Audiences at Denmark's Odense International Film Festival asked thoughtful questions about whether cinema and VR can coexist — and whether cinema can retrace history to help us re-experience the past.
Love to hear your thoughts — can cinema and VR collaborate to deepen our understanding of the past?
As a filmmaker and researcher, I see cinematic language not as a static grammar but as a field that evolves with technology, allowing us to both critique and inhabit history.
Because cinema is a living archive, found footage filmmaking allows us to reframe memory and history through montage, juxtaposition, and the gaps that invite viewers’ imagination.
Virtual reality expands this by immersing audiences inside the memory — shifting them from passive observers to active participants.
Look forward to leading and facilitating DePaul University's VR cohort research group this year to continue this discovery!
VR Documentary!
Students love this one-of-a-kind opportunity to engage with immersive VR documentary!
Chi-Jang Yin's Experimental Documentary students visited the Center to speak with Joshua Tsui and experience the transformative potential of Immersive Filmmaking. The trio of works, namely "Traveling While Black," "Step Into the Line," and "The Choice," exemplified the innovative elevation of documentary narrative techniques via emerging technologies.
Chi-Jang in Central Europe
I am the keynote speaker at the JAMU Conference in Brno, and leading a masterclass at The Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (FAMU), one of the top 15 film schools in the world. I sincerely thank their sponsorships, including Brno’s Masaryk University!
Yin's Film Trailer for Onion City Experimental Film Festival
Onion City 2024 | Exquisite Corpse 4 [TRAILER] *As of today (September, 2024), this trailer has over 2000 viewing on Instagram.
Using VR footage, Optical solutions, and performance art
Credits: Chi Jang Yin, Ashley North, M. Woods, Tanner Masseth, Sonnie Wooden, Edgar Jorge-Baralt, and Karissa Hahn
https://www.onioncityfilmfest.org/2024
Courageous Dialogue Series
Chi Jang Yin directed the Digital Humanities Project Courageous Dialogue, a TEDtalk inspired media-based project regarding race, gender, sexuality, mentorship, disability, and equity issues. The project highlights the personal stories of 27 students, faculty, staff, and alumni within the DePaul community.
Using testimonies and a storytelling framework, this media project centers on social justice and equity issues to promote open dialogue about diversity literacy. This series has been over 5000 viewings on Youtube.
Chi-Jang Yin was selected as DePaul Presidential Fellow (2020–2021).
“Negotiation for Professionals,” 3-Day Certificate Program at Northwestern University
My goal is to promote dialogues and facilitate discussions with a diverse pool of individuals and to include all voices. I feel grateful to meet and learn from three amazing teachers:
Leonard Riskin (Chesterfield Smith Professor of Law at the University of Florida Levin College of Law), Daniel L. Shapiro (Director of Harvard International Negotiation Program and Associate Professor of Psychology, Harvard University), and Katie Marie (Negotiation for Professionals Faculty, Northwestern University).
picture with Leonard Riskin
Teaching and Learning Conference "Inclusive Learning Environments” (May 17, 2019), DePaul University
Invited by the Faculty Development Office, I was excited to be a featured speaker for the "Closing Remarks" at Teaching and Learning Conference of Fall Forum: “Teaching in Today's Political Climate (October 19, 2018)." In addition, DePaul Center for Teaching and Learning, and The Office of Faculty Development invited me to be one of the four faculty reviewers of Conference Presenters for DePaul University Teaching and Learning Conference "Inclusive Learning Environments (May 17, 2019).”
