Jennifer Vanderpool holds a Ph.D. in Art Critical Practices in Trauma Studies from UC Santa Barbara. Her work has been awarded funding from DéPOT in partnership with the Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada, Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, US-UK Fulbright Commission, Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs, Ohio Arts Council, Kunstrådet: Danish Arts Council, Kulturrådet: Swedish Arts Council, and Malmö Stad.
Colin Gardner is a Distinguished Professor Emeritus at UC Santa Barbara. His publications include Chaoid Cinem
a: Deleuze and Guattari and the Topological Vector of Silence (2021), exploring the use of silences and sonic drop-outs in sound films. This builds upon his previous book, Beckett, Deleuze and the Televisual Event: Peephole Art (Palgrave Macmillan, 2012). He co-edited Deleuze and the Animal and Ecosophical Aesthetics: Art Ethics and Ecology with Patricia MacCormack.