Courses in Art, Film, and Visual Studies - Fall 2023 and Spring 2024

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Courses 2023-2024

Fall 2023

GENERAL EDUCATION (lecture course and practice-based course)

American Dreams Made in Hollywood and Beyond

GenEd 1043 Eric Rentschler   MW 9:00-10:15 & a weekly film screening Tu 6pm-9pm   Carpenter Center Theater 
         
Painting's Doubt: A Studio Course GenEd 1114 Matt Saunders   Thu 1:30-2:45 + studio sections to be scheduled on W, Th, F from 9-1 or 3-7   Deknatel Hall (HAM) and Carpenter Center 3rd floor painting studio
         
Global Japanese Cinema GenEd 1145 Alexander Zahlten   MW 9:00-10:15   Boylston 110
PHOTOGRAPHY and STUDIO ART (practice-based courses)
Making Things [Breaking Things] AFVS 14 Katarina Burin   Tu 4:30-7:15   Carpenter Center 4th floor
Silkscreen AFVS 15AR Annette Lemieux   TuThu 12:00-2:45   Carpenter Center 4th floor
Creating Comics and Graphic Novels AFVS 19K Peter Kuper   Wed 9:00-11:45   Sever 411
Ernst-while Painting Toward a Dream AFVS 25 Kianja Strobert   MW 9:00-11:45   Carpenter Center 2nd Floor
Introduction to Still Photography AFVS 40H Patrice Helmar   TuThu 9:00-11:45   Carpenter Center B19
Introduction to Still Photography AFVS 40H Patrice Helmar   TuThu 3:00-5:45   Carpenter Center B19
Introduction to Still Photography AFVS 41A Sharon Harper   MW 9:00-11:45   Carpenter Center B19
Introduction to Time-Based Media AFVS 63 Karthik Pandian   TuThu 12:45-2:45   Carpenter Center 2nd Floor
Drawing 2: Emotion and Notation AFVS 112E Katarina Burin   MW 3:00-5:45   Carpenter Center 4th Floor
Thinking with Your Hand: Intermediate Painting AFVS 120 Judith Belzer   W 12:00-5:45   Carpenter Center 2nd Floor 
Sleight of Hand Sleight of Mind: Creative Process and Photography AFVS 148 Sharon Harper   MW 12:45-2:45   Carpenter Center B19
Directed Research AFVS 196R Stephen Prina   W 6:00-9:00   Carpenter Center 5th floor & B04
Advanced Projects in Time-Based Media AFVS 264 Karthik Pandian   W 12:00-2:45   Linden 109
ANIMATION, FILM, VIDEO and NEW GENRES (practice-based courses) 
Creating Comics and Graphic Novels AFVS 19K Peter Kuper   Weds 9:00-11:45   Sever 411
Introduction to Nonfiction Filmmaking AFVS 50A Robb Moss    W 12:00-2:45 & F 12:00-4:15   Sever B10
Introduction to Nonfiction Videomaking AFVS 52 Alfred Guzzetti   MW 12:00-2:45   Sever 416(W), Sever B10 (M)
Fundamentals of Animation AFVS 53AR Ruth Lingford   Thu 12:00-4:15   Sever 402-405, CC B04 for screenings
A Video Toolbox AFVS 58T Alfred Guzzetti   TuThu 12:00-2:45   Sever B10
Approaching Narrative: Intro to Fiction Filmmaking AFVS 60X Alain Gomis   MW 9:00-11:45    Sever 415
Introduction to Time-Based Media AFVS 63 Karthik Pandian   TuThu 12:45-2:45   Carpenter Center 2nd Floor
Film Directing: Approaching Fiction Now AFVS 150A Alain Gomis   TuThu 12:00-2:45   Sever 416
Non Fiction Video Projects AFVS 151BR Ross McElwee   MW 9:00-11:45   Sever 416
Intermediate Animation AFVS 153BR Ruth Lingford   Tu 12:00-4:15 & F 12:00-2:00   Sever 402-405, CC B04 for screenings
Sensory Ethnography III AFVS 158CR Lucien Castaing-Taylor & Verena Paravel   TuThu 12:00-4:15   Carpenter Center B04 & Theater
Sensory Ethnography IV AFVS 158DR Lucien Castaing-Taylor & Verena Paravel   F 9:00-11:45   Carpenter Center B04 & Theater
Advanced Projects in Time-Based Media AFVS 264 Karthik Pandian   Weds 12:00-2:45   Linden 109
FILM and VISUAL STUDIES (seminars and lecture courses)
The Frankfurt School on Mass Media and Culture AFVS 189G/GER 154 Eric Rentschler   Tu 12:45-2:45   Barker Ctr. Nebel Room
The Present Tense AFVS 237 David Joselit   Thu 9:45-11:45   Sever 411
Proseminar in Art, Film, and Visual Studies AFVS 272 Giuliana Bruno   Thu 12:00-2:00   Carpenter Center 402
Atmospheric Projections: Media as Environments AFVS 279/GSD HIS 4451 Giuliana Bruno   Wed 3:00-5:00   Carpenter Center 402
Documenting China on Film EAFM 151 Jie Li   Thu 12:45-2:45   2 Divinity Ave, Room 212
The Body as Moving and Moved Image in Japanese Film EAFM 202 Alexander Zahlten   Thu 9:45-11:45   2 Divinity Ave, Room 214

