February 23, 2012
Preview of David Turnley’s Film “Shenandoah”
Preview of David Turnley’s film “Shenandoah”: February 23, 5 - 7pm, Residential College Keene Theater, East Quad
SHENANDOAH has just been completed and David would relish the opportunity to share the film with his colleagues and students, and looks forward to your input.
SHENANDOAH, PA is a tough coal mining town- once the most densely populated square mile in America, as immigrants came from all over Europe to work in the mines.
The young generation have formed their identities though their hard-working, church-going grandparents, who struggled every day to put food on the table to take care of their families. Today, there is little work, and what they have left is football- that they have always been good at- tough football.
Currently, the newest group of immigrants (1000 Mexicans in a town of 6000) resembles the town’s ancestors. The Mexican immigrants go to church, look after their families, and work hard: tons of hours in mattress factories for low pay.
When David Turnley arrived in Shenandoah, PA, six of the straight-A student, white, star football players got into a fight and beat to death Luis Ramirez, an undocumented Mexican immigrant. Turnley earned access to this community and for three years he has been immersed in telling the story of this American working class town on trial, including the newly arrived Mexican community.
David C. Turnley is a Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer and filmmaker. He is considered one of the best photojournalists of our time. He has won the World Press Picture of the Year twice, the prestigious Robert Capa Award for Courage, and four Overseas Press Club Awards. He has covered many of the major news stories of the past thirty years, producing eight books out of these experiences including his latest, MANDELA: In Times of Struggle and Triumph. He was awarded Best Documentary at the Miami International Film Festival for his film La Tropical, shot in Cuba. David has a joint appointment as an Associate Professor with the University of Michigan School of Design and the Residential College.
February 23, 2012
John Kannenberg: Sound Performance
John Kannenberg: Hours of Infinity Part III - An Hour of Infinity
Sound Performance: March 23 6:00 pm
Kelsey Museum of Archaeology, Upjohn Exhibit wing
The solitary acts of drawing and listening are inextricably linked; they observe and record each other.
For one hour, the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology will host a site-specific performance scattered throughout its galleries that combines a rigorously imprecise drawing method, musical compositions based on specific objects in the museum’s collection, and digitally manipulated sounds of the museum itself. Their relative stasis will convert this collection of live performers and sounds into living, breathing, sonifying museum objects. Audience members will be encouraged to stroll through the museum observing these sonic objects, personalizing their experience through their own choices and interests; this unconventional sonic situation will explore the beautifully imperfect sense of timelessness experienced by traditional museum audiences.
For full MFA Thesis Exhibition details, see: http://art-design.umich.edu/exhibitions/special/mfa2012
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