Monday April 12th at 6:00pm, the Department of Media Study’s PLASMA (Performances, Lectures, Screenings of Media Artists)​​ will feature a lecture by Ekrem Serdar. The Zoom Meeting ID for the lecture series is 959 5554 2975. Email paigesar@buffalo with PLASMA2021 in the subject line for password.​

Ekrem Serdar is the curator at Squeaky Wheel Film & Media Art Center (2015–present), where he is responsible for the organization’s exhibitions, public programming, and artist residencies. Previously, he was a programmer with Experimental Response Cinema (Austin, TX) which he co-founded. He is the recipient of a Curatorial Fellowship from the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts (2017). He is an advisory member of Experimental Response Cinema, and the FOL Cinema Society (Istanbul). His writing has appeared in The Brooklyn Rail, Millennium Film Journal, and 5harfliler, among other publications. He completed his BA in Critical Studies, and his MFA in Media Arts Production at the Department of Media Study at SUNY Buffalo. He is from Ankara, Turkey. https://ekremserdar.info/

As always, PLASMA lectures are free and open to the UB community and the public.​ Email paigesar@buffalo with PLASMA2021 in the subject line for password and/or additional information.

UB Department of Media Study’s PLASMA remaining 2021 Schedule:

Monday April 19 Sindhu Thirumalaisamy
Monday April 26 Gregg Bordowitz
Monday May 3 PLASMA CINETRACTS Screening

Brief remarks addressed to the students who are enrolled in PLASMA as a credit-course will begin at 6:00PM sharp. As a result, the guest lectures often begin a little later than 6:00.

PLASMA is sponsored by the University at Buffalo’s Department of Media Study and funding is provided by the the Office of the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. The series is curated by Dr. Paige Sarlin, Assistant Professor of Media Study, in collaboration with Liz Park – UB Art Galleries and Squeaky Wheel Film & Media Art Center.

For more information: https://arts-sciences.buffalo.edu/media-study/news-events/plasma.html

The recordings of previous presentations can be found on MediaStudy@UB’s PLASMA 2021 YouTube Channel​.​