Edwin Carels
Edwin Carels is a lecturer and researcher at the School of Arts KASK/HoGent. Since earning his PhD with a dissertation titled Animation Beyond Animation, he has been working on the postdoctoral research project Counter-archives. Carels worked as a senior programmer and curator for the International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) until recently, where he coordinated the Deep Focus section and created thematic programmes on visual art, music documentaries, and film history. As an author, Carels publishes essays related to media archaeology, visual arts, film, and animation. Additionally, he is affiliated with the M HKA, where he has curated exhibitions such as El Hotel Eléctrico (2014), Graphology (2011), Animism (2010), and The Projection Project (2006). For his projects, Carels has collaborated with Luc Tuymans, Chris Marker, The Quay Brothers, Robert Breer, Jan Švankmajer, Zoe Beloff, Ken Jacobs, Peter Kubelka, Philippe Parreno, Apichatpong Weerasethakul, and Jean-Luc Godard, among others.