When you see the film ‘The Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat Station’ (1895) by the Lumière brothers next to the strangest videos from the Chinese social network TikTok on one screen, you begin to realize how media has changed over the past hundred years and how it affects our lives. Guests of HSE “Night” had the opportunity to dive into the history of media, try their hand at being news editors and learn about YouTube journalism.
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There were stories about research failures that sounded like detective novels (for example, the way Adrian Vlahov, Senior Lecturer at the School of Linguistics, was mistaken for an American spy because of the stripes on his jacket), lessons in the history of Academic Tinder, which gives you a chance to receive a “like” on your term paper topic from how to handle negative customer reviews Professor Vitaly Kurennoy; and discussions on important issues in Science Dating with those who already know that science is not boring.
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Festival guests learned about the latest industry trends from characteristics of early-stage startups Dmitry Kotov, producer and Academic Supervisor of the programme ‘Multi-platform Film Production’, watched and discussed cultural codes in sitcoms and tried to recreate the sounds of a fight, which, fortunately, only caused damage to a cabbage.
Contemporary art is not always provocative, and activism is alb directory not always a performance. This year, festival guests at the HSE Cultural Centre tried to understand the intricacies of contemporary art and how to bring it into their lives. Theatre lovers were especially lucky: they could compare the classic plot of ‘The Gabrieliad’ performed by HSE Theatre with an experimental fairytale thriller from the Alejandro Valencio Theatre company. DIY fans, meanwhile, tried their hand at sculpture, drawing and art photography.In the end, the seventh ‘Night’ festival offered guests a wonderful chance to enjoy a variety of intellectual entertainment amidst a cozy and friendly atmosphere.
