Colleen Laird
@colleenlaird.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Japanese Film at the University of British Columbia. Videographic scholarship ❤️
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Now on 16:9, @colleenlaird.bsky.social's "See Under: Orient", the first in a series of videos made for our summer workshop, “𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐇𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐌𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐖𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐚 𝐁𝐚𝐫…”, in response to the The New York Times’ list of “100 Best Movies of the 21st Century".
16-9.dk/2025/11/the-...
More to follow soon...
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The 100 Best Movies of the 21st Century: "See Under: Orient" - 16:9 filmtidsskrift
VIDEO-ESSAY. Kicking off the “One Hundred Movies Walk into a Bar…” series, Colleen Laird’s “See Under: Orient” examines films from The New York Times list from or set in East Asia. Through formal gest...
16-9.dk
November 17, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Now on 16:9, @colleenlaird.bsky.social's "See Under: Orient", the first in a series of videos made for our summer workshop, “𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐇𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐌𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐖𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐚 𝐁𝐚𝐫…”, in response to the The New York Times’ list of “100 Best Movies of the 21st Century".
16-9.dk/2025/11/the-...
More to follow soon...
16-9.dk/2025/11/the-...
More to follow soon...
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🎬 𝐂𝐀𝐋𝐋 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐕𝐈𝐃𝐄𝐎𝐆𝐑𝐀𝐏𝐇𝐈𝐂 𝐏𝐄𝐄𝐏𝐒! 🎬
This summer, we're diving into the New York Times' 100 Best Movies of the 21st Century list — and we want you to join us! We’re very interested to see what kinds of works might come out of a collective analysis of/reflection on the same curation of films...
This summer, we're diving into the New York Times' 100 Best Movies of the 21st Century list — and we want you to join us! We’re very interested to see what kinds of works might come out of a collective analysis of/reflection on the same curation of films...
June 28, 2025 at 1:23 PM
🎬 𝐂𝐀𝐋𝐋 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐕𝐈𝐃𝐄𝐎𝐆𝐑𝐀𝐏𝐇𝐈𝐂 𝐏𝐄𝐄𝐏𝐒! 🎬
This summer, we're diving into the New York Times' 100 Best Movies of the 21st Century list — and we want you to join us! We’re very interested to see what kinds of works might come out of a collective analysis of/reflection on the same curation of films...
This summer, we're diving into the New York Times' 100 Best Movies of the 21st Century list — and we want you to join us! We’re very interested to see what kinds of works might come out of a collective analysis of/reflection on the same curation of films...
New banger of a newsletter. See what we’ve been up to. 👀 Follow some links to new ideas and opportunities. ✨
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Newsletter for waysofdoing.com
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Newsletter for waysofdoing.com
June 21, 2025 at 10:13 AM
New banger of a newsletter. See what we’ve been up to. 👀 Follow some links to new ideas and opportunities. ✨
waysofdoingcollective.substack.com
Newsletter for waysofdoing.com
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Newsletter for waysofdoing.com
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Cut to Sound #3: "Magnetic Pulses"
A collaborative video, with images and words by
@barbarazecchi.bsky.social, @cormacrestrike.bsky.social, Merel Marjieh, @middento.bsky.social, @jemsaunders1.bsky.social, Adi Beck, Nilüfer Neslihan Arslan, and @colleenlaird.bsky.social: vimeo.com/1077486007
A collaborative video, with images and words by
@barbarazecchi.bsky.social, @cormacrestrike.bsky.social, Merel Marjieh, @middento.bsky.social, @jemsaunders1.bsky.social, Adi Beck, Nilüfer Neslihan Arslan, and @colleenlaird.bsky.social: vimeo.com/1077486007
Magnetic Pulses (Cut to Sound, Group 3)
Made as part of a collaborative videographic experiment I organized in 2024-2025. Participants: Barbara Zecchi, Cormac Donnelly, Merel Marjieh, Jeff Romero Middents,…
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May 1, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Cut to Sound #3: "Magnetic Pulses"
A collaborative video, with images and words by
@barbarazecchi.bsky.social, @cormacrestrike.bsky.social, Merel Marjieh, @middento.bsky.social, @jemsaunders1.bsky.social, Adi Beck, Nilüfer Neslihan Arslan, and @colleenlaird.bsky.social: vimeo.com/1077486007
A collaborative video, with images and words by
@barbarazecchi.bsky.social, @cormacrestrike.bsky.social, Merel Marjieh, @middento.bsky.social, @jemsaunders1.bsky.social, Adi Beck, Nilüfer Neslihan Arslan, and @colleenlaird.bsky.social: vimeo.com/1077486007
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"Cut to Sound" is a group exercise prompt based on a collaborative videographic experiment, exploring the relationship between sounds, images, and words.
