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Shashank Satish is an Experimental Media Artist-Curator who works at the intersection of art, science, technology, and academia. Shashank holds a Bachelor’s in Architecture, a Master’s in Experimental Media Art, and a Postgraduate Diploma in Indian Aesthetics. He is the Principal Investigator of the Experiential Cognition Laboratory (XPC Lab, est. 2017), an independent initiative at the intersection of philosophy, cognitive science, and art. The lab develops art-science projects and hosts Anubhava, a podcast exploring the role of experience in understanding consciousness through cross-disciplinary dialogue.

Shashank has taught Art and Architecture at the undergraduate level and published research at their intersection. As the founder of Holy Cow! Studio (Bangalore), he produces graphic design, art, and curatorial projects, with exhibitions of his new media art and curation showcased both in India and internationally.

Shashank's research at the Screen Cultures and Curatorial Studies program focuses on experimental museology and the digitization of cultural heritage through critical curatorial frameworks.

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Email: shashank.s@queensu.ca

Andrea Malus is a PhD candidate in Screen Cultures and Curatorial Studies at ���ϳԹ���Դ. Born in former Czechoslovakia, she trained in puppet and traditional toy making at a vocational school before emigrating to Canada. She holds an Honours BA in Visual Arts and studied animation at Sheridan College. Her research explores allegory in communist-era Czechoslovak animation, the relationship between the body and the performing object, and the tactile nature of materials in stop-motion animation.

Ariel is a PhD student in SCCS. She received a BA in Anthropology/Archaeology from Brigham Young University, and a MA in English: Film Studies from National University. Research interests include intersectional feminism related to post-war trauma, Easternism, diaspora communities, and identity, in film, television, and video games.

Anne Runciman is a PhD student in the Screen Cultures and Curatorial Studies program at Queen's University. After finishing her BA in Political Studies, Anne went on to the Master’s program at ���ϳԹ���Դ Film & Media where she studied drive-in movie theatres. As part of her Master’s thesis, she produced a podcast series, Let’s All Go to the Drive-In, which incorporated elements of archive media, sound effects and music to bring the listener into the world of the drive-in. Now in her PhD, Anne is studying museum exhibition design in dark tourism sites. She’s looking at how these grim tourist attractions use interior design, lighting, archive media, sound effects and music to shape the emotional experience of the visitor.

Xunan Wang is an independent filmmaker specialising in documentary and cinematic virtual reality. He explores the shifting boundaries between fiction and reality, challenging conventional narratives while engaging with the limits of the screen. He holds a Bachelor’s degree from Hong Kong Baptist University and a Master’s degree from the University of Hong Kong.

Sarah is a PhD student in Screen Cultures and Curatorial Studies. Her SSHRC-funded dissertation takes up the figure of the serial killer as a discursive construction key to establishing and securing interconnected categories of criminality, deviance, and identity in the popular imagination throughout the 20th century. Her other research interests include monstrosity, true crime, and horror media. 

Published Work:

“.” The Neutral 3 (2024) 

(With Dan Vena), “.” Crime Fiction Studies 3, no. 1 (2022) 

(With Dan Vena and Iris Robinson) “His Canon, Herself: Teaching Horror as Feminist Cinema,” in Bloody Women! Women Directors of Horror, edited by Victoria McCollum and Aislinn Clarke. Rowman & Littlefield, 2022. 

“.” The Scattered Pelican 7 (2021). 

“” Jump Cut 60 (2021). 

of David McGowan’s Animated Personalities: Cartoon Characters and Stardom in American Theatrical Shorts. Synoptique: An Online Journal of Film and Media Studies 9, no. 1 (2020). 

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Chutong Yu is an MA student in Screen Cultures and Curatorial Studies and an interdisciplinary artist specializing in immersive media. Holding a BAH in Film and Media and a BEd from ���ϳԹ���Դ, Chutong examines how VR, AR, and MR transform storytelling, identity, and curatorial practices. 

Sana Kazemirashid (she/her) is a PhD student in the Screen Culture and Curatorial Studies program. With a BSc in Computer Engineering and an MA in Animation, she is a filmmaker and animator whose doctoral research explores women’s emotions, narratives, and struggles through immersive and innovative storytelling. 

Esther is currently a third year PhD student in the Screen Cultures and Curatorial Studies (SCCS) PhD program at ���ϳԹ���Դ. Esther's research intersects media and film theory with feminist philosophy to investigate Technology Facilitated Rape (TFR). Esther explores the human body as a body embodied by technology that engages in sexual behaviour and procreates by extending its genitals through a medium connected to networks. Esther has an MFA in Documentary Media (Toronto Metropolitan University) and BA in Political Science (UWO).