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Nasher celebrates and reflects on 10th year Elizabeth Djinis The Chronicle For ten years, the Nasher Museum of Art has been a landmark for the Triangle’s art scene. Designed by world-famous architect Rafael Vinoly, the museum’s off-white facade makes Campus Drive more than just a leafy passage between East and West Campus. It has been included in The New York Times’ 36 hours in Durham, The Boston Globe’s Travel section and Buzzfeed’s “34 Amazing Things That Will Make You Fall in Love With Durham, N.C.” It has also experienced substantial growth since its opening, bringing nationally-renowned, staff-curated exhibitions and growing its permanent collection. But apart from the national attention, it remains a landmark for students as well—a favorite brunch spot and a builtin campus window to engage with the
local art community. And, more recently, it has allowed students to become involved in the curatorial process. The museum will celebrate its 10th anniversary this year with special events this fall, including two commemorative murals, a party during Homecoming weekend and a block party in downtown Durham, as well as providing a chance to look back on a decade of global art perspectives.
‘Like New York’ When the Nasher Museum first opened in 2005, Sarah Schroth, the museum’s Mary D.B.T and James H. Semans director, said people didn’t know what to make of it. A world-class museum in Durham, North Carolina? It seemed implausible. “My own son said to me, ‘Mom, this is like New York,’” Schroth said of the museum’s opening. At the time, Schroth was the Nancy Hanks Senior Curator under
Special to The Chronicle A painter trains his eye on the canvas as he crafts the Odili mural at the Nasher.
director Kimerly Rorschach, alumna of the University of Chicago’s David and Alfred Smart Museum of Art. In 2006, the museum cemented a focus on contemporary art by hiring Trevor Schoonmaker as the curator of contemporary art. Both Schroth and Schoonmaker steered the museum toward curating high-quality traveling exhibitions that garnered them prestige and press across the nation. For Schroth, the turning point was her 2008 exhibition “From El Greco to Velazquez: Art During the Reign of Philip II.” The show put the Nasher on the map. Time Magazine voted it the no. 3 best show of 2008. “For me, that was the first time we really got national recognition,” Schroth said. Schoonmaker’s exhibitions added to the museum’s hype when he highlighted the work of artist Barkley Hendricks in his 2008 show. Hendricks had been mostly
forgotten about until Schoonmaker decided to feature his work. “It picked up the man’s career,” Schroth said. “Because of Trevor’s show, one of Barkley’s paintings was on the cover of Art Forum. That was a big deal for us.” But though these exhibitions’ reputations increased the Nasher’s fame, the permanent collection was always a priority. “Temporary shows, they come and go. But the collection is ours,” Schroth said. In the past ten years, the Nasher has acquired more than 1,000 works of art, said Wendy Hower, director of engagement and marketing. And now, with this past summer’s renovation of the Wilson Pavilion, the museum will have even more gallery space to showcase the collection. “The New Galleries: A Collection Come to Light,” opened Aug. 27 and runs until See NASHER on Page 13
Special to The Chronicle Artist Odili Donald Odita poses with the mural he painted at the Nasher Museum of Art.
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Ciompi Quartet Commemorates 50th Anniversary Grace Peterson The Chronicle If you were a college student in 1965, you may have found yourself with a daisy chain on your head, a peace sign necklace on your chest and a countercultural rhythm in your heart. The year 1965 was saturated with political and cultural upheaval, but it was also a time of musical revolution. Bands like The Beatles and The Rolling Stones were making their debuts just as Woodstock beckoned around the corner. The year was also significant in the history of music at Duke—amidst the tumult of rock and roll, a classical string quartet was born. Founded in 1965 by violinist Georgio Ciompi, the Ciompi quartet burgeoned over the years to reach its current internationally renowned status. Although the group has experienced structural change over its 50-year life, the quartet’s longest involved member Fred Raimi, professor of the practice of music, said he believes Ciompi is similar to how it was when he joined in 1974. Most importantly, its mission remains the same: to grace the world with the gift of classical music. Currently comprised of four Duke professors of the practice of music— violinists Eric Pritchard and Hsiao-mei Ku, violist Jonathan Bagg and cellist Raimi—the Ciompi Quartet continues to uphold its original mission. In addition to playing concerts throughout the year, the members of the quartet enrich Duke’s community by teaching music to
students and immersing themselves in life on campus. Ku, for example, is a faculty-inresidence in Pegram Dormitory, which is designated as the Performing Arts living and learning community. By living with the students and inviting Pegram residents to play with her weekly, Ku gets to know a variety of Duke’s aspiring musicians. She said that she finds joy in watching students grow and discover their own voices. “The [students] truly learn music,” Ku said. “They are not just learning how to perfect each piece but how to share their personality or character.” The Ciompi Quartet launched their performances for this school year with an informal concert in Pegram Aug. 24 that included music from the first and second movement of Debussy’s Quartet. Students who attended the concert agree that the show was an exciting way to start the school year. “To me, the Ciompi Quartet’s performance was one of the best performances of Debussy’s Quartet. It’s great that we have access to these amazing musicians,” said freshman Yoon Ko. “As a student who wishes to participate … in the chamber music scene, I am grateful to have the Ciompi Quartet living with us and working with the students.” Beyond the Duke community, the Ciompi Quartet plays on the world stage. In addition to tours in the United States, the quartet has been to a myriad of international venues including some Special to The Chronicle located in Germany, Italy, France, The Ciompi Quartet—comprised of Eric Pritchard, Hsiao-mei Ku, Jonathan Bagg and Fred
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Duke Performances shines spotlight on hip hop Gary Hoffman The Chronicle
Special to The Chronicle Rennie Harris Puremovement dancers will perform at Duke this Fall.
Since its inception a few decades ago, hip hop has grown to become both a dominant force in our sociocultural dialogue and a continuously developing form of expression for a variety of artists across the globe. Consequently, Duke Performances is holding a spotlight on the genre this year that will culminate in talks, class visits, master classes and performances from high profile, internationally-acclaimed rappers and dancers. “Hip hop has proven its staying power, its international influence, its capacity to articulate social and cultural concerns, its ability to innovate aesthetically,” said Aaron Greenwald, executive director of Duke Performances. “All of these things have made it the topic of discourse and focus in the academy.” The two rappers featured this season are Blitz the Ambassador and Ana Tijoux. Blitz is a Ghanaian-American artist based in Brooklyn who resides in the socially conscious vein of hip hop. Tijoux is a Chilean rapper who is heavily engaged in women’s rights and politics in Latin America. The dance group Rennie
Special to The Chronicle Blitz the Ambassador will perform.
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Harris Puremovement will also be featured. The group has received rave reviews from multiple publications, including the New York Times. This spotlight will potentially lend cultural exposure to many students who might discover or further cultivate an interest in hip hop. Francis Roberts, an adjunct assistant professor of music who teaches a class on hip hop and rap appreciation at Duke and is a hip hop artist himself, noted the spotlight’s potential capacity to educate students. “The more opportunities we have to show the influence, the creativity and the relevance of hip hop music in our culture and even the Duke community, we’re able to show how the impact can be positive and long-lasting on a lot of these students,” Roberts noted. Some former students of Roberts have switched focus after taking his class and are now pursuing careers in music. Although students will likely learn much about hip hop technique and artistry from the guests’ talks, there will also be a strong interdisciplinary presence focused around social commentary. The artist residencies will include
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Recess’ Highlights from the Last Academic Year
Chronicle File Photo Hoof’n’Horn performed the musical “Urinetown” last year to rave reviews.
Chronicle File Photo Last year the “Breaking Out” exhibit in the Bryan Center art gallery portrayed rape victims’ experiences through photography and text.
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Nasher10 Homecoming, a daylong celebration on the heels of Duke Homecoming weekend. 3 PM Remarks by Durham Mayor Bill Bell, Duke University President Richard H. Brodhead and Nancy A. Nasher, daughter of museum founder and namesake Raymond D. Nasher and chair of the Nasher Museum Board of Advisors Noon to 4 PM Tours, student performances, visit with artist Barkley L. Hendricks, art making
Chronicle File Photo A singer takes the stage at the Hopscotch Festival in Raleigh.
