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Conceiving Ada

Saturday, March 30, 2024
9:00-10:30 PM
State Theater 1 Off Campus Location
A 1998 film by Lynn Hershman Leeson

Running time: 1 hour 24 minutes

Tilda Swinton embodies Lady Ada Lovelace, the mathematics genius who developed what became the world’s first computer language one hundred years before computers were invented (and the daughter of Romantic poet Lord Byron). Her story is channeled through Emmy, a computer scientist researching artificial life.

The DSI is co-sponsoring this film in partnership with the 62nd Ann Arbor Film Festival (AAFF). The AAFF is the oldest avant-garde and experimental film festival in North America, founded by George Manupelli in 1963. Internationally recognized as a premiere forum for independent filmmakers and artists, each year's festival engages audiences with remarkable cinematic experiences. The six-day festival presents 40 programs with more than 180 films from over 20 countries of all lengths and genres, including experimental, animation, documentary, fiction, and performance-based works.

Films are not rated. All programs are intended for mature audiences. Some films have imagery of a stroboscopic nature.

Movie tickets can be bought here ($14 general, $8 student): https://bit.ly/3T1c5Wi

Use the discount code UMDGI62 for $4 off general admission.
Building: Off Campus Location
Location: 233 S State St, Ann Arbor, MI 48104-2005
Cost: $14 general ($10 w/ discount code), $8 student
Event Type: Film Screening
Tags: Digital Media, Digital Studies, Digital Studies Institute, Film
Source: Happening @ Michigan from Digital Studies Institute

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