Via Behold – Slate’s Photoblog: Images of African-American religious gatherings are often be characterized by a certain feverish, ecstatic energy. Photographer Kristin Bedford was interested in documenting a different vision of worship. When she moved to North Carolina to pursue her MFA in experimental and documentary arts at Duke University, Bedford embedded herself in the congregation of… Continue reading “Be Still” by MFA|EDA Kristin Bedford (’14) in ‘Slate’
Category: Projects and Collaborations
MFA|EDA Works-In-Progress Presentations Dec. 10 & 11
Duke’s first MFA program—in Experimental and Documentary Arts—invites the public to screenings of the documentary works-in-progress of the fifteen students from the class of 2015. The students are all enrolled in the first year Documentary Fieldwork seminar taught by Alex Harris. Five students will present their work on Tuesday, December 10, and nine students will… Continue reading MFA|EDA Works-In-Progress Presentations Dec. 10 & 11
MFA|EDA Students Screening in AV Lab’s ‘Vistas and Vestiges’
The Audiovisualities Lab will feature works-in-progress by MFA|EDA students John Rash, Jing Niu, and Jonna McKone. Vistas and Vestiges: Audiovisual Travels Through Place and Time (works in progress) Thursday, December 5, 6 p.m. Smith Warehouse, Bay 4 Afterwards there will be a reception of food and drinks in tandem with a general showcase of other lab projects* —————————————————————— Yangtze Drift by John Rash:… Continue reading MFA|EDA Students Screening in AV Lab’s ‘Vistas and Vestiges’
MFA|EDA Anna Kipervaser Curates “in2” November 22
in2: international independent short films + videos Friday, Nov 22 6:30pm-9:30pm Full Frame Theater – American Tobacco Power Plant Curated by MFA|EDA Anna Kipervaser (Class of 2015) Sponsored by GPSC This event is intended to bring together international creatives/creators and inspire conversations between their works, and between their works and new audiences. Works screening are… Continue reading MFA|EDA Anna Kipervaser Curates “in2” November 22
Alumnus Wolfgang Hastert at Cucalorus Film Festival
2013 Alumnus Wolfgang Hastert’s film WOLFKINO will screen at the Cucalorus Film Festival in Wilmington on November 16th.The experimental film is a short narrative portraying people on Fayetteville Street in Durham. WOLFKINO juxtaposes two unique media: 35mm B/W hand-processed film with 35mm color footage shot in a hand-cranked toy camera. WOLFKINO Director: Wolfgang Hastert Short… Continue reading Alumnus Wolfgang Hastert at Cucalorus Film Festival
Visiting Photojournalist David Degner and the Arab Spring
Via CDS Porch: Acclaimed Middle Eastern–based photojournalist David Degner will visit Duke University to talk about his work at two public events and to speak to undergraduates and students in the MFA in Experimental and Documentary Arts program. The freelance photographer has been based in Egypt for the past three years, living a block from Cairo’s Tahrir Square; he… Continue reading Visiting Photojournalist David Degner and the Arab Spring
MFA|EDA Aaron Canipe and Libi Striegl in Petty Thieves #3
Via Empty Stretch: Petty Thieves Number Three Posted on October 30, 2013 by thefacelesskid Petty Thieves Number Three Various Artists 96 pages, saddle stitch, 6x9in Edition of 100 Printer: SmartPress Purchase – 18USD + S/H Featuring: Patrick Joust, Peter Currie, Phil Jackson, Sofie van Dam, Jacob Fogel, Laura Pannack, McNair Evans, Josh Anderson, Carine Wallauer, Justine Tobiasz, Rosaline Shahnavaz, Jason Hanasik, Maureen Drennan, Lloyd Stubber, Mads Greve, Ben Huff, Aimee Pijpers, Libi… Continue reading MFA|EDA Aaron Canipe and Libi Striegl in Petty Thieves #3
MFA|EDA Caitlin Margaret Kelly Curates The Icon Industry
Via The Kenan Institute for Ethics: The Icon Industry: The Visual Economy of Human Rights, Nov. 4 This exhibit of student work, curated by Kenan Graduate Arts Fellow Caitlin Margaret Kelly, explores, critiques, and/or celebrates the notion of the iconic image in human rights issues as seen in our news media. It aims to… Continue reading MFA|EDA Caitlin Margaret Kelly Curates The Icon Industry
MFA|EDA Director Tom Rankin presents at the Library of Congress
Via CDS Porch: TOM RANKIN TO GIVE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS BOTKIN LECTURE ON “ONE PLACE”, OCTOBER 30 “‘I confine myself to the place I was born and raised,’ [Paul] Kwilecki once said, ‘not as an arbitrary discipline or to prove that subjects worthy of photographs exist everywhere and in abundance, though it is true that… Continue reading MFA|EDA Director Tom Rankin presents at the Library of Congress
MFA|EDA at SPE Regional and National Conferences
MFA|EDA alumnus Wolfgang Hastert (2013) is presenting at this year’s SPE West Regional Conference, ‘On the Brink: Photography as Witness’. He will show a cross-media presentation of DAYS AT HOME, his artist’s book incorporating pinhole photography with text and reproductions of Super-8 film footage. HOME explores personal family history set against a sequence of universal… Continue reading MFA|EDA at SPE Regional and National Conferences