Introduction to Contemporary Art

HAA 17K Carrie Lambert-Beatty   TuThu 1:30-2:45   485 Boradway , Room 422
Silent Film Slavic 191 Daria Khitrova   Tu 12:45-2:45   Robinson 222
GRADUATE COURSES OF PRACTICE, READING & RESEARCH
Film & Visual  Studies Workshop AFVS 301 Eric Rentschler        
Reading & Research AFVS 310          
Directed Study AFVS 320          
Teaching Workshop AFVS 330R Lucien Castaing-Taylor   TBD    
Film Study Center Nonfiction Filmmaking Workshop AFVS 351H Joana Pimenta   Tu 5:30-8:30   Sever 416

 

Spring 2024

FIRST YEAR SEMINAR
Vegetal Humanities: Paying Attention to Plants in Contemporary Art and Culture FS 63W Carrie Lambert-Beatty Tu 12:45-2:45 485 Broadway- Room 423
GENERAL EDUCATION (lecture)
Modern Art and Modernity* GEN ED 1156 David Joselit, Maria Gough & Ewa Lajer-Burcharth TuThu 10:30-11:45 485 Broadway- Room 029
*This course fulfills a history/theory requirement for AFVS concentrators in the studio or film/video area, or as an introductory course for concentrators in the film and visual studies area. It also counts toward the secondary field in any of the three areas.    
PHOTOGRAPHY and STUDIO ART (practice-based courses)
Exploring the Human Form: An Introduction to Figure Drawing AFVS 11G Maria Gamboa F 12:00-4:15 Carpenter Center 4th Floor 
Drawing 1: Drawing as a Visual Language AFVS 12 Katarina Burin MW 3:00- 5:45 Carpenter Center 4th Floor 
Painting, Smoking, Eating AFVS 24 Matt Saunders W 1:30-5:45 Carpenter Center 3rd Floor 
Building Thought: Sculpture Course AFVS 35 Annette Lemieux TuThu 12:00- 2:45 Carpenter Center 2nd Floor
Introduction to Still Photography AFVS 40H Patrice Helmar TuThu 9:00-11:45 Carpenter Center B19
Painting and the Multiverse AFVS 121S Kianja Strobert  Thu 1:30-5:45 Carpenter Center 3rd Floor
Post Brush AFVS 123R Annette Lemieux TuThu 9:00-11:45 Carpenter Center 4th Floor 
Abstraction AFVS 124K Kianja Strobert TuThu 9:00-11:45 Carpenter Center 2nd Floor
Volumes: Sound, Sculpture and Space AFVS 136S chukwumaa M 1:30-5:45 Carpenter Center 2nd Floor 
Ghost Image AFVS 149H Patrice Helmar TuThu 3:00-5:45 Carpenter Center B19
Directed Research AFVS 196R Stephen Prina  W 6:00-9:00 Carpenter Center 5th Fl, & CC B04
Critical Printing AFVS 215 Matt Saunders & Jennifer Roberts TuThu 12:00- 2:45 Carpenter Center 3rd Floor 
ANIMATION, FILM, VIDEO, and NEW GENRES (practice-based courses)
Introduction to Nonfiction Filmmaking AFVS 50B Robb Moss  W 12:00-2:45, F 12:00-4:15 Sever B10
Fundamentals of Animation AFVS 53AR Ruth Lingford Th 12:00-4:15 & F 12:00-2:00 Sever 402-405, CC B04 for scr
Animating Science AFVS 54S Ruth Lingford & Alain Viel W 12:00-4:15, F 12:00-2:00 Sever 402-405, CC B04 for scr
Photographic/Cinematic: introduction to lens-based practices AFVS 65 Joana Pimenta M 12:00-4:15, W 12:00-2:45 Carpenter Center B04
