Jonathan Miller
Office
3360 S. State Street Chicago, IL 60616Office Hours
By appointmentCourses taught
ARCH 470 Image City (S12)ARCH 473 Conflict+Time: Film & Architecture (F11, F12)
ARCH 475 Spatial Stories (S13)
ARCH 497 Conflict + Time, Independent Study (F12)
ARCH 502 Adv. Topics in History/Theory I (F11)
ARCH 503 Adv. Topics in History/Theory II (S12, S13)
LA 497 Sightscapes (S13)
LA 501 The Nature of Ecology (F11, F12)
Expertise
Film critic, filmmaker, artist; writer for artists, museums and cultural institutions; research focus on the interactions of technology, mass media, and spatial experience.Education
B.A., History of Art, Yale, 1980M.F.A., Film Production, NYU, 1984
Teaching Experience
University of Illinois at Chicago, Adjunct Assistant Professor, School of Art & Design 2001-2007School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Visiting Adjunct, Fall 2001
Columbia College, Film & Video Visiting Adjunct, Spring 1997- Fall 1998
Professional Experience
Film Critic, Chicago Public Radio, 1995 - 2012Selected Publications, Exhibits, and Recent Research
Symposium Panel, “Painting: The Elastic Frontier”, College Art Association, NYC, Feb 2013Jury Member, New Director's Competition, Chicago International Film Festival, 2012
Exhibition Content Designer, “Bertrand Goldberg:City Shaper”, River City, Chicago, 2012.
Art Installation, Medline Industries Inc., Broadview, IL, Summer 2012
Contributing Filmmaker, "One Day on Earth”, global documentary project about 10/10/10, April 2012
Book Review, “The Anthropology of Images by Hans Belting”, Anthropology Quarterly Spring 2012
Essay, “How to Stretch Canvas", artist Homa Shojaie exhibition, Chicago Artist’s Coalition, Jan 2012
Lecture, ‘LightMotionSpace’, Cooper Union, NY, “Its All About Light”, Prof. D. Gestner, May 2011
Essay, “For a [meaningless work] Song”, artist LeRoy Stevens 2011 installation at Tallinn City Gallery, Estonia, Lugemik Publisher 2013
Essay, “Come In Out Of The Reign” for “End of Analog” Exhibition - Roots & Culture Gallery,
Chicago, Feb/Mar 2009
Video, “HighSpeedVision”, Burnham 2.0 Exhibition, Chicago History Museum, Nov 2008/ Apr 2009
Essay, “C.U.: Shanghai” – in: Shanghai Transforming, Actar Press 2008
Multimedia Installation, “Traps”, Extension Gallery for Architecture, Chicago, Feb/Mar 2007
Editorial Consultant - Chicago Architecture Foundation - “North Lawndale” Exhibit, 2006
Essay, “Strange Fire” for Sylvie Fleury exhibition - Patrick Painter Inc., L.A., Oct 2005
Essay “Drift Ice” - for Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle Exhibition Catalogue, “The Krefeld Suite”,
Haus Lange/Haus Esters, Krefeld, Germany, June 2005