Odili Donald Odita, Desert Sun (detail), 2014. Acrylic on canvas. 72 x 90 inches. Collection of Ken Hubbard and Tori Dauphinot. © Odili Donald Odita. Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York.
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‘Soy Cuba’ film brings 1959 Cuban revolution to life Shayal Vashisth The Chronicle Black and white images of bikini-clad women lounging on a cruise ship are juxtaposed with unsteady footage of Molotov cocktails arcing through the air at a drivein movie. Glamorous shots of extravagant nightclubs follow scenes of uniformed men slamming the butts of their guns into doors, forcing their way into a home. The screen goes dark and bold letters declare “Soy Cuba.” This is how the Arts of the Moving Image department will kick off its showcase of Cuban cinema, when Screen/Society shows 1964 film “Soy Cuba” Sept. 16 at Bryan Center’s Griffith Film Theater. “‘Soy Cuba’ is a very peculiar film because, [it was] a tremendously ambitious production, it was a Soviet-Cuban collaboration,” said Gustavo Furtado, assistant professor of Portuguese and Romance Studies and curator of the Cuban Cinema series. “The film was tremendously complex and yet when it came out, it was a bit of a flop.” The film documents the experiences of four different Cuban natives suffering during the 1959 Cuban revolution to overthrow dictator Fulgencio Batista. Out of an interest in promoting international socialism, the Soviet government agreed to fund a film about the Cuban revolution in partnership with Cuba’s Fidel Castro government. Filmed in Cuba under Russian director Mikhail Kalatozov and Russian cinematographer Sergey Urusevsky, “Soy Cuba” took a year to produce, but was not well received in Cuba or the Soviet Union.
Thirty years later, in the early 1990s, filmmakers Martin Scorsese and Francis Coppola revived the film at a festival and began the campaign to restore it. “Very well-respected American filmmakers and film scholars rediscovered the film and felt that it was one of the most remarkable, impressive, important films ever made, and yet it had not had its impact at the moment when it came out,” Furtado said. “That led to a whole reconsideration of the value of this film.” The significance of the film can be partly attributed to the cinematography that makes the film a “visual tour de force,” Furtado said. “Soy Cuba” employs techniques including using infrared film stock, originally developed by the Soviets for military purposes, to exaggerate contrasts and complex long takes. One of those long takes in the film includes a vertical movement concluding with the camera being submerged in water, the lens coated in a submarine periscope cleaner to make it impervious to water. “It’s still a fantastically beautiful film, but it is also terribly dated,” Furtado said. “It’s a strange object that had a most utopian-like ambition for what a cinema of revolution could be. It was aesthetically breathtaking and astonishing, and yet it is only appreciated nostalgically.” Furtado described the film as one that allows viewers to think about politics, history and time; about politics and aesthetics; and even about politics and nostalgia. Despite recent developments in United StatesCuba relations with the opening of the U.S. embassy in Cuba, the question the film raises is in the ambition of redeeming such a film only at the moment when its particular politics “no longer have any teeth, no longer
Special to The Chronicle Students can watch “Soy Cuba” at the Bryan Center’s Griffith Film Theater Sept. 16. The film represents the lives of four Cuban natives during the 1959 Cuban revolution.
have any claim to the present,” Furtado said. Screen/Society’s three-film series—the others being “Lucy” and “Memories of Underdevelopment”—ties into Furtado’s “Cine Politico” course, a Spanish course that studies major works of Latin American cinema from the 1960s onwards in the context of the political affairs of the films’ time periods. Furtado emphasized “avant garde” cinema in which filmmakers focused on using the form and aesthetic of art as a crucial
instrument in conveying political struggles. “’Soy Cuba’ is one of several emblematic examples examined in the course in an intersection of modernism with radical politics, which makes post-revolution Cuba a time period of interest,” Furtado said. “Soy Cuba” fits in that it is the product of cinema and social experimentation to explore local politics on a global dimension. For Furtado, one purpose of the course See CUBAN on Page 15
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Fall 2015 Calendar of Events ONGOING Exhibitions
Faculty and Student Chamber Orchestra Concert. The Ciompi Quartet, Susan Fancher & others, with guest artist Ashley Bathgate (cello) and conductor Harry Davidson, present Elgar’s Serenade for String Orchestra, Duke composer Scott Lindroth’s Cello Quintet, and Milhaud’s La Creation du Monde. 8pm, Baldwin Auditorium. $10 general; students free. (MUS)
Beyond the Front Porch 2015: Documentary Studies Capstone Projects. Final projects by Duke seniors who graduated in 2015 with Certificates in Documentary Studies. Thru October 3. Center for Documentary Studies. Free. (CDS) Road Through Midnight: A Civil Rights Memorial. Jessica Ingram’s photos of sites throughout the South of historic relevance to the civil rights era; includes audio oral histories. Thru October 17. Center for Documentary Studies. Free. (CDS) Odili Donald Odita. Two large-scale murals by the abstract painter Odili Donald Odita have been commissioned by the Nasher Museum; one is at Duke and one is in downtown Durham. Thru October 1, 2017. (NAS) Richard Mosse: The Enclave. Immersive 40-minute sixchannel video installation shot in eastern Congo. Thru January 10, 2016. (NAS) The New Galleries: A Collection Come to Light. Comprehensive and dynamic reinstallation of the museum’s collection, highlighting masterworks while illustrating a history of human creativity. Thru September 18, 2016. (NAS)
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DukeCreate Arts Workshop Series. FREE workshops series begins - photography, screen printing, ceramics, painting and drawing – taught by local artists, MFA students and Duke faculty. Thru late November at the Arts Annex. More info 919-613-5116 or arts.duke.edu. (VPA) Panel Discussion. “Creativity and Violence in Central Africa,” moderated by Duke’s Richard J. Powell with faculty from UNC. 7pm. Free. (NAS) Hidden Stories of Abandoned Places. Five documentarians discuss their own journeys into places that were once filled with life but have gradually become shadows and skeletons of that past vitality. NC Museum of History, 6:30pm. Free (MFA|EDA/CDS)
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Fred Raimi, cello, and Jane Hawkins, piano. Music of Bach and Beethoven. 8pm, Nelson Music Room, East Duke Bldg. Free. (MUS)
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Question Bridge: Black Males. A documentarystyled video art installation that explores critically challenging issues within the African American male community by opening a window into the complex and often unspoken dialogue among black men. Thru November 22. Power Plant Gallery. Free. (PPG) Mementos Mori
RACING EXTINCTION, Third Fridays with Full Frame, part of the Full Frame Road Show. Filmmaker Louie Psihoyos, along with activists, scientists and others, draws attention to mankind’s role in a potential loss of at least half of the world’s species. 7:30pm, The Full Frame Theater at the American Tobacco Campus. Free, ticket reservations required. (CDS)
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Flamenco masterclass with Patricia Ibañez & Abel Harana. Intermediate level flamenco masterclass, focusing on Alegrías, with Abel Harana. 1-2:30pm. Advanced level flamenco masterclass, focusing on Bulerías, with Patricia Ibañez. 5-6:30pm, Ark Dance Studio. Free and open to the public. (DDP)
The Extravagant Shadows. MFA|EDA Visiting Artist David Gatten (Sept 24-28) presents his first digital work. Full Frame Theater, American Tobacco Campus, 5pm. Free (MFA)
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Nasher Creates: Saturday Sketch. Three-week Saturday sketching series with local artist Laura Frankstone. 10am. Free. (NAS)
2015 Duke Arts Festival. The Duke Arts Festival is a week-long, campus-wide celebration of the arts at Duke featuring, performances, pop-up events, and special events including the Visual Arts Showcase on 9/28. Presented by duARTS in partnership with DUU Visual Arts. Thru October 2. Times and locations vary. More information at duarts.org. (VPA)