Film Direction: From Script to Screen AFVS 150B Alain Gomis TuThu 12:00-2:45 Sever 415
The Bolex: Working in Film AFVS 152F Alfred Guzzetti TuThu 12:00-2:45 Sever B10
Documentary Fictions AFVS 155 Joana Pimenta Tu 12:00-2:45 & Thu 12:00-4:15 Sever 416
Experimental Animation: Moving in Place AFVS 157K Kim Forero-Arnias Tu 12-4:15 & F 12:00-2:00 Sever 402-405, CC B04 for scr
Sensory Ethnography 1 AFVS 158AR Verena Paravel & Lucien Castaing-Taylor Tu 12:00-4:15 & F 9:00-11:45 Carpenter Center B04 & Carpenter Center Theater 
Sensory Ethnography 2 AFVS 158BR  Verena Paravel & Lucien Castaing-Taylor Thu 12:00-4:15 & F 9:00-11:45 Carpenter Center B04 & Carpenter Center Theater 
The Essay Film AFVS 159H Sky Hopinka MW 3:00-5:45 Sever 415
Filming Science HISTSCI 1520 Robb Moss & Peter Galison TuThu 9:00-11:45 Sever 416
FILM and VISUAL STUDIES (lectures and seminars)
Curating Contemporary Art AFVS 118C Dan Byers W 12:00- 3:30 Carpenter Center 402
Modernization in the Visual United States Environment, 1890-2035 AFVS 160 John Stilgoe TuThu 9:00-10:15 Sever 214
Adventure and Fantasy Simulation 1871-2036 AFVS 167 John Stilgoe Tu 12:00-2:45 Sever 212
Contemporary Moving Image Practices AFVS 172 Aily Tanaka Nash Tu 7:00-9:00 (film scr) & W 12:45-2:45 (seminar) Carpenter Center Theater for films & Carpenter Ctr 401 for seminar
Traditions of Avant Garde Cinema AFVS 177 Haden Guest M 3:00-5:00 (film scr) & W 3:00-5:00 (seminar) Carpenter Center Theater for films & Carpenter Ctr 401 for seminar
Feminist Approaches to Film AFVS 198F Aily Tanaka Nash Tu 3:00-5:00 (film scr) & W 9:45-11:45 (seminar) Carpenter Center Theater for films & Carpenter Ctr 401 for seminar
Genealogies of Art, Film and Visual Studies AFVS 268 Carrie Lambert-Beatty Thu 3:00-5:45  

Sever M12

Cinema and Cartography Rom-Std 154 Tom Conley Tu 12:00-2:30(seminar) & W 3:00-5:00(film scr) Carpenter Center 402 for seminar & Carpenter Center Theater for films
East Asian Media Studies EAFM 111 Alexander Zahlten MW 10:30-11:45  
Topics in Chinese Film and Media Studies EAFM 220 Jie Li Thu 12:45-2:45  
Australian First Nations Art, Culture and Politics HAA 17G Brenda Croft M 3:00-5:45 485 Broadway, room 422
REQUIRED for all AFVS CONCENTRATORS
Sophomore Tutorial AFVS 97 Sharon Harper Thu 6:00-8:00  Linden 109 & Linden 100
GRADUATE COURSES OF READING & RESEARCH
Film & Visual Studies Workshop AFVS 301 Eric Rentschler     
FVS Writing Seminar AFVS 305 Laura Frahm M 3:00- 5:00 Carpenter Center 402
Reading & Research AFVS 310 Laura Frahm  
Directed Study AFVS 320 Laura Frahm    
Teaching Workshop AFVS 330 Laura Frahm    
Film Study Center Non Fiction Filmmaking Workshop AFVS 351HF Joana Pimenta Tu 5:30-8:30 Sever 416
Advanced Critical Media Practice AFVS 355R Tania Bruguera W 3:00-5:45  485 Broadway, room 113
Graduate Studio Workshop AFVS 390 David Joselit Tu 6:00-8:45 Linden 109