October 5–7, 2012
The work of three current students from Duke’s Master of Fine Arts in Experimental and Documentary Arts program will be on view this weekend in the venerable Views from the Avant Garde at the 50th Annual New York Film Festival: Marika Borgeson, Erin Espelie and Talena Sanders join faculty members David Gatten and Shambhavi Kaul in screening work.
NYFF’s Views from the Avant-Garde is one of the most prestigious venues for artist-made moving image work in the United States. “To have three of our MFA students featured at the New York Film Festival while still in graduate school speaks volumes about the strength, creativity, and power of our students,” notes MFA|EDA program director Thomas Rankin. “It shows the uniqueness of our program and affirms how in under two years of a new MFA program we are attracting and mentoring serious and important film artists.”
The MFA|EDA is thrilled to congratulate this year’s participants:
Marika Borgeson
Impressions (2012)
USA | Format: HDCam | color | silent | 4:29 minutes
Screening as part of the program Touch and Go
Sunday, October 7 – 1:30pm
Erin Espelie
Beyond Expression Bright (2012)
USA | Format: HDCam | color | sound | 9 minutes
Screening as part of the program Beyond the Borderline
Saturday, October 6 – 1:30pm
Talena Sanders
Tokens and Penalties (2012)
USA | Format: HD | color | sound | 3:58 minutes
Screening as part of the program Circles of Confusion
Friday, October 5 – 5:30pm
David Gatten
The Extravagant Shadows (2012)
USA | 175m | DCP | color | sound
Series: NYFF50: Views from the Avant-Garde
Friday, October 5 – 8:30pm
Shambhavi Kaul
21 Chitrakoot (2012)
USA/India | Format: HD | color | sound | 9 minutes
Screening as part of the program Atlas Minus…
Sunday, October 7 – 7pm
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 are available on the MFAEDA website at mfaeda.duke.edu. Additional inquiries may be sent to [email protected].
