:21 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
GALECA :: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics :: Home of The Dorian Awards GALECA:: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics is comprised of critics and entertainment journalists and pop culture critics who write on television and film for noteworthy print, online and broa...

! please share with your students !

@dorianawards.bsky.social
The Crimson Honors, a film criticism scholarship for LGBTQ undergrads at public schools in the US, is now live. $3000 for 3 promising film critics - deadline March 20, 2025 - link below for details!

galeca.org/Crimson-Hono...

28.01.2025 21:53 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

this is today!

28.01.2025 17:34 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

reminder that this is tomorrow!

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