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NC Dance for Parkinson’s Evening of Dance: A Celebration of Movement. Program participants will be performing group pieces they have learned throughout the series. Dance artists from the Duke and Durham community will also be invited to showcase their work. 5:30pm, The Ark. $5 suggested donation to support NC Dance for Parkinson’s. (DDP)
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Music of Southern Composers. Marlissa Hudson, soprano, and David Heid, piano. Program includes William Grant Still’s Songs of Separation and a complete performance of Jake Heggie’s At the Statue of Venus. 8pm, Baldwin Auditorium. Free. (MUS) Jazz @ The Mary Lou. (See September 16.) (MLW) Alive Inside. Film screening and conversation with Dan Cohen, executive director of Music & Memory. 4pm. Free. (NAS) Gallery Talk. Duke student curators on Ansel Adams. 6pm. Free. (NAS)
Sneak Preview Screening. Everest. Post film Q&A and reception with alumni John Doherty and Charlie McSpadden, Creative Executives. 7pm, Griffith Theater (VPA)
Mementos Mori from Manual Cinema. Six puppeteers use hundreds of paper puppets, seven overhead projectors, two cameras, and three screens to create a live “movie” in front of the audience, all accompanied by four musicians. 8pm, Sheafer Theater, West Campus. $10 General Public; $5 Students/Sr. Citizens. (TS)
Nasher Creates: Saturday Sketch. Three-week Saturday sketching series with local artist Laura Frankstone. 10am. Free. (NAS)
Rare Music Concert/Lecture: Haydn’s Piano Works. Olivier Cavé, pianist, and Elaine Sisman, musicologist, present works of Haydn, Scarlatti, and Albeniz performed on DUMIC’s 1805 Clementi piano and the modern piano. Presented in association with DUMIC (Duke University Musical Instrument Collections). 4pm. Nelson Music Room, East Duke Bldg. Free. (MUS)
Photographer Jessica Ingram. An artist’s talk by Ingram on her exhibition Road Through Midnight: A Civil Rights Memorial (see Ongoing Exhibitions). 7pm, preceded by a reception at 6pm, Center for Documentary Studies. Free. (CDS)
RACING EXTINCTION, The Full Frame Road Show. Filmmaker Louie Psihoyos, along with activists, scientists and others, draws attention to mankind’s role in a potential loss of at least half of the world’s species. Film starts at sundown (approximately 8pm-8:30pm). Duke Gardens. Free. (CDS)
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Jazz @ The Mary Lou. Fill your Wednesday evenings with live jazz by local musicians, music students, and special guest artists all brought together by John Brown, Director of the Duke Jazz Studies Program. Stay for just one set or for the entire evening. Light hors d’oeuvres and liquid refreshment provided. 9:30pm, Mary Lou Williams Center. Free. (MLW)
Nasher Creates: Sketching in the galleries with local artist Carrie Alter. 10am. Free. (NAS)
Duke Symphony Orchestra Pops Concert. Harry Davidson, music director. Bring your friends and a picnic and enjoy music from movies, Broadway, and more. 6pm, Duke East Campus Main Quad. (Rain location: Baldwin Auditorium.) Free. (MUS) Wind Master Class with Jimmy Gilmore, clarinet, and Rachel Niketopoulos, French horn. Featuring wind students of the Duke Wind Symphony and Duke Symphony Orchestra. 7:30pm. Baldwin Auditorium. Free. (MUS)
Nasher Creates: Saturday Sketch. Three-week Saturday sketching series with local artist Laura Frankstone. 10am. Free. (NAS)
Carolina Big Band, powered by John Brown. Celebrating the artistry of the Carolinas, the debut of this large ensemble will shine a light on the brilliant music and musicians from North and South Carolina. 8pm, Baldwin Auditorium. $25 general; $20 Duke employees & senior citizens; $10 students (Duke & other); age 12 & under free. (MUS)
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Jazz @ The Mary Lou. (See September 16.) (MLW)
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Lecture Series in Musicology: Elaine Sisman (Columbia University). “Tripping the Late Fantastic: Haydn’s Avian Mechanisms and Their Progeny.” 4pm, Room 104, Biddle Music Bldg. Free. (MUS) Raising Bertie. Three young men grow to adulthood in Bertie County, NC, an African American– led farming community. Part of the Fresh Docs Film Series from the Center for Documentary Studies and the Southern Documentary Fund. 7pm, Full Frame Theater, American Tobacco Campus. Free. (CDS)
Reception & Artist Talk with Bayeté Ross Smith. Artist and educator Bayeté Ross Smith, discusses Question Bridge: Black Males and his other works, including Got the Power, referencing the role of boom boxes in urban communities through the use of ambient sound, music and oral history. 6pm, Center for Documentary Studies. Free. (PPG)
Reality of My Surroundings: The Contemporary Collection. Presenting some of the most significant works from the contemporary collection, this exhibition demonstrates the museum’s ongoing commitment to collecting contemporary work by global artists, with an emphasis on artists of African descent. 10am. Free. (NAS) Blueprint Roundtable. A multigenerational roundtable on topics within the black community lead by local community members. Programming is part of the Question Bridge: Black Males exhibition. 7pm, Hayti Heritage Center. Free. (PPG)
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Paint by Numbers. An interactive Duke Arts Festival event for students featuring local artist Gabe Eng-Goetz, music, food and more! Times vary, Bryan Center Walkway. (VPA)
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Fall 2015 Cale On Vinyl. A symposium featuring scholars from the Triangle presented in association with the Ethnomusicology Working Group at Duke. 1:30 5pm, Library Seminar Room, Biddle Music Bldg. Free. (MUS)
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Nasher10 Homecoming. Tours, Duke student performances, hands-on activities, exhibitions, visit by artist Barkley L. Hendricks. 12pm. Remarks by Durham Mayor Bill Bell, Duke University President Richard H. Brodhead and Nancy A. Nasher, daughter of museum founder and namesake Raymond D. Nasher and chair of the Nasher Museum Board of Advisors. 3pm. Free. (NAS)
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Duke Symphony Orchestra. Harry Davidson, music director. Featuring guest artist Darrett Adkins, cellist. Mozart: Symphony No. 38 in D Major, K. 504, “Prague”; Harry Davidson and the Sibelius: “Valse Triste,” Duke Symphony Orchestra from Kuolema, Op. 44; Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33, Pezzo Capriccioso for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 62, and Suite No. 4 in G Major, Op. 64, “Mozartiana.” 8pm, Baldwin Auditorium. Free. (MUS) Jazz @ The Mary Lou. (See September 16.) (MLW)
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Chamber Music Master Class with Cuarteto Casals. Presented in association with Duke Performances. 12pm, Baldwin Auditorium. Free. (MUS)
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Nasher10 Unplugged. Block party to commemorate mural painted by artist Odili Donald Odita with music, food trucks, face painting, performance works by local artists, accessible art making for kids by Zot Arts, screening of new documentary film about the mural. 3pm. Free. 218 W. Morgan St., Durham.
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Duke University String School. 3pm: Violin and Cello Choirs, & Intermediate String Ensemble. 7pm: String Concert Orchestra & DUSS Youth Symphony Orchestra. Baldwin Auditorium. Free. (MUS) Jazz @ The Mary Lou. (See September 16.) (MLW) Film TBA, Third Fridays with Full Frame, part of the Full Frame Road Show. Join Full Frame for free documentary films every Third Friday between May and November! 7:30pm, The Full Frame Theater at the American Tobacco Campus. Free, ticket reservations required. (CDS) Vespers Ensemble Fall Concert. This chamber choir presents Bach Vespers, a concert of sacred music used in worship in 18th century Leipzig. Goodson Chapel, 8pm. Free (CM) Nasher Creates. Sketching in the galleries with local artist Bill Thelen. 10am. Free. (NAS)
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Susan Dunn, soprano & David Heid, piano. 7:30pm, Nelson Music Room, East Duke Bldg. Free. (MUS)
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Collections Come to Light. Nasher Museum and Duke Gardens co-host gallery and workshop combining art, photography, horticulture and landscapes. 3pm. $15. Register: 919-668-1707 or gardenseducation@duke.edu.
