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Thinking On Animation:The Problem Of Specificity Thesis, Wandi Liang
Thinking On Animation:The Problem Of Specificity Thesis, Wandi Liang
Senior Projects Spring 2021
Senior Project submitted to The Division of Social Studies of Bard College.
Self && Self, Shuang Cai
Self && Self, Shuang Cai
Senior Projects Spring 2021
Seldom before the COVID-19 pandemic have so many people simultaneously had their lifestyle drastically changed in the same way. The forced physical isolation is, ironically, a communal experience. The sickening quarantine left everyone nothing but time to confront and reconnect with themselves. Another inevitable result of corporal isolation is the predominant awakening awareness of digital existences and connections. Evoking the shared sensitivity and delicacy, studying the tectonic activity of the digital world, the project documents the endured contemplation in the upcoming resurgence.
The Gospel According To Andrei: Biblical Narrative In The Films Of Andrei Tarkovsky, Aurora J. Amidon
The Gospel According To Andrei: Biblical Narrative In The Films Of Andrei Tarkovsky, Aurora J. Amidon
Senior Projects Spring 2020
Although Soviet-era Russian filmmaker Andrei Tarkovksy may be known primarily for the tactile quality of his filmmaking, the thematic grandeur of his storytelling, and his abstract, poetic understanding of time, it is also worth noting the overt intertextuality of his cinematic portfolio. My senior project examines the ways in which Tarkovsky layers different reference points toward three biblical narratives: beginning with the Crucifixion, moving to the Binding of Isaac, and ending with the Return of the Prodigal Son. Tarkovsky applies biblical allusion, as well as the reconstruction of biblical narratives in a modern setting, in order to examine the structure …