Domietta Torlasco

Domeitta Torlasco


Northwestern University

Domietta Torlasco is a critical theorist, filmmaker, and associate professor of Italian and comparative literature at Northwestern University. She is the author of two books: The Time of the Crime: Phenomenology, Psychoanalysis, Italian Film (2008) and The Heretical Archive: Digital Memory at the End of Film (2013). Her video essays have screened at national and international venues, including the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, the Galerie Campagne Première in Berlin, and the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles. She is currently completing a book titled Rhythm Beyond Measure: Cinema and the Life of Images and an experimental documentary on playgrounds.

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In Conversation with Domietta Torlasco

The CHR is delighted to announce critical theorist and filmmaker Domietta Torlasco will be in conversation with the documentary film class about her new film Garfield Park, USA.

Seminar: Domietta Torlasco

Excerpt Rhythm Beyond Measure: Cinema and the Life of Images

Domeitta Torlasco visits the CHR

Critical theorist, filmmaker, and associate professor of Italian and comparative literature at Northwestern University Domietta Torlasco will be hosted by the CHR from 24 February to 23 March 2020.