The Dickson Experimental Sound Film is believed to be the first film recorded with live sound. At about 1:05 into the film, the sound begins. I wonder what William Kennedy Laurie Dickson, the man who created this film, would think of YouTube. … [Read more...]
Archives for May 2008
It Happened in the Bronx
At Home in Utopia, directed by Michal Goldman (MCC Film/Video fellow '07) is a new documentary film showing at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts in June and July. It tells the story of immigrant Jewish garment workers who created four cooperatively owned housing developments in the Bronx in the 1920's. Think of all the thimbles! And luckily for the tenants, George Steinbrenner … [Read more...]
June Fellows Notes
JUNE FELLOWS NOTES is live, with THRILLING TALES of TRIUMPH from fellows and finalists, including... ... the arrival of The Foreigner, a new novel by Francie Lin (Fiction/Creative Nonfiction Fellow '06). The book has already gotten some good ink (virtual or otherwise), including this nice mention in writer Jeff Vandermeer's "Ecstatic Days" blog. An excerpt from The … [Read more...]
Studio Views: Jessica Burko
For the past year Jessica Burko has been creating sewn paper quilts. She uses her own photographs, vintage photos, and collected paper ephemera found at yard sales, flea markets, and in trash bins. Let's take a look-see into her studio. I began creating the quilts as an experimentation in using the many gathered paper items I had amassed in my studio - waste not/want … [Read more...]
Guest blogger: Ariel Kotker
Take a moment to check out this artifact from the life of 21-year-old Drey Fank, care of Ariel Kotker's (Sculpture/Installation Fellow '07) "His Room As He Left It" installation: Defibrillator sticker 17 May 08 Git Up N' Go Defibrillator Co. A sticker Drey finds on a box at the Rest Home one day. He peels it off, takes it home and puts it on his bass guitar. He thinks … [Read more...]