Personal Introduction
Hello! I'm Ethan Harnisch and at the moment am a Studio Art major, no idea minor.
I'm home for Spring term in Salem Oregon, about 40 minutes south of Portland for geographical context. I'm 2nd year at LU so so far I still have no idea what Spring is like in Appleton, but it's pretty nice here during the Spring so I don't really care.
Film as a medium in itself is symbolically often stronger than other mediums in showing a artist or characters' perspectives because it most emulates a person's literal view of the film's world. Even not considering the symbolic quality of the medium, it still has the added benefit of combining aspects of both visual and auditory artforms (photos and music). So considering the captivating power of movies around the world, film is an important medium to focus on when thinking about who is represented, how they're represented, and who makes them.
As a medium for portraying and investigating the interaction and surrounding related history of being BIPOC and queer, film is a great medium to facilitate these discussions historically dismissed, or horribly discussed often by horrible people. So I am excited to watch many movies, videos, and articles and to hear what people discuss, and hopefully say a few smart things myself.
See you in class!
Ethan
I'm moving to Portland in June and I cant wait. Appleton is nice though and with a really different climate than the Pacific Northwest so I think you will find your time here interesting.
ReplyDeleteI hope you have a beautiful time in PDX, we have our Nazi problem but it's very very pretty besides that. They usually stick to their corners of the state, though. I suggest going to the Gorge a lot if you can, it's super pretty.
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