Rebecca Troxler, flute & Elaine Funaro, harpsichord. Sonatas for flute and basso continuo by J.S. Bach performed on period instruments: BWV 1030 in b minor, BWV 1032 in A major, BWV 1034 in e minor, BWV 1035 in E major. 3pm, Nelson Music Room, East Duke Bldg. Free. (MUS)
Exhibition Opening Event. Artist’s talk by Lange-Taylor Prizewinner Jon Lowenstein on South Side, a cross-media project on his Chicago neighborhood; on view at CDS through February 28, 2016. 7pm, preceded by a reception at 6pm, Center for Documentary Studies. Free. (CDS)
Jazz @ The Mary Lou. (See September 16.) (MLW)
Duke Players Lab presents Comic Potential by Alan Ayckbourn. A romantic sci-fi comedy set in a TV studio in the foreseeable future, when low-cost androids (known as “actoids”) have largely replaced actors. 8pm, Brody Theater, East Campus. Free. (TS)
DEMAN 101. Workshop to help students prepare for DEMAN (Duke Entertainment, Media and the Arts Network) Weekend, 7pm, West Campus location TBA. (VPA)
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Gallery Talk. Caroline Caroline Bruzelius and her “Wired!” team on digital interactives in the Medieval gallery, part of The New Galleries: a Collection Come to Light. 7pm. Free. (NAS)
Deborah Stratman Screening. MFA|EDA Visiting Artist Deborah Stratman (Oct 6-9) will present work and a moderated discussion. Full Frame Theater, 7pm. Free (MFA) Duke Wind Symphony. Verena MösenbichlerBryant, director. Eternity’s Sunrise: Scott Lindroth’s newest work for Wind Ensemble, Michael Markowski’s JoyRiDE, Roshanne Etezady’s Against the Rain, John Mackey’s Hymn to a Blue Hour, Steven Bryant’s Dusk, and David Maslanka’s Give us this Day. 8pm, Baldwin Auditorium. Free. (MUS)
Jazz @ The Mary Lou. (See September 16.) (MLW)
Rennie Harris Puremovement. Rennie Harris is one of the great veterans of hip-hop dance, having broken down barriers between the vocabulary of the street and the vocabulary of the concert hall for nearly forty years. His company Rennie Harris Puremovement comes to Duke for a week-long visiting artist residency and to perform for two nights at Reynolds Theater. The performance will include a new four-movement work Nuttin’ but a Word, as well as two Harris classics: Continuum and Students of the Asphalt Jungle. Presented by Duke Performances. 8pm, Reynolds Theater. Tickets $38/$32 Gen. Pub.; $15 Ages 30 & under; $10 Duke students. (VPA)
Duke Djembe Ensemble, directed by Bradley Simmons, and Duke Jazz Ensemble, directed by John Brown, with guest artist Terri Lyne Carrington, drums. 8pm, Baldwin Auditorium. $10 general; students free. (MUS) Duke Players Lab presents Comic Potential (See October 29) 8pm. (TS)
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Rennie Harris Puremovement. (See October 23.) (VPA)
Showcase Concert: Duke Chorale, directed by Rodney Wynkoop, Duke Symphony Orchestra, directed by Harry Davidson, Duke Wind Symphony, directed by Verena Moesenbichler-Bryant. 8pm, Baldwin Auditorium. $10 general; students free. (MUS) Duke Players Lab presents Comic Potential (See October 29.) 8pm. (TS)
Duke New Music Ensemble [dnme] with Heimat String Quartet. Philip Glass: String Quartet no. 2 “Company;” Sid Richardson: Défilé de Féeries (Procession of Enchantments); and new pieces for [dnme] by Duke composers 3pm, Baldwin Auditorium. Free. (MUS)
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Hsiao-Mei Ku, violin & R. Larry Todd, piano. Schumann, Brahms, Dietrich: Violin Sonata F-A-E; Hindemith: Sonata Op. 11, No. 1; Amy Beach: Romance, Op. 23. 7:30pm, Nelson Music Room, East Duke Bldg. Free. (MUS) Piano Master Class with David Breitman. 5pm, Nelson Music Room, East Duke Bldg. Free. (MUS)
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Rare Music: Classical Piano Trios On Original Instruments with Gabriel Richard, violin; Kivie Cahn-Lipman, cello; & David Breitman, piano. Clementi: Trio, Op. 27; Mozart: Piano Trio in G major, K 496; Haydn: Trio in G major, No. 39 “Gypsy”; Beethoven: Trio, Op. 1, No. 3. Presented in association with DUMIC (Duke University Musical Instrument Collections). 8pm, Nelson Music Room, East Duke Bldg. Free. (MUS)
Jazz @ The Mary Lou. (See September 16.) (MLW) Lecture Series in Musicology: Walter Everett (University of Michigan-Ann Arbor). “Two approaches to Beatles research: Plumbing the recording process and parsing a text” 4pm, Room 104, Biddle Music Bldg. Free. (MUS) DEMAN Weekend. Join the Duke Alumni Association and the Office of the Vice Provost for the Arts for DEMAN (Duke Entertainment, Media and the Arts Network) Weekend, a networking event for students with Duke Alumni who have established careers in the arts. More info at dukedeman.com (VPA)
Mark Steinmetz Artist Talk. MFA|EDA Visiting Artist Mark Steinmetz (Oct 26-29) will conduct an artist talk and present a photography slideshow. Full Frame Theater, 7:30pm. Free (MFA)
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After Coal. What happens when fossil fuels run out? Building a new future in the coalfields of Kentucky and Wales. Part of the Fresh Docs Film Series from the Center for Documentary Studies and the Southern Documentary Fund. 7pm, Full Frame Theater, American Tobacco Campus. Free. (CDS)
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Aunties: The Seven Summers of Alevtina and Ludmila. Exhibit opens featuring images by CDS/Honickman First Book Prize in Photography winner Nadia Sablin; her new book of the same name is a copublication of Duke University Press and CDS Books. Thru February 28, 2016. Rubenstein Library Photography Gallery. Free. (CDS/LIB)
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DEMAN Weekend. (See November 6.) (VPA)
Jazz @ The Mary Lou. (See September 16.) (MLW)
Aunties: The Seven Summers of Alevtina and Ludmila
An Experiment With An Air Pump by Shelagh Stephenson. A contemporary consideration of art and science that takes place in the same house, but on the eve of two very different centuries. Furtive romance, farcical commotions and dark secrets infuse this unique examination of women’s roles in medical research and the ethical challenges unfolding in anatomy in 1799 and genetics in 1999. Directed by Jules Odendahl-James. 8pm, Sheafer Theater, Bryan Center. $10 General Public; $5 Students/Sr. Citizens. (TS) Rare Music Concert: Music for Brass. Barry Bauguess, keyed trumpet & cornet; John O’Brien, fortepiano & piano; and Leah Peroutka, violin, perform late 18th & early 19th century music by Hummel, Mozart, and Brandt. Presented in association with DUMIC (Duke University Musical Instrument Collections). 5pm. Nelson Music Room, East Duke Bldg. Free. (MUS) The Real Mayberry. The trials and tribulations of Mount Airy, Andy Griffith’s small NC hometown. Part of the Fresh Docs Film Series from the Center for Documentary Studies and the Southern Documentary Fund. 7pm, Full Frame Theater, American Tobacco Campus. Free. (CDS) An Experiment With An Air Pump. (See November 12.) 8pm (TS)
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Djembe & Afro-Cuban Ensembles, directed by Bradley Simmons with guest artist Monti Ellison. 8pm, Baldwin Auditorium. Free. (MUS) An Experiment With An Air Pump. (See November 12.) 8pm (TS)
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Duke Opera Workshop – Susan Dunn, director. Revue of movie musicals performed with staging & costumes. 3pm, Baldwin Auditorium. Free. (MUS)
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Documentary 2015: Origins & Inventions. Invited sessions on documentary education. (Open sessions on documentary topics occur on previous days; see November 20) (CDS)
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Duke Chorale Christmas Concert – Rodney Wynkoop, director. Seasonal selections by the Duke Chorale as well as traditional carols for the entire audience to sing and stories and special treats for the children. 7pm, Baldwin Auditorium. Admission: one non-perishable food item for needy families in Durham. (MUS) Duke Symphony Orchestra – Harry Davidson, music director. Featuring guest artists Madeline Lucas Tolliver, flutist, and Laura Byrne, harpist. Beethoven: Overture to The Creatures of Prometheus, Op. 43 and Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92; Mozart: Andante in C Major for Flute and Orchestra, K. 315 and Concerto in C Major for Flute, Harp and Orchestra, K. 299; Howard Hanson: Serenade for Flute, Harp and Strings, Op. 35. 8pm, Baldwin Auditorium. Free. (MUS) Duke Collegium Musicum – Roman Testroet, director. In Tune with our Feelings: Experiencing Emotion in Early Music. This concert explores some of the most emotionally evocative music of the 15th and 16th centuries. 8pm, Nelson Music Room, East Duke Bldg. Free. (MUS)
