Silent film is more than just a series of firsts, greats, or classics. It is a cinema of experimentation, ambition, and connection. A Silent Film Companion is a guidebook to the many pleasures of sile...

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A revealing and surprising origin story, showing how attempts to render human speech and language computable led from the era of big data to today’s AI. Since the advent of computers, society has fant...

As part of the AICA-USA's Art Critic Fellowship, Alex Feliciano Mejía wrote a fabulous essay about the EXTRA/PHENOMENALITIES show this past winter. The piece was published in the AICA-USA's Magazine and can be accessed here. Check it out!

Each year critics are asked to name their top choices for best video essay of the year, and the results are published by Sight & Sound magazine. I missed it when the results came out back in December, but among those named for 2025 was the interactive version of my latest book on James Whale's 1935 film Bride of Frankenstein…

I made a piece of software! It’s called the film|minutes video|graphic workstation. It’s pretty niche but cool if you want to take notes or do very close readings of films/videos. It’s a comb…

The Digital Aesthetics Workshop is pleased to announce our next event, featuring presentations from Morehshin Allahyari and Miguel Novelo, on May 19 from 5-6:30PM PT in the Board Room at the Humanities Center. For those unable to join in person, we invite you to join on Zoom. Registration is at this link. Morehshin Allahyari | Re-figuring In this presentation, Morehshin Allahyari speaks to the significance of re-figuration in her work: the act of re-reading the past, in order to reimagine decolonial futures.

ALT: a black and white photo of a woman 's face with a surgical scar on her face .

We are pleased to announce our first event of spring quarter! Poyen Wang and Heesoo Kwon will join us for a joint talk on Tuesday, April 28, from 5-6:30pm PT. The event, titled, "Animating Sites of Becoming," will take place in the Stanford Humanities Center Board Room. Refreshments will be served. Zoom link for those unable to join in-person: tinyurl.com/mrx4ndz2…

On April 18, I'll be part of the 23rd annual "A Company of Authors" event at Stanford, where faculty present their new books. This will be my third time! Talking about my recent book on Bride of Frankenstein. More info about the event here:

Photo: Shaun Roberts EXTRA/PHENOMENALITIES came to a close this past week, following a very successful run at Stanford Art Gallery. Curated by the non/phenomenal collective (Brett Amory, Karin Denson, and Shane Denson), and featuring 20 artists and collaboratives, the exhibition opened on January 22 and closed on March 13. Photo: Shaun Roberts The show was extremely well attended throughout the 7+ week duration, with visitors spending a good deal of time in the gallery.

EXTRA/PHENOMENALITIES STANFORD ART GALLERY January 22 – March 13, 2026 What are the limits of experience? This exhibition explores forms of appearance that…

We're coming up on the final week of EXTRA/PHENOMENALITIES, with 20 amazing artists and collaboratives approaching the conditions of appearance and nonappearance from a wide variety of angles and mediums. The exhibition, curated by the non/phenomenal collective (Brett Amory, Karin Denson, and Shane Denson) is open Monday through Friday, 12-5pm, through March 13. The video above, featuring drone footage shot by Shaun Roberts and edited by Shane Denson, provides an overview (literally) of the show. Check it out before it closes!

Please join us in welcoming Katherine Behar, our next guest of the year, who will present “Isn’t Artisanal Intelligence K(NOT) AI?” on Wednesday, February 25, from 5-6:30PM PT. This event wil…