Acclaimed English director and screenwriter John Akomfrah OBE visited the MFAEDA Carpentry Shop on October 26th to discuss his approach to filmmaking and to participate in critiques of MFA student work. Akomfrah also screened and discussed his previous work and artistic practice with the greater Duke and Durham communities at the Nasher Museum of Art… Continue reading English Director and Screenwriter John Akomfrah visits MFAEDA
Month: October 2011
MFA Featured in “Documenting Duke” Audio Work by CDS Undergraduates
Through a collaboration between the Center for Documentary Studies and Duke Magazine, students in John Biewen’s undergraduate classes “Introduction to Audio Documentary” and “The Short Audio Documentary” have produced audio features to complement stories featured in the magazine. Among the recent audio pieces posted to Duke Magazine’s website is a piece by Elisabeth Michel,… Continue reading MFA Featured in “Documenting Duke” Audio Work by CDS Undergraduates
Pioneering Augmented Reality artist Tamiko Thiel visits MFAEDA
Internationally exhibited new media artist Tamiko Thiel is interested in developing the dramatic and narrative capabilities of interactive 3D virtual reality as a medium for addressing social and cultural issues. She lectures internationally on the creation of meaning in art and of dramatic experience in time-based and interactive media. She is developing a theory of dramatic structure for… Continue reading Pioneering Augmented Reality artist Tamiko Thiel visits MFAEDA
Teka Selman on Duke’s New MFA in Experimental and Documentary Arts
Teka Selman is the assistant director of Duke’s Master of Fine Arts in Experimental and Documentary Arts. Her experience in the arts ranges from commercial to nonprofit arts management, most recently as partner at Branch Gallery in Durham, North Carolina. Selman received an MA in Art History and Visual Cultures from Goldsmiths, University of London, and… Continue reading Teka Selman on Duke’s New MFA in Experimental and Documentary Arts
Student Profiles: Lisa McCarty
Lisa McCarty creates images through a disciplined practice of relinquishing control. Utilizing unpredictable cameras and photographic processes, McCarty seeks opportunities to capture chance-based abstractions that reflect the imperfect yet wondrous systems that govern perception. Equally interested in cognitive science and romantic conceptualism, her work explores the potential and paradox of visual information. Lisa McCarty is… Continue reading Student Profiles: Lisa McCarty
Master of Fine Arts in Experimental and Documentary Arts Fall 2011 Inaugural Class
The Master of Fine Arts in Experimental and Documentary Arts at Duke University brings together two forms of artistic activity—the documentary approach and experimental production in analog, digital, and computational media—in a unique program that will foster collaborations across disciplines and media as it trains sophisticated, creative art practitioners. Successful completion of the program requires… Continue reading Master of Fine Arts in Experimental and Documentary Arts Fall 2011 Inaugural Class