See detailed instructions + 3 videos made by 24 participants here: www.arielavissar.work/cut-to-sound
Check them out - and make your own!
See detailed instructions + 3 videos made by 24 participants here: www.arielavissar.work/cut-to-sound
Check them out - and make your own!
April 28, 2025 at 12:41 PM
"Cut to Sound" is a group exercise prompt based on a collaborative videographic experiment, exploring the relationship between sounds, images, and words.
See detailed instructions + 3 videos made by 24 participants here: www.arielavissar.work/cut-to-sound
Check them out - and make your own!
See detailed instructions + 3 videos made by 24 participants here: www.arielavissar.work/cut-to-sound
Check them out - and make your own!
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This hits hard, as 10 years ago we got a @neh-odh.bsky.social grant to launch our Scholarship in Sound & Image workshop. That grant was truly transformative, as we just saw at #scms25 - it's no exaggeration to say that videographic criticism as we know it would not exist without #NEH support!
My Slate piece on the widespread NEH grant cancellations is live. So much gratitude to everyone who took the time to talk with me these past few days while fighting fires on every side.
#humanities #highered #neh
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#humanities #highered #neh
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Say Goodbye to Small-Town Libraries and Museums, Thanks to Trump’s Latest Cuts
The NEH budget is tiny. The loss is huge.
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April 10, 2025 at 10:29 PM
This hits hard, as 10 years ago we got a @neh-odh.bsky.social grant to launch our Scholarship in Sound & Image workshop. That grant was truly transformative, as we just saw at #scms25 - it's no exaggeration to say that videographic criticism as we know it would not exist without #NEH support!
New newsletter out today <3
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April 1, 2025 at 5:13 PM
New newsletter out today <3
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The National Film Archive of Japan has opened their "Movie Meets Shinpa, Shingeki and Shinkokugeki" portal, which lets you watch 9 feature films from the 1920s influenced by Japanese theater. Unfortunately, no subs yet.
eigameetsshinengeki.filmarchives.jp/movie.html
eigameetsshinengeki.filmarchives.jp/movie.html
映画をみる｜はじまりの日本劇映画 映画 meets 新派・新劇・新国劇
国立映画アーカイブ所蔵作品から見る日本劇映画の革新「はじまりの日本劇映画 映画 meets 新派・新劇・新国劇」ウェブサイトの「映画をみる」のページです。
eigameetsshinengeki.filmarchives.jp
March 28, 2025 at 9:40 PM
The National Film Archive of Japan has opened their "Movie Meets Shinpa, Shingeki and Shinkokugeki" portal, which lets you watch 9 feature films from the 1920s influenced by Japanese theater. Unfortunately, no subs yet.
eigameetsshinengeki.filmarchives.jp/movie.html
eigameetsshinengeki.filmarchives.jp/movie.html
Deadline extended to account for an exciting development: due to generous funding, our summer workshop is now fully funded. There is no fee for attendance (room and board covered). Please share with eligible graduate students!
Exciting news: "𝐑𝐞𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐫𝐠𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭: 𝐕𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐢𝐜 𝐂𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐦 𝐚𝐬 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐏𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞" is now offered FREE of tuition, with travel stipend!
Deadline now 𝐀𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐥 𝟏𝟓; please share: sites.google.com/view/reframi...
@colleenlaird.bsky.social @barbarazecchi.bsky.social
Deadline now 𝐀𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐥 𝟏𝟓; please share: sites.google.com/view/reframi...
@colleenlaird.bsky.social @barbarazecchi.bsky.social
March 27, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Deadline extended to account for an exciting development: due to generous funding, our summer workshop is now fully funded. There is no fee for attendance (room and board covered). Please share with eligible graduate students!
✨✨✨✨Deadline extended to April 7th! Come work with me, @arielavissar.bsky.social, @barbarazecchi.bsky.social, and Matt Payne! Please circulate /repost 👀👀👀👀
"𝐑𝐞𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐫𝐠𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭: 𝐕𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐢𝐜 𝐂𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐦 𝐚𝐬 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐏𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞" application deadline extended to April 7!
For more on this 5-day videographic workshop, organized by @colleenlaird.bsky.social, Matt Payne, @barbarazecchi.bsky.social and myself, visit: sites.google.com/view/reframi...
For more on this 5-day videographic workshop, organized by @colleenlaird.bsky.social, Matt Payne, @barbarazecchi.bsky.social and myself, visit: sites.google.com/view/reframi...
