Alla Gadassik
Associate Professor, Media History + Theory
Education:
PhD, Northwestern University
MA, York University
BMA, Toronto Metropolitan University
Bio
Dr. Alla Gadassik is a film scholar and curator of animated media. She founded the Animate Materials Workshop at ECU, developing animation as an exploration that bridges arts and sciences. Alla is the author of Graphite: Animated Traces and writes on the histories of animation, cinematography and film editing. Her curatorial projects include special screenings for festivals like GIRAF and OIAF, as well as Interlaced: Animation and Textiles, a large-scale survey exhibition at the Govett-Brewster Art Gallery | Len Lye Centre.
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Research Interests
Alla’s research interests include material aesthetics, animation studies, contemporary media art, experimental media, creative labour, handmade creative production and film history and theory.