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Grace Han
@ghahahan.bsky.social
Stanford PhD candy thinking abt CG & AI through animation aesthetics; film critic on asian/diaspora cinema; GALECA secretary; 🍅 & 🍉

https://art.stanford.edu/people/grace-han

📍SF Bay Area
this is on wednesday!
💫 Digital Aesthetics Alert 💫

We will have Kristen Whissel present on “Atomic 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
November 10, 2025 at 4:12 PM
💫 Digital Aesthetics Alert 💫

We will have Kristen Whissel present on “Atomic 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
November 6, 2025 at 4:58 PM
this is this week!!
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...
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 “Makin…
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October 20, 2025 at 1:20 AM
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...
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 “Makin…
gracehan.xyz
October 14, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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...
Towards a Ciné-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 “Theories of Digital Cin…
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August 9, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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 — read more here:

gracehan.xyz/2025/08/04/s...
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…
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August 4, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Reposted by Grace Han
First #sas36 panel: Bad Animation (= So Good) @aurelievpetit.bsky.social @ghahahan.bsky.social and Jacqueline Ristola
July 9, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Reposted by Grace Han
Excellent panel on "Bad" Animation by @ghahahan.bsky.social @aurelievpetit.bsky.social and Jacqueline Ristola at #SAS36
July 7, 2025 at 11:53 AM
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
June 3, 2025 at 2:38 PM
this is tomorrow!
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
May 19, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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
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...
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May 15, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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
May 9, 2025 at 11:54 PM
this is tomorrow !!
💫Digital Aesthetics alert (we have 2 events in the next week!)💫

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

Zoom link: tinyurl.com/34unt7nc
April 28, 2025 at 9:50 PM
this is tomorrow!!
💫Digital Aesthetics Alert 💫

We’re pleased to welcome Kartik Nair for his talk, “Forms 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
April 24, 2025 at 3:35 PM
💫Digital Aesthetics alert (we have 2 events in the next week!)💫

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

Zoom link: tinyurl.com/34unt7nc
April 22, 2025 at 8:37 PM
reminder that this is on friday! lunch will be served to in-person attendees (thai food)!
💫Digital Aesthetics Alert 💫

We’re pleased to welcome Kartik Nair for his talk, “Forms 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
April 21, 2025 at 6:28 PM
💫Digital Aesthetics Alert 💫

We’re pleased to welcome Kartik Nair for his talk, “Forms 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
April 16, 2025 at 7:01 PM
this is tomorrow!
‼️Digital Aesthetics Alert‼️

Join us in our workshop with Sybille Krämer, who will speak on “The 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
April 7, 2025 at 7:47 PM
‼️Digital Aesthetics Alert‼️

Join us in our workshop with Sybille Krämer, who will speak on “The 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
April 1, 2025 at 5:23 PM
deadline had been extended until TONIGHT 11:59pm PST!! galeca.org/Crimson-Hono...
March 31, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Reposted by Grace Han
A model is emerging, which is simply pretending the First Amendment doesn't exist
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
www.theguardian.com
March 13, 2025 at 3:48 PM
‼️ 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! [email protected]
March 10, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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 — and anti-AI sentiment — has grown in american industry the past few years. super pleased with the wins this year - congrats everyone!!
March 3, 2025 at 4:14 AM
💫 2 Digital Aesthetics workshops coming up! 💫

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!
February 27, 2025 at 7:21 PM
! 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...
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...
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January 28, 2025 at 9:53 PM