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Jazz @ The Mary Lou. (See September 16.) (MLW)
Duke Jazz Ensemble – John Brown, director, with guest artist Mark Whitfield, guitar. 8pm, Baldwin Auditorium. $10 general; $5 senior citizens; students free. (MUS)
Duke Wind Symphony – Verena MösenbichlerBryant, director. Crowdsource: Repertoire chosen by Duke Wind Symphony members, including Alfred Reed’s The Hounds of Spring, Michael Gandolfi’s Vientos y Tangos, Rimsky-Korsakov’s Procession of the Nobles, and others. Even the audience gets to vote on pieces during the concert! 8pm, Baldwin Auditorium. Free. (MUS)
Handel’s Messiah. A holiday tradition at Duke, the Chapel Choir presents Handel’s masterwork with full orchestra and professional soloists. 7:30pm, Page Auditorium. $20 Gen. Adm., $5 Non-Duke students, Duke students free. (CM)
Student Chamber Music Recital. Undergraduates perform chamber music from the 18th-21st centuries for string quartet, piano trio, saxophone quartet, vocal duet, and other combinations. 7pm, Nelson Music Room, East Duke Bldg. Free. (MUS)
An Experiment With An Air Pump. (See November 12.) 8pm (TS)
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Documentary 2015: Origins & Inventions. (See November 20). (CDS)
An Experiment With An Air Pump. (See November 12) 2pm (TS)
An Experiment With An Air Pump. (See November 12.) 2pm (TS) Voice Master Class with John Fowler. 5pm, Bone Hall, Biddle Music Bldg. Free. (MUS)
November Dances 2015. (See November 20.) (DDP)
An Experiment With An Air Pump. (See November 12.) 8pm (TS)
Duke Opera Workshop – Susan Dunn, director. Revue of movie musicals performed with staging & costumes. 8pm. Baldwin Auditorium. Free. (MUS) An Experiment With An Air Pump. (See November 12.) 8pm (TS)
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November Dances 2015. Fall dance concert by Duke Dance faculty and advanced choreography students. 7:30pm, Reynolds Industries Theater. Tickets: $17 general, $7 students, $12 seniors. (DDP)
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Photographer Nadia Sablin. An artist’s talk by CDS/ Honickman First Book Prize in Photography winner Nadia Sablin on her exhibition and book Aunties: The Seven Summers of Alevtina and Ludmila. 5:30pm, PHOTO BY NADIA SABLIN followed by a reception and book signing, Rubenstein Library Photography Gallery. Free. (CDS)
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Film TBA, Third Fridays with Full Frame, part of the Full Frame Road Show. Join Full Frame for free documentary films every Third Friday between May and November! 7:30pm, The Full Frame Theater at the American Tobacco Campus. Free, ticket reservations required. (CDS)
Cello Master Class with Emanuel Gruber. 4pm, Nelson Music Room, East Duke Bldg. Free. (MUS)
Documentary 2015: Origins & Inventions. A national forum presented by the Center for Documentary Studies—a celebration of and open conversation around documentary today. Day and evening programming, The Rickhouse. Information and ticket sales at cdsfirst25.com/docforum2015. (CDS)
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Handel’s Messiah. (See December 4) 2pm. (CM) Duke University String School. 3pm: Violin and Cello Choirs, & Intermediate String Ensemble. 7pm: String Concert Orchestra & DUSS Youth Symphony Orchestra. Baldwin Auditorium. Free. (MUS) Handel’s Messiah. (See December 4) 2pm. (CM)
All events are free and open to the general public. Unless otherwise noted, screenings are at 7pm in the Richard White Lecture Hall, East Campus. (G)=Griffith Film Theater, Bryan Center. (Carr) = Carr 103. (FC) = Franklin Center 240. (FFT) = Full Frame Theater, Power Plant, ATC. (RUB) = Rubenstein Library. All events subject to change – for details, updates, and additions, see: ami.duke.edu/screensociety French and Francophone Film Festival (G) 8/31 Love at First Fight (Les combattants) 9/8 Girlhood (Bande de filles) 9/14 Timbuktu 9/22 L’il Quinquin (Le P’tit Quinquin) 9/28 Two Days, One Night 10/6 Hiroshima mon amour 10/19 Mommy Turkish Film Festival (discussion follows each film) 9/7 Once Upon a Time in Anatolia 10/14 Underground 11/16 Kosmos 12/2 Beyond the Hill
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Kosmos AMI Showcase 9/10 Alumni Filmmaker Homecoming—Lawrence Chen ‘09 (Carr) – Q&A to follow 9/16 Cuban Cinema Series— Beyond the Hill Soy Cuba [Rare 35mm Screening!] (G) 9/21 Cuban Cinema Series— Lucia 9/23 Cuban Cinema Series— Memories of Underdevelopment 9/29 2015 AMI Student Film Festival (G) Soy Cuba 10/20 Animation Series— Tale of Tales + The Man Who Planted Trees 10/21 Film Noir Series—Out of the Past 11/4 Film Noir Series—In a Lonely Place Out of the Past 11/5 Alumni Filmmaker Homecoming—{Filmmaker TBA} – Q&A to follow 11/18 Film Noir Series—On Dangerous Ground [TBA] Animation Series—Ponyo [TBA] Still Black: A Portrait of Black Transmen Cine-East: East Asian Cinema 9/15 Poetry (S. Korea, dir. Lee Chang-dong) 10/7 A Tribute to Video Artist Shigeko Kubota, 1937Poetry 2015 (Japan) 10/26 A Chronicle of My Cultural Revolution (China) – Q&A w/ dir. Xu Xing 10/27 Summary of Crimes (China) – Q&A w/ dir. Xu Xing 11/11 Like Father, Like Son (Japan, dir. Hirokazu Koreeda) NC Latin American Film Festival 9/26 H2Omx & En la Orilla (4pm) – Q&A to follow w/ director 9/26 Pelotero (Ballplayer) Polotero (Ballplayer) (Dominican Republic) 9/30 Venezuelan Cinema program: 4 short films + a talk by Haydeé Chavero G. (2pm, FC) 9/30 U.S. Premiere of Swing con son (Venezuela) [special Do Mangue 35mm screening] (G) 10/1 World Premiere of Do Mangue (Brazil) (FFT) – Q&A to follow w/ director Steve Berg 10/3 Short Documentaries by Gustavo Pérez Fernández (Cuba) – Q&A to follow w/ director Rights! Camera! Action! (RUB) 9/29 Into the Abyss 10/20 Voices of the Lumbee Into the Abyss Special Events 9/2 Write Down, I Am an Arab (Israel/Palestine, 2014) (G) Documentary about Mahmoud Darwish, the Palestinian national poet. 11/10 Innocence of Memories (Grant Gee, 2015) Documentary about Orhan Pamuk, Turkey’s Nobel laureate for Literature, and the city of Istanbul. Innocence of Memories
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Mosse’s ‘The Enclave’ records war stories with a twist Dillon Fernando The Chronicle Flipping through the channels on television, it seems that the an overwhelming amount of content has to do with war. War, while truly horrific at its core, can appear to be just as commonplace and normal as a commercial for Viagra. However, the horrifying nature of war hasn’t changed. Society’s sensitivity towards the graphic brutality of war has been suppressed by war’s prevalence in media. Richard Mosse’s “The Enclave” explores this jaded attitude toward war images by using the film as a medium to capture war in the Congo with an artistic twist. In the back right pavilion of the Nasher, Mosse’s piece is set up in a dark room where six screens have been deliberately placed around the room. Each screen shows a different sequence and cut of Mosse’s video of war in the Congo. The piece in its entirety lasts 40 minutes. At first glance, what immediately stands out is that the landscape of the Congo is unabashedly pink and red. “This particular film was shot with infrared technology used for camouflage detection from World War Two... finding Vietcong in the bush during the Vietnam War... and in practical applications in the study of landscapes such as glaciology, cartology... basically anything with -ology,” Mosse said during a presentation at the Nasher. “But it was also appropriated by popular culture [for album covers]... for those [artists] who were protesting against the war.”
