Jonathan Walley Department of Cinema Denison University Granville, Ohio

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1 Jonathan Walley Department of Cinema Denison University Granville, Ohio Education Teaching Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison, Communication Arts: Film Studies, Dissertation: Paracinema: Challenging Medium-Specificity and Re-defining Cinema in Avant-garde Film. M.A., University of Wisconsin-Madison, Communication Arts: Film Studies, B. A., Bard College, Film (studies and production), Denison University (2005 present): Assistant Professor, Department of Cinema Film Aesthetics and Analysis (previously World Cinema ) Theory of Cinema Documentary Film: History, Theory, and Aesthetics (First-Year seminar) Film and the Avant-Garde (Honors seminar) Elementary Cinema Production Screenwriting Southern Methodist University (Spring 2004): Adjunct Professor, Division of Cinema- Television Introduction to Film and Video Aesthetics American Television History University of Wisconsin-Madison ( ): Lecturer and Teaching Assistant, Department of Communication Arts Lecturer: Introduction to American Avant-garde Cinema Advanced Motion Picture Production Teaching Assistant: Introduction to Film Introduction to Film & Video Production Introduction to Video Production Advanced Motion Picture Production Advanced Motion Picture Production Workshop

2 Publications A Response to Trevor Ponech, The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism, forthcoming Anthony McCall Profile (commissioned essay), Luxonline, forthcoming Modes of Film Practice in the Avant-Garde, in Art and the Moving Image ed. Tanya Leighton (London: Afterall/Tate Publishing, forthcoming 2007). The Paracinema of Anthony McCall and Tony Conrad, in Avant-Garde Film ed. Dietrich Scheunemann (Amsterdam: Rodopi, forthcoming 2007). An Interview with Anthony McCall, reprinted in Anthony McCall: The Solid Light Films and Related Works ed. Christopher Eamon (Chicago: Northwestern University Press, 2005). An Interview with Anthony McCall, The Velvet Light Trap #54 (Fall, 2004). The Material of Film and the Idea of Cinema: Contrasting Practices in Sixties and Seventies Avant-garde Film, October 103 (Spring 2003). From Objecthood to Subject Matter: Yvonne Rainer s Transition from Dance to Film, Senses of Cinema (January-February, 2002). Papers, Presentations, and Conference Activity English and American Avant-Garde Film in the 1960s and 70s: Controversy and Polemics, paper presented at the European Cinema Research Forum, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 4/07. On the Continuing Value of Medium-Specificity in Contemporary Avant-Garde Film (organizer), panel for 2007 Society for Cinema and Media Studies conference, Chicago, IL, 3/07. Para, not Post: The Film Medium and Paracinematic Performance in the Contemporary Avant-Garde, paper presented the 2007 Society for Cinema and Media Studies conference, Chicago, IL, 3/07. Contemporary Horror and the Female Spectator, paper presented at the 2006 Society for Cinema and Media Studies conference, Vancouver, Canada, 3/06. Yvonne Rainer s Kristina Talking Pictures: Autobiography and Avant-garde Film, invited lecture for screening of Rainer s film as part of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago s series, Conversations at the Edge, 10/05. The Paracinema of Anthony McCall and Tony Conrad, invited paper presented at the International Conference on Avant-Garde Cinema, University of Edinburgh, Scotland, 9/04.

