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Duke MFA|EDA
Inaugural Thesis Exhibition
Featuring Work
by the Class of 2013
March 22 –
April 14, 2013
Opening: Friday, March 22,
5-10pm
Power Plant at
The American Tobacco Campus, Durham, NC
Lisa
McCarty
1:00 – 2:00 p.m.
(Electric Hurricane Lamp)
4″x5″ film sheet
exposed with handmade camera
40″ x 32″ LightJet
Print, 2013
Less than two years
ago, Duke University welcomed 15 students into its newly
launched Master of Fine Arts in Experimental and Documentary
Arts. This spring, the program is proud to announce
MFA|EDA 2013, the inaugural thesis exhibition
of the MFA|EDA at Duke.
Featuring work by
the Class of 2013, the exhibition includes a range of media,
from installation and performance to film and photography.
Fifteen site-specific projects and presentations investigate
topics including photographic abstraction, complex familial
ties and histories, undocumented immigrant youth, Mormon
religion and ritual, the poetic nuances of street photography
and the expressive possibilities of moving image
archives.
The exhibition will
kick off on Friday, March 22, in the newly renovated Power
Plant building at the American Tobacco Campus in downtown
Durham, with an opening reception in the Power Plant Gallery
and film premieres in the Full Frame Theater. The program will
continue on Sunday, March 24 with additional film premieres;
further openings and events will take place throughout March
and April at venues across Durham, including The Carrack
Modern Art, Casbah Durham and Cassilhaus, as well as the
Fredric Jameson Gallery and the Duke School. To view work from
the exhibitions and to access a detailed schedule of events,
visit mfaeda2013.org.
The MFA|EDA is
thrilled to congratulate the Class of 2013:
Eric Barstow
Marika
Borgeson
Philip Brubaker
Laura Doggett
Wolfgang
Hastert |
Braxton Hood
Elizabeth
Landesberg
Peter Lisignoli
Annabel Manning
Lisa
McCarty |
Laurenn McCubbin
Natalie
Minik
Jolene Mok
Talena Sanders
Joel Wanek
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A unique
initiative, the MFA
in Experimental and Documentary Arts
(MFAEDA) at Duke University couples
experimental visual practice with the documentary arts in a
rigorous two-year program. For more than three decades, Duke
has demonstrated leadership in documentary arts, film and
video, and visual studies. Drawing upon this commitment to the
arts, as well as the university’s existing strengths in
historical, theoretical and technological scholarship, the
MFAEDA offers a distinct learning environment that sees
interdisciplinary education as a benchmark for significant
innovation. More information on the program, faculty,
curriculum and application guidelines is available on the
MFAEDA website at mfaeda.duke.edu. Additional
inquiries may be sent to [email protected].
MFA|EDA
2013 is made possible with support from the Center
for Documentary Studies; the Department of Art, Art History
and Visual Studies; the Program in the Arts of the Moving
Image and the office of the Vice Provost of the Arts at Duke
University. Additional support is provided by Ellen Cassilly
and Frank Konhaus and the Cassilhaus Collection; Casbah Durham
and The Carrack Modern Art.
Marika
Borgeson
Belhaven
Video still,
2013
Laura
Doggett
Lauren
16mm film still,
2013
Natalie
Minik
Truly
Still from digitized
super 8 footage, 2012
Joel
Wanek
Sun
Song
Video still,
2013
MFA in Experimental
and Documentary Arts
Duke
University
P.O. Box
90800
Durham, NC
27708-0800
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