Last November, CMS’s Open Documentary Lab unveiled “Moments of Innovation – When Documentary and Technology Converge”, an exhibit and website at the International Documentary Film Festival, Amsterdam (IDFA) that demonstrated just how dramatically key technological developments affected how documentary makers think about, and practice, their craft.
Video: Andrew Silver, “New Forms, New Markets for Independent Film”
Independent filmmaker Andrew Silver on emerging forms of hybrid media, promising new pathways for distribution, and his career as a director and producer.
Podcast: Al Filreis, “Teaching Modern & Contemporary American Poetry to 36k”
Al Filreis has taught his “ModPo” course at Penn for years; in Fall 2012 he offered a 10-week version of the course online, via Coursera.
Federico Casalegno speaking in Moscow, Dec. 3rd, 4th, and 5th, about design for connected, sustainable cities
Federico Casalegno, director of our Mobile Experience Lab, is headed to Moscow for three events December 4th and 5th. If you’re local, go!
Podcast: Mark Turner, “Minding the News”
Research on the cognitive underpinnings of network news, with an emphasis on blended joint attention, story-telling, counterfactuality, and hypotheticals.
Alum Parmesh Shahani Named One of Financial Times 25 “Indians to Watch”; Costanza-Chock on Apps for Sandy
“Bringing new insights to a stuffy 115-year-old Indian conglomerate isn’t easy, nor is being an openly gay man in India’s still-traditional business culture – but Parmesh Shahani manages both.”
Moments of Innovation
CMS’s Open Documentary Lab has teamed up with IDFA DocLab to create Moments of Innovation, an interactive exhibit and online research project exploring the long history of inventive documentary practices.
