Film/Video Graduate Program

2019-2020 G R A D U AT E PROGRAMS

FILM / VIDEO

MASTER OF FINE ARTS

FILM / VIDEO The Massachusetts College of Art and Design offers a full-time, two-year (60-credit) MFA in Film/Video. This intimate, rigorous program provides a unique learning environment for students seeking to develop as creative artists working with the moving image. Students are encouraged to experiment and probe, both conceptually and formally, across a broad spectrum of film, video, installation, and

Above: Devvrat Mishra (MFA ‘18 / Film/Video), production still from Number Two, HD video, 2018

new media.

In tandem with elective courses, the core curriculum is designed to give students the conceptual tools and technical training they require to deepen and expand their work as 21st century professional artists and critical thinkers.

The Graduate Major Studio course rotates among members of our internationally recognized faculty, exposing students to diverse approaches and expertise in experimental, non-fiction, narrative and installation-based moving image work. This core class focuses on critiques of student work, screenings, discussions of theoretical and contemporary issues in the moving image, as well as meetings with visiting artists and critics.

Darren Alexander Cole (MFA ’16 / Film/Video) still from Blue Hat, 2016

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Cover Image: Yukiko Nishino (MFA ’16 / Film/Video) still from Where I Was Born, 2015

Below: First Image, Alison Folland (MFA ‘15 / Film/Video), still from Spiti, HD video, 2015; Second Image by Jorg Meyer

FILM / VIDEO CORE FACULTY

CURRENT VISITING AND PART-TIME FILM/VIDEO FACULTY Darren Alexander Cole Georgie Friedman Laura Kerivan Ross Matthei You Jin Moon Nancy Salzer Georden West Nerissa Williams-Scott

SOON-MI YOO, PROFESSOR, FILM/VIDEO DEPARTMENT CHAIR The films of Soon-Mi Yoo embrace and expand avant-garde and essayistic modes of non-fiction cinema. Her films have screened in prestigious festivals, cinematheques and museums around the world including the Toronto International Film Festival, Oberhausen, New York Film Festival, the Viennale, Centre Pompidou, and National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC. Her latest feature film Songs From the North was awarded the prestigious Golden Leopard for Best First Feature at the 2014 Locarno Film Festival, as well as the Jury Prize at the Buenos Aires International Film Festival.

Soon-Mi Yoo

ERICKA BECKMAN, PROFESSOR Over her three-decade career, Ericka Beckman’s playful yet formally demanding films have challenged traditional aesthetic and cultural values. Her work merges games with fairy tales to create hybrids with new rules. Beckman’s work has been shown at festivals, museums, and galleries around the world. Her one-woman shows include: Kunsthalle Bern, Switzerland, Le Magasin, Grenoble, France, the Tate Modern, London, MOCA, Los Angeles, the Museum of Modern Art, New York, the Smithsonian’s Hirshhorn Museum, Washington, D.C., the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, and the MIT List Center, Boston.

Left: Daphna Mero (MFA ’15 / Film/Video), Neither Here Nor There, 2015, site-specific video installation and performance, 2015 Below: Rebecca Morrison (MFA ’18 / Film/Video), Still from Twelve Players, 2018, three-channel video and sound installation, 2018

Ericka Beckman

GRETCHEN SKOGERSON, PROFESSOR Gretchen Skogerson is a New York-based video and installation artist.

She is best known for pristine, coolly minimalist work that deals with the intersection of aloneness and togetherness within the chaos of modern life. Her recent projects explore cultural misogyny and racism, and use re-creation and horror as modes of inquiry. Her work has been shown widely, including at the Whitney Biennial, the New York Film Festival, the Rotterdam International Film Festival, and the Mattress Factory in Pittsburgh, PA.

Gretchen Skogerson

TAMMY DUDMAN, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR Tammy Marie Dudman, who exhibits under the name T. Marie, is a trans-disciplinary, time-based media artist. Her works have screened and exhibited at a range of international venues and festivals. T. Marie was awarded a Radcliffe-Harvard Film Studies Fellowship, where she was supported for her pioneering work with moving images. In 2014, while at Radcliffe, T. Marie launched her first solo exhibition, Liminal Pixels, and had a public presentation of her work at the Harvard Film Archive.

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STUDENT OPPORTUNITIES All graduate students in Film/Video have access to our firstrate facilities, including analog film and digital video cameras, audio recording equipment, sound and lighting studios, 360 cameras and VR headsets, professional editing and finishing stations and software, 16mm Steenbeck reel-to-reel editors, a handmade film lab, Kinetta archival scanner, and an optical printer and Oxberry animation stand. In addition, all MFA students have the use of personal studio spaces (private or shared), for the duration of their program of study.

