Audiovisual Cultures

Paula announces a special offer for members at patreon.com/avcultures.Join the Buy Me A Tea tier or above and receive a free gift!See the episode webpage for the auto-captioned video.

Interdisciplinary artist, educator and artistic director of Indigo Arts Collective Shea Donovan talks about her transatlantic performance practice. Content note: includes discussion of the mother and baby homes in Ireland. For more information, see https://www.thejournal.ie/list-names-tuam-babies-children-3270019-Mar2017/.https://www.sheadonovan.org/Connection via matchmaker.fm.commonGround by airtone (c) copyright 2018 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/airtone/58703Recorded on 26 January 2021.Edited by Paula Blair using Audacity.See the episode webpage for the auto-captioned video.Released early for patrons here and on their personal RSS feeds.

Paula Blair runs through a guest lecture/seminar for a Language in Film & Television module focusing on No (dir. Pablo Larraín, Chile, 2012).commonGround by airtone (c) copyright 2018 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/airtone/58703Recorded on 16 November 2020Edited by Paula Blair with AudacitySee the episode webpage for the auto-captioned video.Released early for patrons here and on their personal RSS feeds.

Mustafa Sherif talks about urban planning and making the Urbanistica Podcast.https://shows.acast.com/Urbanistica commonGround by airtone (c) copyright 2018 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/airtone/58703Recorded on 6 January 2021.Edited by Paula Blair using Audacity.See the episode webpage for the auto-captioned video.Released early for patrons here and on their personal RSS feeds.

Director and cinematographer Justin McAleece talks about working across different types of video and film production.commonGround by airtone (c) copyright 2018 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/airtone/58703Recorded with Zoom on 2 December 2020Edited by Paula Blair using AudacitySee the episode webpage for the auto-captioned video.Released early for patrons here and on their personal RSS feeds.

Kristie Smith talks about Die Hard (dir. John McTiernan, 1988) and presents evidence for its status as a ‘Christmas film’. Although it’s largely a light episode, there is some swearing, plot detail, and the discussion at times edges into topics that some listeners may find upsetting, such as police brutality and 9/11.commonGround by airtone (c) copyright 2018 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/airtone/58703Recorded with Zoom on 4 December 2020Edited by Paula Blair with AudacitySee the episode webpage for the auto-captioned video.Released early for patrons on their personal RSS feeds.

Paula Blair talks through experiences in running a film club at a residential care home with focus on some festive screenings, namely of The Shop Around the Corner (dir. Ernst Lubitsch, 1940), Miracle on 34th Street (dir. George Seaton, 1947) and It's A Wonderful Life (dir. Frank Capra, 1946).This is a remastered edit of the original that was first released on 26 December 2018."A Little Christmas Music" by Lena Orsa (c) copyright 2017 - Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) license. http://ccmixter.org/files/lena_orsa/56934Recorded December 2018Edited by Paula Blair using AudacitySee the episode webpage for the auto-captioned video.

Dr Simon Ward talks about Alice in the Cities (dir. Wim Wenders, 1974).commonGround by airtone (c) copyright 2018 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/airtone/58703Recorded on Zoom on 2 December 2020Edited by Paula Blair with AudacitySee the episode webpage for auto captions.

2020 trailer for Audiovisual Cultures Podcast with Paula Blair.