Workshop - "A Map of Light: Creativity & Inspiration during Dark Times" with Dr. Yehuda Sharim, Thursday, April 27, 2023, 10:30am-12pm, COB II 290 (Hybrid) - Attendee Registration
8th Annual Interdisciplinary Humanities Graduate Student Conference.
Light lunch and refreshments will be provided at the event.
Workshop Description: The camera is obsessed with light. Darkness is never considered
aesthetically pleasing. We are told that we need to see: we need to see
as a way to learn and make sense. And light is the most critical
ingredient in shaping that illusion of “seeing” as “being.” We are like
our cameras, chasing lights, forgetting that the uncertainty
accompanying darkness is inseparable from any light source. In this
talk, we will interrogate what it means to follow a creative vision (start a film, book, and more), exploring this desire to create, shape, and enter a space of experimentation. We will examine different aspects of community cinema and consider the various
personal/collective challenges and doubts that keep us away from THE work we know we are meant to do. This talk concerns the thirst to film and create new visions during calamitous times.
BIO: Yehuda Sharim, Ph.D., is a writer, photographer, filmmaker,
and poet. As the son of Persian immigrants to Israel, his work focuses
on the relationship between the quotidian and the poetic. Sharim’s films
have appeared in film festivals, artistic venues, and universities
across the world. Oscillating between fiction and documentary
filmmaking, his work offers an intimate portrayal of those who refuse to
surrender amidst daily devastation and culminating strife, offering a
vision for equality and renewed solidarity in a divisive world. He
currently serves as an Assistant Professor in the Program of Global Art
Studies at the University of California, Merced.
Zoom Meeting ID: 839 4754 3697
Zoom Link: https://ucmerced.zoom.us/j/83947543697
