EDUCATION State University of New York at Buffalo MFA in Media Arts Production 2016 Thesis: The Grant Ferry Media Arts Project (installation, web)

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1 ERIC COOMBS ESMAIL MEDIA RESEARCH AND CRITICAL PRACTICE 431 W Breed St, Nederland, CO coombs.eric@gmail.com ericcoombs.com janesworth.com processreversal.org EDUCATION MFA in Media Arts Production 2016 Thesis: The Grant Ferry Media Arts Project (installation, web) BA/BFA in Film Studies 2012 TEACHING EXPERIENCE Instructor Department of Critical Media Practices (College of Media, Communication, and Information) Develop syllabi and overall course structures, and administer all grades for the following undergraduate courses: 2500 Introduction to Media Practices, 2600 Creative Media Making, and 3500 Digital Photographic Practices, as well as the graduate course 5500 Documentary Production Workshops (co-taught). Curriculum Development Department of Critical Media Practices (College of Media, Communication, and Information) Developed undergraduate and graduate degree programs for the BA in Media Production (with Minor and Concentrations), the MFA program in Interdisciplinary Documentary Media Practices (with Graduate Certificate), and the PhD program in Emergent Technologies and Media Arts Practices (with Graduate Certificate). For each program, created courses with titles and descriptions, program plans, prerequisite structures, offering patterns, program policies, and handbooks. For each program, developed successful curriculum proposals and executive summaries, including enrollment projections, budgets, and resource requirements. For each program, drafted advertisements, faculty position descriptions, degree summaries, brochures, and web copy Present 2012-Present Adjunct Instructor Department of Media Study Developed syllabi and overall course structures, and administered all grades for the following undergraduate courses: 121 Basic Digital Arts, 341 Intermediate Video Workshop, and 343 Digital Post Production. Graduate Instructor Developed syllabi and overall course structures, and administered all grades for the following undergraduate courses: 103 Basic Video, 341 Intermediate Video Workshop. Squeaky Wheel Film and Media Arts Center Workshop Instructor Youth and Adult Documentary, Video, and Editing TECHNE Institute for Arts and Emergent Technologies Workshop Instructor Art, Robots, and Technology for Youth (ARTY) 2014, 2015 New York State Summer School for the Arts Workshop Instructor Digital Video 2013 The Brakhage Center/I Have a Dream Program/Boulder Museum for Contemporary Art Workshop Instructor Handmade Film and Digital Animation for Youth 2012 Workshop Instructor Film Studies (Lighting and Camera)

2 ERIC COOMBS ESMAIL MEDIA RESEARCH AND CRITICAL PRACTICE PAGE 2 GRANTS/AWARDS RECEIVED Mark Diamond Research Fund 2015 Undergraduate Research Opportunities Grant 2009 GRANT WRITING Roser Visiting Artist Endowment Grant Successful 2016, 2015, 2014, 2011 Titles: Colloquium on Critical Media Practices, Humor and Independent Cinema: The Art of George Kuchar and His Contemporaries, Visiting artist: Ken Jacobs, Visiting artist: Apichatpong Weerasethakul Graduate Committee on the Arts and Humanities Visiting Scholar/Artist Grant Successful 2012, 2011 Titles: Visiting Scholar: Glenn Phillips, Visiting Artist: Apichatpong Weerasethakul COLLOQUIMS/CONFERENCES/SYMPOSIA Colloquium on Critical Media Practice at The Center for Documentary and Ethnographic Media Organizer and Workshop Designer 2016 Brakhage Center Symposium: The Life and Work of Ken Jacobs Co-Organizer 2015 Brakhage Center Symposium: Approaches to Independent Filmmaking Programmer and Speaker 2014 Paper: Distance Montage: Maddin/Peleshian Brakhage Center Symposium: Media Arts and Cinema Poetics Organizer 2013 Brakhage Center Symposium: Experimental Narrative Organizer 2012 Poetry and Cinema: A Three-Day Festival and Conference Organizer 2011 Naropa University and the Brakhage Center Symposium: Approaches to Documentary Filmmaking Organizer 2011 Brakhage Center Symposium: Repetition/Remaking/Reuse and The Amateur and the Avant Garde Organizer 2010 Brakhage Center Symposium: A Cavalcade of Eccentricity and 3 Programs by Mark McElhatten Organizer 2009 POSITIONS HELD Process Reversal An Artist-run photochemical initiative Secretary, Founding Board Member Administration, workshop development, managing fiscal sponsorships, web maintenance, and acquisitions. MIMESIS The Journal for Documentary and Ethnographic Media Co-Editor and Developer Development, design, content, and copy editing for the online, academic multimedia journal Present The Center for Documentary and Ethnographic Media, Faculty Member 2016 Grant writing, events coordination, research assistant supervision, and programming. Media Study Graduate Student Association Treasurer

