Posts made in June, 2015

Critic on the Road

Posted by on Jun 22, 2015 in Critic's Area | 1 comment

What happens when a critic ‪ is on the road and a well-known producer calls? More coming up on my upcoming blog post! The last 10 days were filled with passionate moments in Toronto, Kingston, and Mississauga. If you are on my Instagram, you will sense how walls move and the stillness of the silence speaks… how nature cannot be stopped and it creeps into our art… There are basic instincts that creep into one’s fame too. The boundary between the extraordinary and ordinary can be fluid. Currently I am finalizing my upcoming book chapter on selfies, celebrity and persona. It...

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New York (2015) – Call for Short Films and Videos

Posted by on Jun 17, 2015 in Critic's Area | 0 comments

New York (2015) – Call for Short Films and Videos The Terrace Club  25 W. 51st St. (Off Fifth Ave.) Manhattan, New York City September 2-3, 2015  Are you a researcher, filmmaker, broadcaster, videographer or screen image artist critically exploring celebrity culture and journalism in media? Receive a screening opportunity of your work and eligibility for $100 CMCS screen award at the Celebrity Chat (CC) Screening event in Manhattan, New York City. The screening will offer an international platform for creative researchers, filmmakers, broadcasters, and video artists that critically...

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Kim or Caitlyn? Breaking Boundaries in Fame

Posted by on Jun 12, 2015 in Critic's Area | 0 comments

A question that often comes to our mind: why is fame an important area to reflect on? For me, fame has had a pervasive presence in how fans engage in pleasures and identification, and in how they develop para-social relations with celebrities. The relationship is both material and symbolic. Fan practices such as circulation and re-mixing of celebrity images and texts have physical components. The practices also reflect and reinforce imaginary relations that hold affective and cultural values While the Kardarshians offer pleasures of hybrid identities, they also silence articulations of and...

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