As a result, Mosse takes this anachronistic technology designed for war and uses it to document a completely different wartime circumstance. Mosse described the conflict as being partially driven by the civil violence between the Hutu and Tutsi ethnic groups in parts of the country. Mosse followed a group of Congolese rebel fighters through their journey in which the ardent green becomes transformed into a fervent pink. It was this raw, psychedelic video footage that captured the attention of Nasher curators Sarah Schroth, the Nasher’s Mary D.B.T. and James H. Semans director and Marshall Price, curator of modern and contemporary art, in a visit at the Venice Biennale in 2013. “We had known of his large scale photographs... at many large scale art shows. But, this video medium really captivated the Nasher curators because it was so powerful in the way that it was presented on six channels,” said Wendy Hower, director of engagement and marketing for the Nasher. What was also enamoring for Nasher curators about this work wasn’t just the raw depiction of war but it was how its uses of color, cinematography, and display transformed what can be a typical war scene into a jarring and empathetic experience. Hower noted that though many of Mosse’s infrared landscape photographs could be misconstrued as a “fairy wonderland,” “The Enclave” is gripping because it shows clear evidence of the tragedies of war and how it affected the
Special to The Chronicle Richard Mosse’s video “The Enclave” highlights the experiences of those living in war-torn countries. The video is 40 minutes long in its entirety and located in the back right pavilion.
Congolese people. “The way the film is shot with a steady cam sweeps me away into the film. The pink and magenta colors are so creepy, dark, and beautiful that I just can’t keep my eyes off of the film,” Hower said. “The juxtaposition of this fairyland landscape with this brutal war zone is just so moving...and you truly understand the context [of the Congo].” “The Enclave” is different than most other video exhibits the Nasher has brought to the museum, Hower said. What really sets it apart from the
previous exhibits is the multi-channel system that graces the entire pavilion. Additionally, the positioning of the screens in the display allows the audience to design their own viewing experience. One can step back and view the piece as an amalgam, or step inside the maze of screens and have three different screens each projecting the violence three distinct ways. In this way, the final piece is able to resonate more naturally with the audience and immerse them into See MOSSE on Page 15
Visiting Artists @ Duke Odili Donald Odita
Rennie Harris Puremovement
A multi-visit residency by abstract painter Odili Donald Odita, who has been commissioned to create two large-scale murals as part of the Nasher Museum of Art’s ten-year anniversary celebration, Nasher10. One mural is in the Mary D.B.T. Semans Great Hall of the museum and the other is on the Foster Street wall of the Downtown Durham YMCA. The temporary murals will remain on view through 2017.
Rennie Harris is one of the great veterans of hip-hop dance, having broken down barriers between the vocabulary of the street and the vocabulary of the concert hall for nearly forty years. His company Rennie Harris Puremovement comes to Duke for a week-long visiting artist residency and to perform for two nights at Reynolds Industries Theater.
Residency dates: March-September 2015 More info: Nasher Museum of Art at nasher.duke.edu/odita
Residency dates: October 19-24, 2015 Performance dates: October 23 & 24, 2015 More info: Duke Performances at dukeperformances.duke.edu
The Visiting Artist Program of Duke University is a program of the Council for the Arts and Office of the Vice Provost for the Arts. More information at arts.duke.edu. RENNIE HARRIS PUREMOVEMENT AND JENNIFER KOH PHOTOS COURTESY OF DUKE PERFORMANCES.
Jennifer Koh A two-visit, seven-day residency by violinist Jennifer Koh during which Koh will perform a program entitled “Bridge to Beethoven” with pianist Shai Wosner and also perform the Beethoven Violin Concerto in D Major with the Duke Symphony Orchestra. A committed educator, Koh has won high praise for her performances in classrooms around the country under her innovative “Music Messenger” outreach program. Now in its 10th year, the program continues to form an important part of her musical activities.
Julia Adam
Residency dates: January 27-30, 2016 and February 29-March 2, 2016
A visiting artist residency by acclaimed choreographer Julia Adam will provide an extraordinary opportunity for Duke Dance Program to have direct experience with this acclaimed artist. Adam will make new work while in residence using her unique innovative approach, and also build on the broader Ballet Forward (re) thinking and (re)forming western classicism in dance initiative launched by Duke Dance Professors Tyler Walters and Julie Walters. Adam will also work with the Ballet Repertory students on a new choreography to be presented during the 2016 ChoreoLab.
Performance dates: January 30, 2016, Chamber Arts Series & March 2, 2016, Duke Symphony Orchestra
Residency dates: January 14-24, 2016 and April 3-5, 2016.
More info: Duke Performances at dukeperformances.duke.edu
More info: Duke Dance Program at danceprogram.duke.edu
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What are you looking for? Find your fit for arts and culture events at Duke and in Durham
You’re looking for: Experimental Experimental theater company Manual Cinema will be visiting several Duke classes this fall as well as showing their “Mementos Mori” production Sept. 11. “Mementos Mori,” is a live “movie” made of paper puppets, projectors, cameras and screens and features characters including a film projectionist given new life, a ghost with an iPhone and a seven-year-old contemplating mortality.
You’re looking for: Semi-Historical The Hoof’n’Horn Fall production this year is “Assassins!”, which explores the darker sides of American history through nine individuals who attempted to assassinate a President of the United States. The comedy twists time and space to “meet, interact, and inspire each other in harrowing acts in the name of the American Dream (Music Theatre International).” “Assassins!” will show in Shaefer Theater Oct. 15-25.
Special to The Chronicle “Mementos Mori” is a theater production.
You’re looking for: Zelda DPAC is truly venue of all trades. A third installment of a surprising concert series dubbed “The Legend of Zelda: Symphony of the Goddesses” will appear Sept. 10, this time including music from “The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds” and the remake of “The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask.” This event for the ages is a fourmovement symphony performed by a 90-piece orchestra and choir and recounts several classic storylines from different Zelda incarnations.
You’re looking for: Beer The culinary artistry of beer crafting takes front and center stage in Durham Oct. 10 when the World Beer Festival returns to the Durham Bulls Athletic Park. With more than 250 beer sampling options, the festival is split into three sub-festivals divided by North Carolina Beer, Cask Ale and a Cider Garden. Attendees will have unlimited four-ounce tastings and access to the Art of Beer Experience featuring seminars and a mini brewery.
