The LLMVC’s George Washington Wilson Centre for Visual Culture and the Centre for History and Philosophy of Science, Technology and Medicine would be delighted if you could join us for our next free online event ‘Filming Fly Eggs: Time-Lapse Cinematography as an Intermedial Practice‘ by Dr Jesse Olszynko-Gryn (University of Strathclyde) on Wednesday 15 September … Continue reading
Tuesday 30th March 12-2pm Free online event hosted by the GWW Centre Dear All, LLMVC’s George Washington Wilson Centre for Visual Culture would be delighted if you could join us for our next free online event ‘Contemporary Chinese Cinema. Filmmakers Representing the Real against a Booming Industry’ by Dr Elena Pollacchi on Tuesday 30 March 12-2pm. … Continue reading
Interested in discovering how an independent cinema is run? Curious to learn about the film exhibition industry in Scotland? The Aberdeen Cineclub, the society at the University of Aberdeen uniting film lovers, is hosting a free talk with Colin Farquhar, Head of Cinema Operations at Belmont Filmhouse. Join us on Wednesday 3rd February at 7:30 … Continue reading
Neal Hartman – Science-themed Film Festivals Free online event, Thursday 3rd December, 12am hosted by the GWW Centre Dear All, LLMVC’s George Washington Wilson Centre for Visual Culture would be delighted if you could join us for our next free online event ‘Science-themed Film Festivals’ by Neal Hartman on Thursday 3 December 12am. If you would … Continue reading
Free online event, Thursday 12th November, 1-2pmco-hosted by the GWW Centre and the CHPSTM Centre Dear All, LLMVC’s George Washington Wilson Centre for Visual Culture and the Centre for History and Philosophy of Science, Technology and Medicine would be delighted if you could join us for our next free online event ‘Loving the monster: David … Continue reading
Last Monday’s screening of A Moon for My Father and Lubion, two 2019 films made by the renowned Iranian artist and director Mania Akbari in collaboration with the British sculptor Douglas White, followed by a Q&A masterclass with Mania herself at King’s Conference Centre, was a very happy occasion, bringing together students and the wider … Continue reading
On #ThrowbackThursday we look back to acclaimed filmmaker Ruth Beckermann’s visit to the University of Aberdeen May Festival earlier this year. The video recording of a Q&A with Ruth Beckermann (chaired by Dr Katya Krylova), held following the screening of her award-winning film The Waldheim Waltz (2018), is now available to view: This special Director’s … Continue reading
Back in March, The George Washington Wilson Centre held a two-day filmmaking workshop for school pupils aged 16+ from Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire at the University of Aberdeen’s Media Lab. The pupils had one week to plan, shoot, and edit a short 1-5 minute film that would be shown at the University’s May Festival. The workshop … Continue reading
The School’s George Washington Wilson Centre for Visual Culture is proud to present its VIEW programme of events at this year’s University May Festival on 24-26 May. Please see below for a full list of events being organised by GWW Centre members, in chronological order, including a round-table to accompany two exhibitions at the Suttie … Continue reading
Along with congratulating students on their exams, I would like to share the three losses and one win which we didn’t always have time to discuss as the course progressed. 26 January – composer Michel Legrand, lost two days after our lecture on Cleo from 5 to 7, for which he wrote the music to “Sans … Continue reading
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