Left: Image by Jorg Meyer Above: Edward Perkins (MFA ‘19 Film/Video), Thesis Exhibition Installation View, collage wallpaper, collage prints, 16mm telecine, 2019

STUDENTS ARE AFFORDED NUMEROUS OPPORTUNITIES TO GAIN PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE DURING THEIR COURSE OF STUDY. ALL FULL-

Below: Devvrat Mishra (MFA ‘18 Film/Video), Untitled India ‘17, multimedia thesis installation (detail), 2018

TIME GRADUATE STUDENTS ARE ELIGIBLE TO APPLY FOR A RANGE OF PAID ON-CAMPUS TEACHING AND ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANTSHIPS. OFF-CAMPUS INTERNSHIPS ARE ENCOURAGED, AND FILM/VIDEO GRAD STUDENTS MAY APPLY FOR PAID POSITIONS THAT CAN ALSO EARN CREDIT, DURING THE ACADEMIC YEAR AND THE SUMMER BREAK. GRADUATE STUDENTS ARE ALSO AFFORDED A VARIETY OF OPPORTUNITIES TO EXHIBIT THEIR WORK BOTH ON AND OFFCAMPUS, IN GROUP SHOWS AND WITH THEIR GRADUATING COHORT IN THEIR FINAL THESIS EXHIBITION.

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MASSART CINÉ CULTURE SCREENING SERIES

EACH SEMESTER, THE MASSART CINÉ CULTURE SCREENING SERIES BRINGS TO CAMPUS A DIVERSE GROUP OF INTERNATIONALLY RENOWNED DIRECTORS AND MOVING IMAGE ARTISTS TO SCREEN AND DISCUSS THEIR WORK.

RECENT PARTICIPANTS INCLUDE: Ute Aurand Robert Beavers Sofia Bohdanowicz Derah Campbell Pedro Costa Lay Diaz Ernie Gehr Sandra Gibson/Luis Recoder Sky Hopinka Maggie Lee Ross McElwee Nicolas Pereda Joana Pimenta Charlotte Pryce Rodrigo Reyes Anocha Suwichakornpong Genevieve Yue

Above: Jenny Plante (MFA ’15 / Film/Video) production still from All of Them Bitches, HD Video, 2015 Left: Promotional poster for MassArt Ciné Culture screening of Pedro Costa’s Casa de Lava, October 2019.

Poster Design: Chantall Ontivero. Film still courtesy Pedro Costa

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FILM / VIDEO ALUMNI

ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT: Samantha Alder de Oliveira, MFA ‘16

Samantha Adler de Oliveira earned her MassArt MFA as a Fulbright scholar in 2017. As a graduate student, she began to experiment with analog film techniques, creating a series of stark, haunting video loops collectively titled Spinning Glass. These 3D-rendered animations were re-shot on 16mm film,

Several post-graduate residency opportunities are offered each

hand-processed and digitally scanned. MassArt’s

year to recent alums, including international teaching residencies

Film/Video program, with its rich lineage of analog

in Beijing, China, and Bangalore, India. The Graduate Programs

film processes and its state-of-the-art digital video

also coordinate and fund local and regional artist residencies at

facilities, provided an ideal framework for the creation of this hybrid, experimental work.

MASS MoCA, The Longy School of Music of Bard College, and The Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture.

The centerpiece of Samantha’s thesis work, Samantha Adler de Oliveira

The Singing Glass, which centers on a rare and mysterious musical instrument produced in the Boston area, recently screened at Tel Aviv Art

Samantha Adler de Oliveira (MFA ‘17 / Film/Video) Still from The Singing Glass, HD Video, 2017

Museum as part of EPOS International Art Festival and at Italy’s Faito Doc festival. The film was produced under the mentorship of MassArt Film/ Video department chair Soon-Mi Yoo. Of her experience in the Film/Video MFA program, Samantha says: “Soon-Mi guided me through the development of my thesis film and encouraged me to constantly dig deeper. MassArt allowed me to deepen my theoretical understanding of the moving image and to enhance my technical experience within this vast medium. I am particularly grateful for the support of dedicated teachers who are themselves contemporary art practitioners.”

Bottom-Left: Caption: Josh Stone (MFA ’17 / Film/Video) still from Hell and Half of Georgia, HD video, 2017 Bottom-Right: You Jin Moon (MFA ’15 / Film/Video) Water on Mars, 535ft long x 197ft wide, Busan Cinema Center, South Korea

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ABOUT MASSART Founded in 1873, MassArt has a unique legacy of leadership as the first freestanding, public college of art and design in the country and the nation’s first art school to grant a degree.

MassArt’s mission is both lofty and grounded: to prepare students from diverse backgrounds to positively impact every society they join, and to become leaders in the creative economy as artists, designers, and educators.

Since its founding, MassArt has consistently advocated for access to and equity in art, design, and education. Our alumni have long been agents of change in Boston and beyond, driven by independence, entrepreneurship, and passion.

FALL 2020 PRIORITY APPLICATION DEADLINE: January 6, 2020

CONTACT US Graduate Admissions: gradadmissions@massart.edu Facebook.com/MassArtBoston

Associate Director of Graduate Admissions: Stacy Petersen Domurat 617.879.7238

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