MFAEDAer Marika Borgeson (’13) sat down with augmented reality artist Tamiko Thiel during her visit to Duke to discuss Thiel’s integration of mechanical engineering and artistic practice, her beginnings in augmented reality, and some of her projects in progress. M: Can you explain how you made or what caused the switch from mechanical engineering to… Continue reading An Interview with Tamiko Thiel
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Mendi + Keith Obadike at UNC Chapel Hill
Artists’ Talk / Tuesday, February 7, 6 p.m. / 121 Hanes Art Center, UNC Campus, 115 S. Columbia St., Chapel Hill, North Carolina Performance: Four Electric Ghosts / Thursday, February 9, 7:30 p.m. / Memorial Hall, UNC Campus, 114 E. Cameron Ave., Chapel Hill, North Carolina Duke’s MFA program in Experimental and Documentary Arts partnered… Continue reading Mendi + Keith Obadike at UNC Chapel Hill
Duke Hosts the CHAT Festival February 6-9, 2012
DURHAM, NC – A conference exploring and celebrating the many digital collisions and intersections between technology, art and the humanities comes to Duke University next week. The CHAT Festival, short for Collaborations: Humanities, Art and Technology, will showcase how digital technology is influencing the scholarly arts and humanities. The festival runs Feb. 6-9 and is free… Continue reading Duke Hosts the CHAT Festival February 6-9, 2012
Don’t Miss “Virgin Springs” at the Nasher with Mark McElhatten
Saturday, February 4, 2012 2:00-3:50pm at the Nasher Museum of Art Auditorium Maverick artists, 5 women and 1 man equal 6 titles, spring to the screen adding up to more than the sum of their parts with these exciting works shown for the first time together since the New York Film Festival 2011. “This end… Continue reading Don’t Miss “Virgin Springs” at the Nasher with Mark McElhatten
Josh Gibson’s Kudzu Vine at Slamdance Festival
Slamdance Festival in Park City, UT is presenting MFAEDA faculty Josh Gibson’s 35mm black and white short documentary “Kudzu Vine” this week. More information about Slamdance at slamdance.com. View a sample from the 20 minute film here!
Dara Friedman: Dancer opens at CAM Raleigh on January 28th
The Contemporary Museum, Raleigh will bring a bit of the Sunshine State to the Triangle with their presentation of Dancer, a new work from German-born, Miami-based artist, Dara Friedman. The work is the latest in a series of works that consider performance in public space, following up on 2007’s Musical and 2010’s Frankfurt Song. According… Continue reading Dara Friedman: Dancer opens at CAM Raleigh on January 28th
Talena Sanders (MFAEDA ’13) Upcoming Talk at SECCA
MFAEDA’s own Talena Sanders will be taking part in a conversation related to the exhibition, Out of Fashion on 1/19 at the Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art! Certainly worth a field trip from the Triangle to the Triad… Here are the details from SECCA’s website: Talk @ SECCA: Out of Fashion Artists Conversations Thursday, January… Continue reading Talena Sanders (MFAEDA ’13) Upcoming Talk at SECCA
Free Master Class With Award-Winning Filmmaker Sam Pollard at CDS, Saturday, 1/14
Distinguished filmmaker Sam Pollard will visit Durham over the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday weekend to lead a free master class at the Center for Documentary Studies, a rare opportunity for students and film fans to learn about the craft from a veteran filmmaker. Pollard will show pieces from the Katrina documentary When the Levees… Continue reading Free Master Class With Award-Winning Filmmaker Sam Pollard at CDS, Saturday, 1/14
David Gatten: Texts of Light at the National Gallery of Art
MFAEDA’s own David Gatten will be on-site to present 3 programs of his work at the National Gallery of Art from January 21-22 in conjunction with his mid-career retrospective! More information and a complete program of events may be found on the NGA’s website. David Gatten: Texts of Light January 21, 22 East Building Concourse,… Continue reading David Gatten: Texts of Light at the National Gallery of Art
Philip Brubaker: “Existential Crisis”
A sunken feeling seemed to emanate out of my prostrate body and circle the whole bedroom, swooping up the venetian blinds and waltzing into the spider web-claimed corners of the ceiling. My mind was painfully erect, as if it had been mickeyed with an industrial over-strength of Viagra. I couldn’t stop thinking and I was… Continue reading Philip Brubaker: “Existential Crisis”
