Jennifer M. Hardacker
Assistant Professor
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I teach film and video production and studies because it is what I am passionate about. Film/Video is a powerful mode of expression. Through the study of film we can learn much about our society and culture. Through the practice of film/video production we can communicate to others our shared experiences. I find the teaching and practice of film/video to be a symbiotic relationship: engaging in film/video production makes me a better teacher and teaching makes me a better film/video maker.
I have made several short, experimental films and videos that have shown in festivals across America and Canada. I have worked in many mediums and modes of film/video production. The most recent film is an animation film called Where you are is not where you are going.
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I am working on a “structuralist” video that manipulates a well-known Hollywood action film. This video makes abstract the image, while still maintaining a definite sense of the action and suspense. I am also working on a video project in which I am video-graphing images of ethnographic and other educational films being projected onto garden plants and tools. The end result is a bringing together of worldly images into a domestic garden. It’s a hard one to articulate! But look at the pretty picture. |
For more information about Professor Hardacker, read the article about her in the Pacific Index Newspaper. |
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