3 ERIC COOMBS ESMAIL MEDIA RESEARCH AND CRITICAL PRACTICE PAGE 3 RELATED EXPERIENCE Freelance Producer Video production, postproduction, and web development Present The Brakhage Center for the Media Arts Academic Services Professional Audio engineering (for the CU Experimental Radio Station), digital and analog archiving, events coordination, marketing, administrative and financial management, grant writing, curriculum development, web administration, programming, and print trafficking. Gaiam, Inc. Editor Video Editing, titling, mixing, quality control, conforming for streaming platforms, and archiving. University of Colorado Libraries Media Services Media Technician Analog and digital media archiving, audio editing, web streaming, and media duplication from archival source materials. Selected Motion Picture Credits Additional Cinematography + Location Sound + Colorist On This Land (feature documentary, dir. MTL Collective) Additional Cinematography As the Squirrel Turns (short, dir. Sarah Biagini) 2012 Additional Cinematography Sangre de Cristo (short, dir. Marcy Saude) 2011 Cinematographer In Absentia (short, dir. Erik Klostermann) 2010 Key Grip Girl in a Wedding Dress (short, dir. Jacqueline Dowling) 2009 Gaffer You Don t Want this Life (music video, song by Killer Mike, dir. Shawn Bulloch) 2008 Cinematographer Figures Receding Into Space (short, dir. Lino Sanguino di Cristofaro) 2008 Grip Examination (short, dir. Fred Huergo) 2007 Gaffer The Bungled and the Botched (short, dir. Timothy Shay) 2007 MULTI-MEDIA PRODUCTION SKILLS Digital Cinematography DSLR/DSLM, ENG/Camcorder, Cinema Systems, Full Dome and 360 Video. Photography DSLR/DSLM, 35mm. Camera Stabilization Glidecam, Steadicam, Gimbals (Ronin), Western Dolly, Panther and Fischer Dollies, Pocket Jibs, and Sliders. Lighting Field and Studio Lighting (HDMI, Tungsten, LED, studio grids, available light, etc.). Location Sound Recording Field Mixing, Boom Operation, Wired and Wireless Mics. Audio Engineering Studio Voice-Over Recording, Podcasting, and Online Streaming Radio. Web, Programming, and Scripting Proficient: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, WordPress; Competent: Python (Raspberry Pi), C++ (Arduino). Software Proficient: Adobe Suite (Premiere, After Effects, SpeedGrade, Audition, Media Encoder, Photoshop, Lightroom, Illustrator), Microsoft Office (Word, Excel); Competent: TouchDesigner, MaxMSP, ProTools, Avid, Final Cut 7/X, Audacity. Analog Cinematography and Lab 8, 16, and 35mm camera systems (Bolex, Krasnogorsk, ARRI, Aaton, Panavision, Moviecam, etc.), hand processing, alternative processes, optical printing, editing, and digital transfers. Music Proficient Cellist, competent with traditional and folk flutes (Celtic and Persian). LANGUAGES English Native Language French Speak, Read, and Write with basic competence EXHIBITIONS The Grant Ferry Media Arts Project (Solo Gallery Exhibition: Taste of Diversity Festival Buffalo, NY) 2016 The Grant Ferry Media Arts Project (Solo Gallery Exhibition: Big Orbit Gallery Buffalo, NY) 2016 The Grant Ferry Media Arts Project (Solo Gallery Exhibition: Open Air Studio Buffalo, NY) 2016

4 ERIC COOMBS ESMAIL MEDIA RESEARCH AND CRITICAL PRACTICE PAGE 4 FRENKEL DEFECTS (Screening: Sugar City Arts Collective Buffalo, NY) 2015 Work Shown: ll fuente del toro (video, 10 min.) Global Snapshot: Exhibitions, Explorations, Experimentations (Gallery Exhibition: La Panacée Center of Contemporary Culture Montpelier, FR) 2015 Work Shown: Beau Flux: Buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo (interactive web and social media installation) Short Story Long Thaw: Screening Installation Performance Interaction (Exhibition and Performance: Sugar City Arts Collective Buffalo, NY) 2015 Work Shown: The Sound a Peasant Makes (interactive web documentary and performance) Echo Park Film Center (Screening: Los Angeles, CA) 2015 Black Hole Cinema (Screening: Oakland, CA) 2015 Undark: A Play by Rachael Katz (Multimedia One-Act Play: Sugar City Arts Collective Buffalo, NY) 2014 Role: Ph DAMF (Screening: Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center Buffalo, NY) 2014 Constructive Interference (Screening: Balagan Film Series Boston, MA) 2014 Work Shown: PLAY FOR GLORY (film short) Unconscious Archives #4 (Screening: no.w.here London, UK) 2014 Work Shown: sometimes i pity (film short) Process Reversal Workshop (Screening: L Abominable Paris, FR) 2014 Work Shown: sometimes i pity (film short) SELECTED WORKS Audio Engineer Esmerillion: The Sorcerer of Sovereignty (working title) Film and Video Essay Series Radio on Radio: Community Radio in Madagascar with Christy Turner Audio Interview/Podcast /Developer The Grant Ferry Media Arts Project 2016 Documentary installation/website Developer + Beau Flux: Buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo Co-creator Web and Social Media-based Installation 2015 (as part of the Beau Flux art group) Developer The Sound a Peasant Makes 2015 Interactive/Nonlinear Documentary Web Application Developer Father Baker s Folly 2014 Site Specific/Locative Mobile Web Application Undark by Rachael Katz 2014 One-Act Play Il fuente del toro (The Fountain of the Bull), 10 min Video Es Allelieweziel 2013 Ethnographic Korsakow-Film PLAY FOR GLORY, 10 min mm

5 ERIC COOMBS ESMAIL MEDIA RESEARCH AND CRITICAL PRACTICE PAGE 5 Eternity, Eternity, Eternity, 5 min Video sometimes i pity, 10 min mm