You’re looking for: Powerful
Watch “Out in the Night,” a documentary chronicling the story of four women who, in 2006 on the Avenue of the Americas in Special to The Chronicle the West Village, defendJenna Marbles will perform at Page Auditorium. ed themselves against a threatening man, and subYou’re looking for: sequently were dubbed the Funny “Gang of Killer Lesbians” An unusual addition to the DUU by the media. These womDuke Campus Farm is hosting another Fall ConSpeakers and Stage lineup en were eventually sentra Dance Oct. 9 from 7 to 10 p.m. for a fee of for this fall, Youtube personaltenced to as many as 11 $5 to support future community events. Contra ity Jenna Marbles will be makdancing is group dancing directed by a caller who years in prison after pleading an appearance in the newly works with live musicians to guide the dances in ing innocent to gang asrenovated Page Auditorium for a circle, line and square formations. Dancers switch “moderated Q&A.” Jenna Marpartners frequently and meet new people through sault. The documentary will show at White Lecture Hall bles, whose real name is Jenna the group festivities. No experience or partners for free Sept. 25 at 6 p.m. Mourey, gained her initial recogni- are necessary, and there will be snacks and hot
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tion from a wildly popular 2010 video titled “How to Trick People Into Thinking You’re Good Looking,” going on to post dozens of additional videos and satirical tutorials ranging from “How to Talk to Animals,” as well as more contemplative pieces like “Why Girls Hate Each Other.” Jenna Marbles will be at Page Saturday, Sept. 5 at 7 p.m.
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Special to The Chronicle “The Sound of Music”is at The Carolina Theater.
The Carolina Theater will be showing the 1950s classic “The Sound of Music” in honor of its 50th anniversary Sept. 19 and 20. Unless you’ve lived under a rock, you know that the musical film is about the nun Maria (Julie Andrews) who becomes the governess to the children of Captain VonTrapp (Christopher Plummer). This film features love, Nazis, plenty of sing-a-longs, and an intermission.
The fast-growing, studentdriven creativity movement TC: How do you hope to reach students who wouldn’t naturally gravitate towards the arts?
Amy Unell: We’re working in partnership with student groups like duARTS and visarts as well as organizations like the Nasher on the art card, the new art bus, the Duke Create workshop, the Nasher’s 10th anniversary and Artstigator popups. It’s exciting all of the things we have planned. We really want Artstigators to work together to build and support the growing community in the arts.
AU: Students can artstigate through all kinds of collaboration that we have. Either by taking a Duke Create workshop to learn about photography or print-making or just trying something they haven’t tried before. Duke and Artstigators have all these collaborations and different opportunities. Those are two examples of ways that students can be open to trying something new and meeting people who are engaged in creativity. What’s great about the Art Card, for example, is that you go to different arts events, support your friends and, on top of that, you get to get free food at some of your favorite restaurants.
TC: How have Artstigators used social media to spread the word?
TC: What was the original goal behind themselves.” -- Amy Unell Artstigators?
AU: Artstigators is all driven by the people, by the artstigators themselves. So this summer we featured students, alumni and Artstigators all over the world on our Instagram to show that artstigating is happening every day all over the world. There’s Artstigating happening from Rome to Dublin to Durham. People are hashtagging their photos on social media with Artstigators, which really helps connect their community so we can kind of further build and support the community.
AU: I just love to be part of this incredible university at Duke. It’s on the national movement of arts engagement and higher education. That’s incredible every day to see that happening here at Duke. We’re open to collaborating with all student groups to support creativity. That’s really unique to the Artstigators.
Special to The Chronicle “Artistgators is all driven by the people, by the artstigators
TC: What are some of the initiatives you’re most proud of? AU: A couple things that come to mind- it’s really Artstigators partnership with various
AU: That’s the beauty of Artstigator.
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From the rectangular stickers adorning laptops across campus to the colorful new wraps on the Duke buses, the reach of the artstigators has grown significantly in the first year since its inception. And at their helm, as expert of all things art at Duke, is Amy Unell. The Chronicle’s Elizabeth Djinis spoke with Unell about what makes the artstigators so successful—and from where their unique name originated.
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NASHER from page 2 Feb. 12, 2016 in the renovated space, featuring installations from seven time periods and cultures all pulled from the museum’s permanent reserves. Schroth hopes this will encourage community and student engagement with the material. “I envision a Duke student coming in and saying ‘That’s my African mask’ or a Durham community member saying ‘This is my favorite pre-Colombian cylinder vase,’” Schroth said. The additional space has also allowed the museum to feature objects they never would have before, like Navajo rugs. “They’ve never ever been up,” Schroth said excitedly. “Never ever.” The 10th anniversary will also bring more artwork to Durham in the form of two murals commissioned by the museum in honor of the event. Painted by abstract artist Odili Donald Odita, one mural decorates a wall in the museum and one is featured on an external wall of the Downtown Durham YMCA. At the Nasher, the mural is titled “Shadow and Light (For Julian Francis Abele),” inspired by the architect who
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designed Duke’s West Campus. Hower said the murals act to “visually connect Duke and Durham.” The museum is also working in a partnership with Durham School of the Arts to educate the public about the murals, stationing students at the mural sites during their productions to share information and answer questions. Hower said the Nasher has continued interest in connecting the community with the University. “It’s not going to end with the murals, that’s for sure,” Hower said. Student involvement Since its inception, the Nasher has made student involvement a priority. The museum has hosted student parties and facilitated the Nasher Student Advisory Board, which allowed students to help plan the student parties. Last year, the NSAB was changed into the Nasher MUSE—Museum Undergraduate Student Exec—to indicate its changing nature. Instead of a focus on student parties, which suffered from shrinking attendance, MUSE is now geared towards engaging students directly with the art. “People are maybe looking to the museum for something different,” said Marianne Wardle, Andrew W. Mellon
curator of academic programs. “It’s not just a big social scene. It’s a more critical way to engage.” The Nasher has also created an internship program that allows students to work one-on-one with the museum’s staff. Wardle said the program will generally get eight to 12 participants a semester. Senior Ana Johnson, a former curatorial intern, co-curated the current Ansel Adams exhibition in the New Galleries with fellow senior Rosie Williams during her internship. The two were given the creative freedom to craft an entire exhibition almost from scratch. “We had to make a checklist, we had to write all of the label text and at different points we’d be checking in with [Nasher staff],” Johnson said. “It was very free form but it was fun we got to do it.” Wardle has also tried to bring in students who wouldn’t naturally gravitate towards the arts. She is currently on the faculty of a Bass Connections program entitled Art, Vision and the Brain chaired by opthamologist Eleonora Lad. Ladd took courses in art history in college but gave up her love of art to focus on science. The program has given her a way to teach both. “My role in that project is helping scientists to think about what they see and
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articulate it,” Wardle said. “Sometimes that can be really hard and we take for granted a lot of the visual images we take in.” Looking forward The Nasher’s success has not left its staff content to sit on their laurels. Schroth wants to look at acquiring more works of art, which would require more funding. “We’ve been able to do great with the little amount of acquisition money that we have every year,” Schroth said. “But if we had more money we could really make the collection fill in all the gaps.” Aside from the collection, Schroth is also interested in creating a sculpture park for the museum’s surroundings. She already has some ideas in place. “You could do young artists, changing temporary things that would stay up and then they’d deteriorate and they’d get rid of them and do another piece,” Schroth said. And the Nasher is in the process of creating an undergraduate certificate program that would focus on museum theory and practice. Ten years strong, one thing is clear: the Nasher has solidified its spot in the Duke and Durham community as the preeminent locale to experience worldclass art.
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CIOMPI from page 3 China, England and South America. They also record compositions by contemporary composers. In their travels, Ciompi has encountered a variety of unusual experiences, including several difficulties. Professor Raimi recounts a time when the group was in Albania about twelve years ago and had to take a bus 75 kilometers. Though this distance is only about 47 miles, Raimi reported, the length of the journey was not proportional. “It took six and a half hours to get there. The potholes were incredible, and it was actually a [very] dangerous road. We finally got to this town. We were about a half an hour late, and the concert hall was not a concert hall but an [exceptionally cold] room.” Ultimately, the concert had to be shortened, due to threat of frostbite. Bagg recalled having difficulty in China with flight scheduling, visas and road blocks. “Whenever we ran into a road block, Hsiao-mei navigated us through,” Bagg said. “She had a motto, ‘When there is no road, I make one.’” This slogan became an unofficial mantra for the group.
