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Robert Kelly Manuscripts

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Robert Kelly Manuscripts

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Robert Kelly Manuscripts

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Exp(A/E)Ndable (Fall), Stella Rose(N)Fell (Spring), Re-Envisioning The Fourth Wall: The Production Of A Fluid And Mobile Stage An Investigation Of The Placement Of Experimental Dance In Museums (Paper), Julia E Meyer

Senior Projects Spring 2014

Artist Statement:

I’m interested in the bizarre, the dark, the disturbing, and the messy. I collaborate with my dancers to make movement that falls outside the pedestrian, yet remains human in the most peculiar and sometimes virtuosic ways. Exploring site specificity, with a particular focus on transforming spaces to create distinct experiences for viewers and dancers alike. Finding new ways to understand and engage with dance by re-situating the audience and giving them the opportunity to move with dancers, thereby creating their own frame of view and cultivating a personal experience with the bizarre world that they have entered. Right …

The Viewing Self: A Reflection On Mirrors As Medium From The 1960s To The Present, Claire H. Demere

Senior Projects Spring 2014

Senior Project submitted to The Division of Arts of Bard College.

“Human Betterment”: The Fight For And Against 50 Years Of Sterilization In North Carolina, Kay Bielak Schaffer

Senior Projects Spring 2014

Senior Project submitted to The Division of Social Studies of Bard College.

The Wreck Of Titanic: A Comedy, Christopher Giuggio Shea

Senior Projects Spring 2014

Senior Project submitted to The Division of Languages and Literature of Bard College.

The Word Of Thought And The Thought Of Word: An Analysis And Translation Of Lev Vygotsky's Chapter Seven In "Thinking And Speech", Amanda Gan

Senior Projects Spring 2014

Senior Project submitted to The Division of Languages and Literature of Bard College

Onus 1, Caleb Charles Benore

Senior Projects Spring 2014

This senior project is a set of three major compositions: a string quartet, a piano quintet, and a piano suite called “Pantheon.” Frankly, the string quartet is the best piece. It’s my most recent effort and I definitely improved while working on the other two compositions. My primary concern for the string quartet, particularly in the first movement, was how my instruments fit together. I might have a melodramatic taste in harmony but I believe I created a few elegant moments in the rhythm and line contours.

The most important lesson came from my piano quintet, which does have some …

Students: Extended Episode, Keila Brown

Senior Projects Spring 2014

A continuation of the web series installment, STUDENTS seeks to provide a realistic take on a liberal arts college experience. Formatted as an hour-long finale to the series, we follow the main character, Annie as she suffers a significant event at school. She must overcome a great change in her life, all while negotiating a rigorous course load with an inadequate social life. Through her eyes, we witness the other side of common college portrayals that often highlight a prominent Greek life, school spirit for athletic teams, and a general glorification of party life. Based on my own experience adjusting …

I'M Not Finished — Done, Dimitri A. Cacouris

Senior Projects Spring 2014

This paper examines the creation and performance of the piece Done, by the author, and tries to take a critical and analytic perspective as well as a reflective one, of interest largely to the author, but also to anyone interested in a documentation of the creative process. It is accompanied by a video recording and photographs of the performance and several appendices which document the majority of the textual material which represents the genesis of the piece and from which the piece was eventually built.

(The paper, as it is, is best taken salted)

Love, Lust, And Loss: A Senior Recital/An Afternoon Of Contemporary Works, Emily Cedriana Donato

Senior Projects Spring 2014

I am graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree from Bard College’s Music Department as a classical vocalist. For my senior project I have put together a set of two recitals. My goal was to create contrasting programs that were interesting, each with a specific theme.

The first recital took place on Sunday, December 15th at 7:00 p.m. in the László Z. Bitó Conservatory Performance Space. The concert was titled “Love, Lust and Loss: A Senior Recital” and it explored these themes while demonstrating a wide range of abilities in my voice. Throughout all musical eras, composers have written about …

Colette, Andrew James Petersell

Senior Projects Spring 2014

Colette is a work of interactive fiction that questions the role of the reader, and explores the unique ways in which agency, interpersonal relationships, and environmental conditioning can define a person’s identity. The reader is placed in the mind of the titular Colette as she tries to piece together the life she had before a tragic accident robbed her of her memory. The piece purposefully blurs the line between audience and character by giving the reader almost full control over Colette’s actions. By typing simple text commands into the interface, the reader can choose where Colette goes, what she explores, …

The Philosopher's Diagnosis: Sickness In Plato, Nietzsche, Kierkegaard, And Heidegger, Anna Menaker Daniszewski

Senior Projects Fall 2014

Senior Project submitted to The Division of Social Studies of Bard College.

