Katie Bird on Approaches to Videographic Practice

<p>On today's episode, Katie Bird discusses her work and practice in an interview with Johannes Binotto. Much of their conversation centers on Katie's 2023 desktop documentary, "<a href="https://necsus-ejms.org/with-a-camera-in-hand-i-was-alive/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">With a Camera in Hand, I Was Alive</a>." Katie and Johannes discuss the potentials of videographic practice, filming oneself as a method of videographic criticism, and her work as an independent scholar and industry professional. Other works discussed include, "<a href="https://www.openscreensjournal.com/article/id/8014/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">young (woman) filmmaker(s)</a>" (2023), "<a href="https://intransition.openlibhums.org/article/id/11271/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Feeling and Thought as They Take Form: Early Steadicam Labor, Technology, and Style, 1974-1985</a>" (2019), and Katie's <a href="https://vimeo.com/699687139" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">research on editing</a> and Gunsmoke.  </p><p><br /></p><p>This episode is the eighth in an ongoing collaboration between The Video Essay Podcast and "The Video Essay: Memories, Ecologies, Bodies," a three-year research project on video essays led by Kevin B. Lee, Locarno Film Festival Professor for the Future of Cinema at USI University of Lugano, with Johannes Binotto and Evelyn Kreutzer, and funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation.</p><p><br /></p><p>Follow the show on <a href="https://twitter.com/thevideoessay" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>. Learn more at the pod's <a href="https://thevideoessay.com/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>. Get the <a href="https://thevideoessay.substack.com/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠free newsletter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>. Music by Ketsa.</p>