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| My name is Aymar Jean Christian. I am a doctoral student in communication at the Annenberg School at the University of Pennsylvania. I research new media and film, write freelance articles, and occasionally delve into other visual and curatorial projects. Please click above for an extended bio. To go to my blog, please click the "blog" image. |
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August 23 - The Plain Dealer interviews me for a story on the possible return of the sitcom. More at the press page.
July 12 - First post for Tubefilter published, on Kickstarter.
July 1 - Researching independent cinema in Hong Kong.
May 8 - Added a demo for a web series to the Projects page!
May 8 - Updated Press page with new clips and mentions.
May 1 - Headed to the Association of Internet Researchers 11th annual conference in Sweden! Presenting, with Meghan Peirce, on web series as adapters of traditional television.
March 9 - FAME: Kade Style posted by Gawker and Philebrity!
February 26 - First version of my documentary (with Heidi Khaled and Brett Bumgarner), Fame: Kade Style, released!
February 3 - I'll be in Singapore at the International Communication Association conference presenting on music videos on YouTube and black web series in June.
February 2 - Published list of original, scripted gay/lesbian web series at my blog.
December 18 - Program brochure for Spring 2010 film survey course at the Philadelphia Museum of Art and Film@Perelman released.
December 17 - Final cut of short documentary, Fame: Kade Style screened. Stay tuned for details.
December 10 - First public lecture on making and marketing web series for the Penn Internet and Media Policy workshop series.
December 3 - Blog post about a YouTube viral video up at Wall Street Journal's Speakeasy. Follow-up interview at my blog.
November 20 - New York Times interviews me about Precious.
November 20 - Finalizing film survey course for the Philadelphia Museum of Art with Dr. Rebecca Sheehan.
November 17 - My interview with NPR's "Here and Now" airs today after noon.
November 1 - Interview with Tatyana Ali about web series Buppies, produced by Aaliyah Williams and created by Julian Breece, up at Wall Street Journal online. Extra thoughts and quotes at my blog.
October 31 - My article "Camp 2.0: A Queer Performance of the Personal" accepted at Communication, Culture and Critique!
October 30 - My article on the codes of vlogging on YouTube published in First Monday!
October 28 - First blog post published in The Wall Street Journal, on few new web series for Babelgum.
October 27 - Created a section on my blog for posts about web series.
October 15 - Article on black web series published in The Root.
October 13 - Article on web series, branded entertainment and sponsorship published in BusinessWeek.
October 9 - Joined academia.edu
October 5 - Video on the fair use of music video remakes on YouTube.
October 4 - Gave a talk at the Philadelphia Museum on Brian De Palma's Blow Out.
September 13 - First screening of Film@Perelman -- which I curated -- at The Philadelphia Museum, starting with Marcel Duchamp in His Own Words and Mona Lisa Descending A Staircase!
June 20 - Participated in the Annenberg Summer Institute in Methods and Statistics.
May 21 - Uploaded "Real Vlogs" and "Black Existentialism" papers to the "Academic Work" section.
May 18 - Uploaded ICA poster for "Camp 2.0" in the "Academic Work" section. May 11 - Updated blog URL. Now officially blog.ajchristian.org, not atomculture.wordpress.com! Hooray for domain mapping. May 7 - Received one semester Mellon Research fellowship! May 3 - Published article on black vloggers on The Root! March 18 -- Started posting clips for Paul Messaris' documentary. Interviews and camerawork by myself, Mario Rodriguez and Moira O'Keefe (latter two not yet posted). |