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@jmakary.bsky.social

Filmmaker and PhD candidate @ Stanford. Avant-garde cinema, critical AI, and philosophy of perception.

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Table of contents for Discourse 46.3. Georges Didi-Huberman and Heath Valentine, "Why Obey?"; Basil Bababneh, "Negotiating Queer Arab Formalism," Jamie Chambers, "Fabulation, Magical Transformation and Montage," Christopher Peterson, "The Beekeeper's Ghost," Travis Alexander, "Those things you see through," and Matthew Hubbell, "Revolutionary Postures," plus more!

Table of contents for Discourse 46.3. Georges Didi-Huberman and Heath Valentine, "Why Obey?"; Basil Bababneh, "Negotiating Queer Arab Formalism," Jamie Chambers, "Fabulation, Magical Transformation and Montage," Christopher Peterson, "The Beekeeper's Ghost," Travis Alexander, "Those things you see through," and Matthew Hubbell, "Revolutionary Postures," plus more!

Discourse 46.3 is live! It features an absolutely essential piece reflecting on fascist times by Georges Didi-Huberman: "Why Obey?," skillfully translated by Heath Valentine from the short book Pour Quoi ObΓ©ir. Every piece in this issue is fantastic.

12.08.2025 19:59 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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(in Jump Cut, issue 17)

12.08.2025 16:06 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I'm so here for this.

31.07.2025 10:47 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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#lastfourwatched (second one is Takashi Ito's "Wall" [1987])

04.07.2025 16:57 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you for articulating this!

17.06.2025 14:23 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Congratulations! No small feat in today's higher ed landscape

11.06.2025 19:11 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Starring Lotta Cigs

31.05.2025 00:15 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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#lastfourwatched

31.05.2025 00:13 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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(They changed the marquee while we were in there.)

29.05.2025 19:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Spent the long weekend up in Portland for Margaret Honda's screening at the Hollywood Theater with Cinema Project. My first official dissertation research trip!

29.05.2025 19:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

it is a funny byproduct of logging films. i suspect the devs hoped to gamify this somehow (in concert w the "top 100 films of all time" etc lists)

28.05.2025 03:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

According to Letterboxd, I've seen 6% of films connected to Chayefsky (ie, only Marty). 😬

27.05.2025 05:46 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

"Office mixer" vibes over here.

26.05.2025 23:46 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Caught a Saturday morning classics screening of Marty (1955) while visiting Portland. Good turnout, bigger than the audience for Friendship later that day. According to Letterboxd, I've now seen 1% of films by Delbert Mann.

26.05.2025 23:44 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Looking forward to it!

18.05.2025 21:58 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Could have fooled me!

18.05.2025 20:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is in contrast w mirror stage and "organization of the organism" as a priori vs a posteriori. It seems the a priori form is neither tactile nor visual, but affective? Might be misunderstanding this but you've made me interested in reading Simondon! Will this be part of your talk Tues?

18.05.2025 20:50 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

This is super interesting! But couldn't anticipatory imagination be said to be formless, while mental images depend on form?

17.05.2025 23:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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my contribution to the grad lounge fridge, 4 years going strong

16.05.2025 20:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Looks great! Fun color palette :)

16.05.2025 20:07 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I think of this as the new alienation of labor – if you respond earnestly, you are giving your sincere feedback to machines, with the student as an audience

10.05.2025 20:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Amazing line-up! And so fun to be at CalArts!

08.05.2025 20:25 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

neat!

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Inspired by @jamesleocahill.bsky.social's mobile cinema posts, I offer these (not-great) photos of a (very great) festival held in Frankfurt last September. These are from the Pupille Kino screenings at the uni student center (the rest took place in the plush filmmuseum). exff.de/en

11.04.2025 23:40 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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🌱 Good news πŸ“£
The 2nd part of the call for entries to the Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin to be held in Paris in November 2025 is open until 15 May 2025.
New cinema and contemporary art ⚑️ film, video, multimedia
All info πŸ”₯ art-action.org/call
Please share!

10.04.2025 16:17 β€” πŸ‘ 33    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

"This question can lead to really fun discussions and projects." 😬

07.04.2025 16:39 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

❀️❀️❀️ I love this so much. Aura off the charts.

04.04.2025 23:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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