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My name is Aymar (uh-MAR) Jean Christian. I am a doctoral candidate in communication at the Annenberg School at the University of Pennsylvania. I research new media and film, write freelance articles, and occasionally delve into other visual and curatorial projects. Please click above for an extended bio. To go to my blog, please click the “blog” image.
NEWS
October 1 – Article on mumblecore published in Cinema Journal. I offer some context and updates at my blog.
September 5 – Published short preview of my dissertation, expected 2012, tentatively titled Off the Line: Independent Television and the Pitch to Reinvent Hollywood.
July 15 – Completed book chapters on mobile video and marketing marginalized identities online.
PRESS
Web Series Spotlight: Chrysalis. 2011. Racialicious. August 5.
The Problem of YouTube. 2011. Flow. February 11.
Paying with Bagels: The Labor of Web Video Production. 2011. In Media Res. January 20.
PUBLICATIONS
Fandom as Industrial Response: Producing Identity in an Independent Web Series. 2011. Transformative Works & Culture, 8.
Joe Swanberg, Intimacy and the Digital Aesthetic. 2011. Cinema Journal, 50 (4).
Real Vlogs: The rules and meanings of personal online videos. 2009. First Monday, 14 (11).
PROJECTS
Artists Unbound, a documentary on tragressive artists.
Meet, a web series (demo). For more information, click here.
A Night at Artspace, short film about Artspace New Haven’s art party.
Fame: Kade Style, a short documentary on Arthur Kade. More information, click here.