Studio Erasmus is the monthly Erasmus University Rotterdam talk show about science and current affairs. Featuring interviews, mini-lectures and live music. The programme is a collaboration between Studium Generale, Vers Beton, Studium Generale, Theater Rotterdam and International Film Festival Rotterdam. Made possible by Erasmus Trustfonds.
On Tuesday, 29 January, in Theater Rotterdam, the programme will include:
How does Netflix affect our film tastes? Payal Arora and Filip Vermeylen about the impact of algorithms on popular culture. How do disruptive platforms like YouTube and Netflix restructure the film and television world? What does the disappearance of traditional ‘gatekeepers’ mean? And do we actually allow ourselves to be surprised in an age where our media use is analysed in so much detail to create new blockbusters?
How amusement improves the health of the functionally illiterate – Endowed professor of Entertainment Media and Social Change Martine Bouman about the power of priming: using TV series to highlight health issues for an audience that rarely reads information flyers.
The overdose in Pulp Fiction or the pot-smoking bike riders in Easy Rider: the combination of drugs and films has produced famous and notorious scenes. But do the effects actually correspond with the specific drug? Professor of Clinical Psychology Ingmar Franken fact checks legendary drug scenes.
Is the woman the new superhero or does the sex symbol frame still exist? Media expert Charlotte Dwyer about #MeToo, feminism on the big screen and the role of film classics in how we view ‘the woman’.
Live music by Bonno Geerse, who performs his unique interpretation of classical soundtracks on the piano.
Registration: via the website of the Erasmus University
Tue 29 Jan, 20:30, Foyer TR Schouwburg, free admission with registration