Charles Holmes

Apr 27, 2018 | Bios

Charles is a senior Biology major with dual concentrations in Microbiology and Ecology/Environmental Biology in addition to a minor in English. Their main interest in cinema is to understand the relationship between the externally-qualified and internally-defined individual and the art object, as well as the revolutionary potential of subversive arts. Beginning this July, Charles will pursue a Ph.D. in Oceanography at Texas A&M University.

Engaging Queerness: The Privilege of Nausea

Engaging Queerness: The Privilege of Nausea

Apr 26, 2018 | VR Video Essay

In her 2004 book Carnal Thoughts: Embodiment and Moving Image Culture, Vivian Sobchack explores numerous topics within a phenomenology of cinematic spectatorship, including depictions of disorientation in films, the role of technology in mediating one’s experience of their body, and the role of synaesthesia in empowering the embodied spectator.

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