Last week, five students in Harvard’s Critical Media Practice secondary field showcased their work in an experimental exhibition called REMEDIATIONS at the Smith Center Arts Wing. The students’ researches in anthropology, history of science, visual studies, and architecture engage with a range of subject matters including accessibility, absence, embodiment, and opacity.
The show was curated by Film and Visual Studies student Mahan Moalemi and featured pieces by CMP students Shireen Hamza, Elitza Koeva, Chrystel Oloukoï, Pauline Shongov, and Emilio Vavarella.
We had a lively critique and discussion at the end of the show with cultural theorist and poet Fred Moten as a visiting artist.
CMP, for which I serve as administrative director and affiliated faculty, provides an opportunity for PhD students to pursue artistic practice alongside their research. I love working with up-and-coming experts in a range of fields as they develop work in film, painting, sculpture, performance, and other mediums.
