Entr’acte 2024: Creative Historiography, November 22 & 23, 2024, Online

Entr’acte 2024: Creative Historiography

November 22, 2024 – 5pm EST

November 23, 2024 – 12pm EST

An online event

Organized by the Entr’acte 2024 subcommittee of Women and Film History International (WFHI): Drake Stutesman, Kiki Loveday, and Kate Saccone

Co-hosted by the San Francisco Silent Film Festival

Speakers: Esha Niyogi De, Susan Potter, Diana W. Anselmo, Luciana Corrêa de Araújo, S. Louisa Wei, Terri Francis, Amy Ruhl, Mark Cooper, Lorena Ruiz Trejo, María Fernanda García Solar, and Sabine Groenewegen.

The conference features six “flash talks” on the themes “Woman” and “International” on the first day, as well as artist sessions and Q&As the second day. The event is online only.

Entr’acte 2024 takes up the theme of creative historiography both in form and content.

On November 22, we take an open and experimental presentational approach to the two words central to WFHI’s mission and, indeed, our organization’s name: “international” and “woman.” Six critical thinkers will present 10-minute flash talks on these words, followed by a group discussion and Q&A. We understand that these words have complicated and contested meanings and we encourage invited speakers to approach their word with heterogeneous ideas that can point to a discussion around histories, concepts, challenges, and possibilities. The aim is to activate critical thinking from a feminist, historiographical perspective. We hope that the flash-talk format will allow speakers to present their ideas as they wish – and in ways intended to spark new questions. Our desire is, above all, to complicate, question, and reframe these words. We anticipate this event will bring together an audience of film enthusiasts, artists, and scholars.

On November 23, we will focus on creative practices, turning our attention to artistic experimentation with silent film, archival moving images, and cultural history more broadly from a feminist perspective. We want to draw the conversation into the present and into the future via new explorations with contemporary artists and artistic practices with artists and work that has not been part of our network and focus thus far. Four artists will present and discuss their work via 20-minute sessions, followed by a group discussion and Q&A

Entr’acte 2024 is free and open to the public with advance registration. Register for Day 1 here and for Day 2 here. More information on the event is available here.