Adam Paradis is a Boston-raised, Chicago-based independent filmmaker, curator, skateboarder, and repairman whose work focuses on film materiality, media archaeology and archival process. Adam has spent more than two decades collecting, curating, and creating films, collaging together new works from found materials. This program is an exciting blend of educational and experimental films from Adam's personal 16mm film collection, the VSW collection, and his own body of work.

[source: Visual Studies Workshop website, 2017-Oct-2]