March 26, 2025 at 12:26 PM
✨✨✨✨Deadline extended to April 7th! Come work with me, @arielavissar.bsky.social, @barbarazecchi.bsky.social, and Matt Payne! Please circulate /repost 👀👀👀👀
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Loved creating this video essay for Screen Stars Dictionary, and grateful for the invaluable guidance of @barbarazecchi.bsky.social, @arielavissar.bsky.social, and Vicente Rodriguez Ortega. vimeo.com/1069164951?f...
Fukumoto Seizō. Screen Stars Dictionary. By Lindsay Nelson (Meiji University)
Screen Stars Dictionary Entry on Fukumoto Seizō by Lindsya Nelson
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March 26, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Loved creating this video essay for Screen Stars Dictionary, and grateful for the invaluable guidance of @barbarazecchi.bsky.social, @arielavissar.bsky.social, and Vicente Rodriguez Ortega. vimeo.com/1069164951?f...
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Application deadline is March 28 - please share with your students and colleagues who might be interested!
👀 Applications open for a graduate student summer workshop, June 9-15, on videographic criticism at Notre Dame University! Organized by @arielavissar.bsky.social, @barbarazecchi.bsky.social, Matthew Payne, and @colleenlaird.bsky.social . Deadline Mar 28 Please share!
sites.google.com/view/reframi...
sites.google.com/view/reframi...
Reframing the Argument
Videographic Criticism as Graduate Research Practice
June 9-15, 2005
sites.google.com
March 12, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Application deadline is March 28 - please share with your students and colleagues who might be interested!
👀 Applications open for a graduate student summer workshop, June 9-15, on videographic criticism at Notre Dame University! Organized by @arielavissar.bsky.social, @barbarazecchi.bsky.social, Matthew Payne, and @colleenlaird.bsky.social . Deadline Mar 28 Please share!
sites.google.com/view/reframi...
sites.google.com/view/reframi...
Reframing the Argument
Videographic Criticism as Graduate Research Practice
June 9-15, 2005
sites.google.com
March 2, 2025 at 9:38 PM
👀 Applications open for a graduate student summer workshop, June 9-15, on videographic criticism at Notre Dame University! Organized by @arielavissar.bsky.social, @barbarazecchi.bsky.social, Matthew Payne, and @colleenlaird.bsky.social . Deadline Mar 28 Please share!
sites.google.com/view/reframi...
sites.google.com/view/reframi...
I have now officially joined the ranks of people who have vulnerably placed their job security in the hands of publishers. Like all the others, I hope that my work is interesting and promising enough to ascend this realm to the even more gut-wrenching status of "peer review."
February 15, 2025 at 7:54 PM
I have now officially joined the ranks of people who have vulnerably placed their job security in the hands of publishers. Like all the others, I hope that my work is interesting and promising enough to ascend this realm to the even more gut-wrenching status of "peer review."
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Out now! MONSTRUM 7.2, “Queer/ing Horror,” guest-ed: @Daynarama.bsky.social. The 9 video essays in this issue think about what queer reuse of queerness looks like through a horror lens, and are also acts of queer re-telling and reviewing practices of horror.
www.monstrum-society.ca/monstrum-v7-...
www.monstrum-society.ca/monstrum-v7-...
MONSTRUM v7 n2 (December 2024)
A PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL OF STUDIES IN HORROR AND RELATED AREAS
www.monstrum-society.ca
February 6, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Out now! MONSTRUM 7.2, “Queer/ing Horror,” guest-ed: @Daynarama.bsky.social. The 9 video essays in this issue think about what queer reuse of queerness looks like through a horror lens, and are also acts of queer re-telling and reviewing practices of horror.
www.monstrum-society.ca/monstrum-v7-...
www.monstrum-society.ca/monstrum-v7-...
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New Open Access book on Archives and Global Women’s Film Heritage, edited by Lizelle Bisschoff, Ana Grgić and Stefanie Van de Peer
Stretching the Archives: Toward a Global Women’s Film Heritage
www.archivebooks.org/stretching-t...
Stretching the Archives: Toward a Global Women’s Film Heritage
www.archivebooks.org/stretching-t...
Stretching the Archives Toward a Global Women’s Film Heritage - Archive Books
— Stretching the Archives Toward a Global Women’s Film Heritage is the result of two years of networking, workshops, and conferences that aimed to bring together scholars, archivists, and filmmakers...
www.archivebooks.org
January 24, 2025 at 11:24 AM
New Open Access book on Archives and Global Women’s Film Heritage, edited by Lizelle Bisschoff, Ana Grgić and Stefanie Van de Peer
Stretching the Archives: Toward a Global Women’s Film Heritage
www.archivebooks.org/stretching-t...
