Corina Copp

Corina Copp is a Lecturer in the Literature Department at the University of California, San Diego, and Special Faculty in the School of Film/Video at the California Institute of the Arts. Her work bridges poetry, translation, and curatorial practice, focusing on interdisciplinary collaboration, feminist critiques, and nonhuman temporalities. She holds a doctoral candidacy at the University of Southern California, researching intersections of political commitment and artistic process across disciplines.

Education: PhD candidate in Literature at USC. Notable awards include the 2014 New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship in Poetry. Her translations include Chantal Akerman’s My Mother Laughs and her own poetry collection The Green Ray (2015).

Research interests span feminist film theory, cultural criticism, and the ethics of artistic collaboration. She curates the Rotations film series, emphasizing experimental nonfiction and transnational feminist practices. Recent projects explore Palestinian solidarity through cinema and the intersections of grief, history, and form in documentary.

Publications span Frieze, Film Comment, BOMB, and Cabinet. Key works include essays on Deborah Stratman’s experimental documentaries and Barbara Hammer’s legacy. She designs workshops on political commitment in writing and co-leads initiatives like the Language Garden reading series.