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Music and Musing Series 1:“From Dusk Till Dawn – Limits of Perception” What is reality? What is consciousness? What is liminality?Initiated by Professor Chow Yiu Fai, in collaboration with film philosopher Professor Patricia Pisters, Hong Kong indie band Wantamnam, and lighting designer Timothy Tsang, the event aims to blend the creative with the academic, into…
Hoe gaan we om met de constante stroom aan beelden die dagelijks op ons afkomen? De documentaire ‘And the King Said What a Fantastic Machine’ (VPRO) toont de opkomst van onze beeldcultuur: van het eerste bewegende beeld tot de overvloed aan content die we nu kunnen consumeren. NPO Doc sprak erover met Patricia Pisters, professor…
There is something fundamentally wrong with academic publishing. Recently, authors and series editors of Amsterdam University Press had to find out in a three sentence email we had been sold to Taylor & Francis. Taylor & Francis is a full-profit company that is in the business of academic publishing to make money, not to share…
In de rubriek De zin van vertellen meer en minder bekende Nederlanders over hun persoonlijke leefregel of inspirerende zin. De zin van Patricia Pisters Hoogleraar Patricia Pisters: Door psychedelica kunnen we robots beter begrijpen. Lees het interview hier in https://www.trouw.nl/cs-bbcb5107/. Hier in PDF.
Mind-Altering Cinema & Realms of the Human UnconsciousWith Patricia Pisters Interactive Lecture & DinnerSunday, 27 April 2025 at Salon Ruigoord3 – 10 PM In 1975, psychiatrist Stanislav Grof published his seminal book Realms of the Human Unconscious, documenting insights from hundreds of legal, regulated LSD therapy sessions conducted in Czechoslovakia over the preceding two decades. He argued that…
Het evoluerende landschap van psychedelica: Ontwikkelingen en therapeutische mogelijkheden anno 2025 Op vrijdag 21 maart verkennen we in dit symposium de nieuwste wetenschappelijke inzichten, klinische toepassingen en ethische vraagstukken rondom psychedelica in de geestelijke gezondheidszorg. Je krijgt inzicht in hoe psychedelica een waardevolle rol kunnen spelen binnen psychotherapie en hoe ze kunnen bijdragen aan het…
In this interview, we invite Patricia Pisters to share her perspective on speculative urban futures from the lens of media studies. Known for her influential works such as The Matrix of Visual Culture and The Neuro-Image, Patricia’s expertise focuses on the intersection of technology, consciousness and cinema. The interview was conducted following her inspiring keynote on AI and Psychedelics:…
Steve McQueen and Bianca Stigter received honorary doctorates for the great social and historical value of their work, in particular their documentary Occupied City. The honorary doctorates were awarded during the celebration of the Dies Natalis of the UvA on Thursday, 16 January 2025. Honorary supervisor is Prof. Patricia Pisters, professor of Film Studies at the Faculty of…
In dialogue with Heidi Honeycut about women making horror movies 24 October 2024 in LAB 111, during the fantastic Imagine Film Festival, I had a conversation with Heidi Honeycut, author of the book I Spit on Your Celluloid (2024), about women making horror movies. A few years ago I published New Blood in Contemporary Cinema…
Series of film lectures, screenings and performance in Eye with the exhibition Underground: American Avanta Garde of the 1960s. Organized by Patricia Pisters, Slava Greenberg, Amir Vudka, and Erica Biolchini in collaboration with Eye, NICA and RMeS | Dates: 17 to 23 October 2024 Underground: Cinema Psychedelica presents a week long program of films, film lectures,…
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