Blue Sun, And Other Poems, Tamas Julius Panitz

Senior Projects Spring 2014

Senior Project submitted to The Division of Languages and Literature of Bard College.

Human Eclipse, Elizabeth Macdonald Von Klemperer

Senior Projects Spring 2014

Senior Project submitted to The Division of Languages and Literature of Bard College.

Offcut, Lydia Meredith Meyer

Senior Projects Spring 2014

Offcut Lydia Meyer

There is a tendency in nature to repeat forms that are successful. Because of their strength or efficiency, structures used for one purpose by a creature may resemble those created for different tasks by another. In creating “Offcut” I attempt to integrate myself into this way of thinking to better understand natural/evolved processes, by borrowing structures from both the human and animal world that look like neither. I use materials that I foraged from my environment and occasionally the Internet. The foam is free offcuts from a plastics factory and all of the wood is scrap from …

Coming Home, Rose Arline Panke

Senior Projects Spring 2014

Born and raised in Saugerties, my choice to go to Bard meant that I would be attending college only a short drive from my family, friends, and the familiarity of my hometown. Though in some ways I've deprived myself of the new experiences that come with going away for school, this has also allowed me to continue to explore and appreciate the Hudson Valley, the place I’ve called home my entire life. However, the loss of my father in my freshman year, coupled with being in a college environment unlike anything I had experienced before, threw my sense of being …

End User, Rufus Alexander Paisley

Senior Projects Spring 2014

Senior Project submitted to The Division of Arts of Bard College.

A Woman's Voice: Female Autobiography In The Nineteenth Century, Penelope Rose Weber

Senior Projects Spring 2014

Senior Project submitted to The Division of Social Studies of Bard College.

Seeking Vita Contemplativa: A Search For Contemplation In A Secular World, Rosette Marie Cirillo

Senior Projects Spring 2014

Senior Project submitted to The Divisions of Languages and Literature and Social Studies of Bard College

The Bangwa Queen: Interpretations, Constructions, And Appropriations Of Meaning Of The Esteemed Ancestress Figure From The Cameroon Grassfields, Julia Lynn Defabo

Senior Projects Spring 2014

Senior Project submitted to The Division of Social Studies of Bard College.

Senior Project submitted to The Division of Languages and Literature of Bard College.

Looking To The East: Benefits Of Combining Chinese And Western Medicines, Rushell A. Reid

Senior Projects Spring 2014

Senior Project submitted to The Division of Languages and Literature of Bard College.

As American As Apple Pie: The History Of American Apple Pie And Its Development Into A National Symbol, Rebecca Claire Bunschoten

Senior Projects Spring 2014

Senior Project submitted to The Division of Social Studies of Bard College

Sentient: An Investigation Of The Sensuous Self, Victoria Nicole Tricoche

Senior Projects Spring 2014

I choreograph with the goal of filling the space with palpably sensuous experiences. As living bodies (dancer or not), we construct our own reality based on experience. The medium for experiencing the outside world is the body, more specifically the sensing body. Through sense memory, we attach ourselves to the world around us, drawing conclusions and connections according to what we see, hear, smell, touch, and taste. Sense memory is a rich and compelling tool I’ve had dancers utilize in making movement that I eventually compile and organize. Although dance performance is a dominantly visual art form, I aim to …

Requiem: All That's Left Is Noise, Danielle R. Dobkin

Senior Projects Spring 2014

Danielle R. Dobkin

Artist Statement

May 2014

Requiem: All That’s Left if Noise

Requiem: All That’s Left is Noise is a personal interpretation of the traditional Latin liturgy of the Western Church’s Requiem Mass- a composition meant to be the carrier for the soul, on it’s journey to paradise. The requiem is comprised of 7 movements: Introit, Kyrie (Lord have Mercy), Dies Irae (Day of Wrath), Lycrimosa (Day of Weeping), Sanctus (Holy, Holy, Holy), Lux Aeterna (Eternal Light), and the Libera Me (Deliver Me). These seven movements sonically replicate the range of human emotion, ending on the soul’s delivery in …

From Subject To Citizen, Or, "At Once Everyone Seemed To Come Alive": Hessian Mercenaries Gain Autonomy And Self Define During The American Revolution, 1776-1783, Perceval Jack Inkpen

Senior Projects Spring 2014

Senior Project submitted to The Division of Social Studies of Bard College.