Stretching the Archives: Toward a Global Women’s Film Heritage
www.archivebooks.org/stretching-t...
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Two marvellous (+ freely available online) collections of videographic studies about David Lynch’s films and television works: Ariel Avissar’s grouping of just under 50 video essays at Vimeo: vimeo.com/showcase/115.... And Filmscalpel’s longstanding collection: www.filmscalpel.com/david-lynch/
January 16, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Two marvellous (+ freely available online) collections of videographic studies about David Lynch’s films and television works: Ariel Avissar’s grouping of just under 50 video essays at Vimeo: vimeo.com/showcase/115.... And Filmscalpel’s longstanding collection: www.filmscalpel.com/david-lynch/
I met him once. I told him he had beautiful hands. Because it was true. <3
January 16, 2025 at 7:13 PM
I met him once. I told him he had beautiful hands. Because it was true. <3
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Today I’m giving a talk on film stars of postwar Japanese cinema at Tonami City Library.
December 7, 2024 at 6:35 PM
Today I’m giving a talk on film stars of postwar Japanese cinema at Tonami City Library.
Very happy to see this out in the world now 👀:
the latest episode of The Video Essay Podcast features Ways of Doing (that's me, Lucy Donaldson, Dayna McLeod, and Alison Peirse!) in conversation with Kevin B. Lee.
thevideoessay.com/on-ways-of-d...
the latest episode of The Video Essay Podcast features Ways of Doing (that's me, Lucy Donaldson, Dayna McLeod, and Alison Peirse!) in conversation with Kevin B. Lee.
thevideoessay.com/on-ways-of-d...
The Video Essay Podcast - On "Ways of Doing"
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December 2, 2024 at 10:24 AM
Very happy to see this out in the world now 👀:
the latest episode of The Video Essay Podcast features Ways of Doing (that's me, Lucy Donaldson, Dayna McLeod, and Alison Peirse!) in conversation with Kevin B. Lee.
thevideoessay.com/on-ways-of-d...
the latest episode of The Video Essay Podcast features Ways of Doing (that's me, Lucy Donaldson, Dayna McLeod, and Alison Peirse!) in conversation with Kevin B. Lee.
thevideoessay.com/on-ways-of-d...
Reposted by Colleen Laird
JPP invites applications (deadline 1/15) for a short-term team to help refine the concept for a database of Japanese paper films (紙フィルム / kami firumu) digitized as part of the Japanese Paper Film Project, based at Bucknell University. 🎞️📽️ bit.ly/kamifirumuapp
December 1, 2024 at 4:15 PM
JPP invites applications (deadline 1/15) for a short-term team to help refine the concept for a database of Japanese paper films (紙フィルム / kami firumu) digitized as part of the Japanese Paper Film Project, based at Bucknell University. 🎞️📽️ bit.ly/kamifirumuapp
Reposted by Colleen Laird
"Laird's Constraint" deconstructs and visually analyses a montage sequence, then connects it with another film that came out 54 years before/after it; it is based on @colleenlaird.bsky.social's masterful "Eye-Camera-Ninagawa": vimeo.com/770514551
Eye-Camera-Ninagawa
Published in [in]Transition: Volume 10 • Issue 2 • 2023 Ninagawa Mika’s works are highly referential, each endeavor rife with intertextuality. This…
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November 28, 2024 at 11:58 AM
"Laird's Constraint" deconstructs and visually analyses a montage sequence, then connects it with another film that came out 54 years before/after it; it is based on @colleenlaird.bsky.social's masterful "Eye-Camera-Ninagawa": vimeo.com/770514551
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Let's start at the beginning: the guest editors of our latest issue explain the importance of feminist voices in teaching games design: "‘who are we teaching, and what can we learn from them?’ "
maifeminism.com/feminist-ped... #feminism #academicsky #gamesdesign
maifeminism.com/feminist-ped... #feminism #academicsky #gamesdesign
Feminist Pedagogies for Games: An Introduction - MAI: Feminism & Visual Culture
MAI editors illuminate the need for more feminist voices to rejuvenate the pedagogy in the popular yet male-dominated games design.
maifeminism.com
November 26, 2024 at 9:48 AM
Let's start at the beginning: the guest editors of our latest issue explain the importance of feminist voices in teaching games design: "‘who are we teaching, and what can we learn from them?’ "
maifeminism.com/feminist-ped... #feminism #academicsky #gamesdesign
maifeminism.com/feminist-ped... #feminism #academicsky #gamesdesign