3 Modes of Film Practice in the Avant-garde: The Case of Anthony McCall, paper presented at the 2004 Society for Cinema and Media Studies conference, Atlanta, GA, 3/04. Luis Bunuel and Un Chien Andalou, invited lecture for screening of Masterpieces of Spanish Cinema, film series presented by the Southern Methodist University Meadows Art Museum, Dallas, TX, 1/04. Experimental Cinema Since 1980 (organizer), panel for the 2003 Society of Cinema and Media Studies conference, Minneapolis, MN, 3/03. Recent Revisionist Work in Avant-garde Film Studies (co-organizer), panel for the 2002 Society of Cinema Studies conference, Denver, CO, 5/02. The Material of Film and the Idea of Cinema: Contrasting Practices in Avant-garde Film in the 1960s and 1970s, paper (revised version) delivered at the 2002 Society for Cinema Studies conference, Denver, CO, 5/02. Yvonne Rainer s Transition from Dance to Film, invited lecture given in Avant-Garde Film (advanced seminar) for Professor Ben Singer, University of Wisconsin-Madison Communication Arts Department, 4/02. The Material of Film and the Idea of Cinema: Contrasting Practices in Avant-garde Film in the 1960s and 1970s, paper delivered at the Midwest Conference on Film, Language and Literature, Northern Illinois University, 4/02. Yvonne Rainer: Minimalist Dance and New Talkie Film, invited paper presented for the graduate film studies colloquium, University of Wisconsin-Madison Communication Arts Department, 10/01. Film and the Avant-garde in the 60s and 70s: Neglected Works, New Perspectives (organizer), panel for the 2001 Society for Cinema Studies conference, Washington, D.C., 5/01. From Objecthood to Subject Matter: Yvonne Rainer s Transition from Dance to Film, , paper delivered at 2001 Society for Cinema Studies conference, Washington D.C., 5/01. Strategies of Appropriation in Avant-Garde Film and Video, invited lecture given in Appropriation in Art (graduate seminar) for Professor Frances Myers, University of Wisconsin-Madison Art Department, 10/00. Trends, Problems, and New Directions in the Study of Andy Warhol s Films, invited lecture given at the exhibition Pop Impact! From Johns to Warhol, Milwaukee Art Museum, 9/00. Designs on the Cinema: The Films of Andy Warhol, paper delivered at the 2000 Society for Cinema Studies conference, Chicago, IL, 3/00.

4 Awards The Film and Video Installation Art of Tacita Dean: Cinema as Environment, invited lecture given at the Madison Art Center as part of an exhibition of Dean s work, 4/99. The Films of Andy Warhol, , invited paper presented in the film studies graduate colloquium, University of Wisconsin-Madison Communication Arts Department, 12/98. McCarty Dissertation Scholarship for the support of initial dissertation research. Awarded by the University of Wisconsin-Madison Communication Arts Department, Robert J. Wickhem Award for excellence in the area of telecommunications study. Awarded by the University of Wisconsin-Madison Communication Arts Department, McCarty Continuing Achievement Award for coursework, grades, and overall contribution to the department. Awarded by the University of Wisconsin-Madison Communication Arts Department, Excellence in Teaching Award. Awarded by the Graduate School of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Helen K. Herman Memorial Fund Scholarship for scholastic achievement and extra-curricular activities in film studies. Awarded by the University of Wisconsin-Madison Communication Arts Department, Pearce Research Award for scholarship and research. Awarded by the University of Wisconsin-Madison Communication Arts Department, McCarty Early Achievement Award for outstanding achievement during first year of graduate work. Awarded by the University of Wisconsin-Madison Communication Arts Department, Other Activities Member of the Society for Cinema and Media Studies, present. Film Programming: Sight Unseen, Denison University Cinema Department, ongoing (co-programmer and series organizer with Jane M. Greene) Pop Impact! From Johns to Warhol, August September 2000 (Advisor to Milwaukee Art Museum). Second Annual Wisconsin Film Festival, March 2000 (Assisted with programming) First Annual Wisconsin Film Festival, March 1999 (Assisted with programming)

5 Robert Frank The Americans, Madison Art Center, February 1999 (Coprogrammer of Frank s film retrospective; part of the Art Center s exhibition of Frank s photographic series). The Films of Andy Warhol, University of Wisconsin Cinematheque, Fall 1998 (Coprogrammer and organizer of 8-week series) Cinema Surreal: The Surreal Aesthetic in Avant-garde Film, Madison Art Center, September-October 2000 (Programmer of 3-week series) American Avant-Garde Cinema: Seven Decades of Film, Madison Art Center, May 1998 (Organizer and programmer of 4-week series)