Despite some travel difficulties, Ciompi Quartet recognizes the importance of spreading their classical music all over the world. Professor Ku, for example, leads a DukeEngage trip to China that is centered around music. She notes that, “People say music is an international language, and it is. Many students who do my DukeEngage go to China, and they don’t speak the language, but they can share their talents and their art-making. I really can’t say how important [this gift of music] is.” Additional dorm-style performances are scheduled in Brown and Giles Residence Halls Sept. 29, at 8 p.m. and 9 p.m., respectively, and in Blackwell Residence Hall on a date that is yet to be announced. Several guest musicians will also join Ciompi in Baldwin Auditorium for the 50th season, including jazz vocalist Nneena Freelon Oct. 3; soprano singer Tony Arnold Nov. 22; Kyo-Shin-An Arts members Feb. 20; and bassist Edgar Meyer April 16 for the 50th Anniversary Celebration and Alumni Concert. The quartet will also be performing across the country when it is not at home in Baldwin, continuing to make its own road for the foreseeable future.
HIP HOP from page 4 engagements with a variety of oncampus departments and groups, including Latino/a American Studies, African and African American Studies, the Center for Documentary Studies, Women’s Studies and the Africa Initiative. The involvement of these groups promises to immerse students in hip hop’s multitude of lyrical themes and messages. Additionally, some of these artists offer an international perspective that would be difficult for students to find elsewhere. “I think it’s very important to support artistry in whatever form,” Roberts noted. “If you like music and you have the opportunity to see some of these international artists, it’s always important to try to do so.” In the past, Duke Performances has initiated programs that were similar in their focus on a specific aspect of artistry. For instance, one project engaged materials out of the David Rubenstein Rare Book and Manuscript Library and another explored African American gospel music. There is also one more season of hip hop residencies planned for next year. Depending on the student response, Duke Performances might make residencies and performances
of internationally acclaimed hip hop artists a continued habit. “While it’s not something that we do every year, thematic presenting is often a meaningful method for going deeper with our patrons and drawing out academic engagement,” Greenwald noted. Professor Roberts echoed how this kind of presentation might be helpful for students, especially ones who are thinking about pursuing musical careers in hip hop. In his experience developing as a hip hop artist, he has found competition from his contemporaries to be the most helpful in aiding his own artistic evolution. Consequently, performances from international artists might stimulate the Duke hip hop community. The spotlight should be interesting and stimulating even for students who are not necessarily into hip hop. The genre has a cultural and societal hold that has only increased in recent years, introducing it into conversations on a broad range of topics. As a result, the entirety of the student body could most likely benefit from the Duke Per formances spotlight on hip hop. “I hope that Duke students gain increased appreciation for a now global art form,” Greenwald said. “I hope that all of our audiences will be entertained, educated and transported.”
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Films on view at AMI’s ‘Screen/Society’ this Fall
Program highlights films from around the world
In addition to the historic “Soy Cuba,” the Arts of the Moving Image department has a variety of events planned for the semester with films coming in from many cultures and countries. Through Screen/ Society, which provides film and video exhibition programming for the Triangle community and advances the academic study of film at Duke. Sept. 8 will see “Girlhood,” or “Bande de filles,” at Griffith Film Theater, considering a young girl’s newfound take on life after making friends with three free-spirited girls, changing her name and entire lifestyle to be accepted by the
gang—continuing the director Céline Sciamma’s focus on female adolescence and frequent change. “Poetry,” out of South Korea, follows a late-middle-aged woman who finds purpose in a poetry class after a devastating medical diagnosis and family crime. This screens as part of the CineEast film festival, which also features a visit from filmmaker Xu Xing. The Fall program for the AMI department also includes a Turkish Film Festival, the French and Francophone Film Festival and the Rights! Camera! Action! film series.
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Courses with openings for Fall 2015 AMI 101 – Intro to Arts of the Moving Image W 3:05-6:05, Carr 103, Instructor: Bill Brown
Examination of critical concepts in arts of the moving image from various perspectives. Spanning both traditional cinema and emergent fields. Emphasis on technology in relation to history and viewership. Exercises in film and digital production as well as theoretical writing.
AMI 202 – History of Documentary Film
M 4:40-7:40, Carr 103, Instructor: Karen Price Traces the history of non-fiction film and video from the actuality films of the late nineteenth century to today’s digital features. Examines how technological advancements have informed style, content, and reach of documentaries. Demonstrates documentary’s role in society, from government propaganda to investigative reporting tool to form of protest. Provides an international view of the genre’s major movements, voices, and achievements.
AMI 320S – Film Animation Production
MW 10:05-11:20, Smith 101, Instructor: Casey Herbert Experimentation with various media; mastering animation techniques such as metamorphosis, timing, articulation, storytelling, sound design, special effects, and camera. Each student to produce a one-minute animated film on the Oxberry 16mm film animation stand.
AMI 334S – Producing Docu-Fiction
TuTH 1:25-2:40, Smith 101, Instructor: Josh Gibson Investigation of hybrid, genre-defying films that question traditional definitions of documentary and fiction. Emphasis on experimental forms, documentary reenactment, mockumentary and dramatized “true stories.” Exploration of both documentary and fiction production techniques, culminating in the production of a final video project.
AMI 690S - Post–Cinema
Th 1:40-4:10, Smith A266, Instructor: Shane Denson This seminar looks at twenty-first century motion pictures and the theories designed to explain their relations and differences from the cinema of the previous century. Additionally, we will experiment with “hands-on” applications of digital video for the purposes of film analysis, cinemetrics, and a variety of scholarly and creative responses to post-cinematic media.
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MOSSE from page 10 the conflict itself. “There’s no one way to view the piece,” Mosse said. “Right when you’ve got yourself in a position that you think you can see all the screens, one of them might go dark, and you have to move to get a different perspective.” “The Enclave” serves as a sensitizing influence between our own comparatively comfortable world and a war torn world to which many may be numb. Entering the dark pavilion, the viewer is left only to face the screens. There is nothing else to distract the viewer except for the shocking imagery and dissonant content. “The subject matter is not common.
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We don’t talk about the Congo [at Duke] except for maybe a class,” Hower said. “Students should come to the exhibition because the subject matter is worth learning about—it is so extreme and relevant.” Towards the end of Mosse’s lecture, an audience member asked why he chose to film in a way that emphasized the pink and red hues of the landscape. Mosse’s reply was that for an artist to reveal the meaning of a piece is frowned upon, but in any case, to him the pink literally shows where there is rich and verdant life and hope for this war torn region. “The Enclave” in a sense is hope for us to empathize with people distant from us, yet similar, human and deserving of dignity. The Enclave is now on display at The Nasher until Jan. 10.
UNELL from page 12 student groups with Nasher MUSE and VisArts. I’m going to name a bunch of them - Small Town Records, Duke Student Broadcasting - they’re all so important to the mission of the Artstigators. Putting together these evnts like Arts and Media weekend and ArtCon that are open to the entire community and alumni that has really been an amazing way to support activities on and off.
CUBAN from page 6 and its accompanying films is to introduce students to the idea that art and culture are intrinsically tied with making the world a vastly different place. “I think people today are much less likely to dream about radical transformation, or to think that images can have something to do with radical transformation, than they were in 1968,” Furtado said. “A large section of the course is that context—that images matter, that the future is up for grabs, that what’s given is not given forever, that it can be radically questioned.” In the same way Furtado sees the film as an example of a tool for politics, his students like freshman Chloe Hooks also see the context of seeing the purpose of film and
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other artwork from a different perspective. “In a Spanish class, I’ve never been reading political manifestos before and I’ve definitely never been reading political manifestos that also relate to art,” Hooks said. “This is a way to make art a more realistic, practical application that is supposed to help people in the world.” While Furtado hopes the film will expose the experiences of a post-Cold War history that students are often unaware of even though it is also their own history, he also wants students to explore the concept of utopian thinking and art being a force for change. “My ultimate fantasy is always that these films will leave some lasting impression and provoke some kind of thought,” Furtado said. “That’s really what I expect with any work of art—the world looks a little bit different after you engage with it.”
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