Dublin’s PLASTIK Festival of Artists’ Moving Image is featuring a retrospective of David Gatten films (Duke AMI + MFA|EDA faculty), including: Film for Invisible Ink case no. 71: BASE-PLUS-FOG (2006) black & white, sound, 16mm 10 minutes What the Water Said, no. 46 (2007) colour, sound, 16mm 17 minutes Shrimp Boat Log (2006 re-cut and printed… Continue reading David Gatten Retrospective at PLASTIK 2015
Author: Ted Mott
MFA|EDA Rachel Boillot (’14) Photo News
Currently a Visiting Lecturer in Photography at Duke, and working full-time making photographs, videos, and audio recordings for the Friends of Cumberland Trail, recent news from Duke MFA|EDA alumna Rachel Boillot includes: 3 upcoming shows: – Behind the Lens, exhibit at ETSU opening March 6. Shows selection of works made by female photographers in the Do Good… Continue reading MFA|EDA Rachel Boillot (’14) Photo News
MFA|EDA Artist-in-Residence James Longley, Feb 11-20
Duke University MFA|EDA is pleased to share the schedule of events slated for the upcoming James Longley Residency, February 11-20, 2015 _______________________________ Award-winning documentary filmmaker James Longley will be visiting Duke University February 11-20, 2015 as an artist-in-residence with the Master of Fine Arts in Experimental and Documentary Arts program. His visit coincides with his first… Continue reading MFA|EDA Artist-in-Residence James Longley, Feb 11-20
MFA|EDA Class of 2015 Student Film + Video News
Class of 2015 MFA|EDA students Ava Lowrey, Libi Striegl and Anna Kipervaser in the news: Congratulations to Ava Lowrey, MFA|EDA Class of 2015, whose film Fred: The Town Dog won the Audience Award at the Montgomery Film Festival, and continues its festival run at the Black Warrior Film Festival in February. Congratulations to Libi Striegl, MFA|EDA Class of… Continue reading MFA|EDA Class of 2015 Student Film + Video News
MFA|EDA Kristin Bedford (’14) Photo News
Two recent posts regarding Class of 2014 alumna Kristin Bedford and her work: New York Times – Lens: The photographer Kristin Bedford trekked through the sweltering summer streets of Philadelphia in 2013, looking for remnants of forgotten religions. In college, as a religious studies major, she’d been influenced by Arthur Fauset’s 1944 book “Black… Continue reading MFA|EDA Kristin Bedford (’14) Photo News
MFA|EDA Michaela O’Brien (’16) Film Project News
Confessions of the Boston Strangler, a two-hour documentary special, premiered on December 29th, 2014 as Investigation Discovery Films’ highest performing debut to date. The film follows the hunt for an elusive serial killer, accused of murdering 13 women in the Greater Boston Area during the 1960s. Class of 2016 MFA|EDA Michaela O’Brien was the Associate Producer, Production… Continue reading MFA|EDA Michaela O’Brien (’16) Film Project News
MFA|EDA Matthew Cicanese (’15) Photo News
Congratulations to MFA|EDA Class of 2015 Matthew Cicanese on a busy and noteworthy winter so far: ● Named a 2015 North American Nature Photography Association (NANPA) Summit Scholar ● Awarded First Place in the Judge’s Choice Awards: Duke Gardens Contest ● Awarded Top Three in 2015 Duke Forest Annual Photography Competition ● Awarded Second Place in… Continue reading MFA|EDA Matthew Cicanese (’15) Photo News
MFA|EDA Student & Alumni News: Winter 2015 Playlist
Dispatches from near and far: Runa A (Class of 2014) ● Works for the United Nations Department of Public Information, UNTV, as a video editor, completing works such as Saving Pacific’s Tuna, #Climate2014 Questions, and United Nation Interns. ● Worked for the 69th General Assembly of the UN as a liaison between the UN Media Accreditation and Liaison… Continue reading MFA|EDA Student & Alumni News: Winter 2015 Playlist
MFA|EDA Works-in-Progress Presentations, Dec 9+10
Duke University’s first MFA program—in Experimental and Documentary Arts—invites the public to screenings of the works-in-progress of the fifteen students from the class of 2016. The students are enrolled in the first-year Documentary Fieldwork seminar taught by Alex Harris. Six students will present their work on Tuesday, December 9, and nine students will present on… Continue reading MFA|EDA Works-in-Progress Presentations, Dec 9+10
Film Comment’s Experimental Film in the Academy & MFA|EDA
Very pleased and proud to see MFA|EDA faculty and alumni featured in Living Cinema: Experimental Film and the Academy, from the November/December 2014 issue of Film Comment. Read the full article here.
