INVISIBLE CITIES: IMAGINING POSSIBILITIES
Ages 16-29
Fall 2021, Online
Italo Calvino wrote a marvelous book, Invisible Cities. In it Marco Polo describes to Kublai Khan remarkable imaginary cities such as a cobweb city suspended over an abyss. In this videography workshop student fellows will imagine their own remarkable cities, how they might look and feel and sound. Using archival footage from internet sources, they’ll each create a city that exists in their mind and on video. Calvino wrote elsewhere: "It looks, indeed, as if we are approaching a period of crisis in urban life." Together, fellows and instructor will attempt to address this crisis, considering the possibilities that emerge when they begin to dream of how cities might be. Final projects will be shared at a virtual screening and on the program website. Limited to 8 student fellows.
John Mann, Senior Lecturer in the Film and Media Studies Program at Johns Hopkins University, is a filmmaker working within several genres including dance for the camera and experimental documentary. He is particularly interested in filmmaking as a vehicle for research with a focus on the notion of home.
Lukas MacKinney is an aspiring filmmaker and musician. They enjoy all aspects of the movies, but especially scoring films and working as a teaching assistant. They hope to continue sharing cinema as a means of joy, education, and representation.
