PANEL 3: THE LENS & REWRITING TIME
Panel Chair: Dr. Jen Kennedy
A Lifetime of Ground to Cover: Photography and Temporalities of Alterity
Jennifer O'Connor
Jennifer O’Connor is a writer, artist, and researcher. In her practice, she explores the philosophy of art and aesthetics, feminist and queer theory, and research-creation. Recently, her work has been published in the Literary Review of Canada and Esse, and she has held residencies with the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity and the Feminist Art Collective. Jennifer is a PhD student in the Social & Political Thought program at York University, where she is also pursuing a Graduate Diploma in Comparative Literature. In 2023, she was a participant at the Institute for World Literature at Harvard University.
Mujeres Oscuras: Archival Memory and Women in Spain’s Silent Cinema
Sarah Lynne Roberts
Sarah Lynne Roberts is a PhD student in her first year of study at the University of Victoria, British Columbia. She holds an MA in Art History Visual Studies, University of Victoria and a BA Art History Visual Culture with proficiency in French from the University of Exeter. Her research focuses on intersections between female surrealist artists, self-representation and Latin American cinema in the twentieth century. She is currently serving as a managing editor for ARTiculate, a peer-reviewed journal in Graduate Art Historical Research. She serves as a Graduate Council Representative for the Graduate Students Society and a member of the University Senate Committee for Awards. She is also currently co-chairing the 28th annual Visual Impetus conference, due to be held in January 2025. Upcoming publications include a translation of Alain Segura's memoir about surrealist Marianne Ivsic, "Une Saison avec Marianne", due early 2025 (Common Notions, US).
Gymnastics for Fascism: New Objectivity in Japanese Photography and Poetry in the 1930s
Yuta Shimoyama
