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The Dazzled Rope Of Lightning Against The Cloud Is Not The Downward Bolt But The Compelled Upstroke Through The Heated Ether: Stories, Jack S. Muth

Senior Projects Fall 2023

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

Set Wide The Window, Olivia Tristan Ramo

Senior Projects Fall 2023

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

The Curious Findings Of Claudia Finch, Melissa Meilin Sidley

Senior Projects Spring 2023

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

The Romanian Goodbye, Andrei Dumitriu

Senior Projects Spring 2023

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

Middle Story, Beritt Whitson Perdue

Senior Projects Spring 2023

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

The Thing Itself, Tallulah Woitach

Senior Projects Spring 2023

A book of poetry centered around the tarot. It will explore the vast meanings, interpretations, and angles of each card. It will be w meditation upon the quest of shedding self, and to what degree that is possible discursively, dialectically, and creatively. Is that even a goal we should be reaching towards? The form will be dictated by the cards, for example the magician which is card one will be composed of one line stanzas, and so on. It will also be informed by my own personal occult studies, as well as the correspondences and correlation between Tarot and cobbler …

Reading Sunstone, Wyatt Reu

Senior Projects Spring 2023

A reading of Octavio Paz's Sunstone.

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

Reverie, E M. Infanger

Senior Projects Spring 2023

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

Unable To Locate A Fire, Lily Isabel Taggart

Senior Projects Spring 2023

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

Conversations In The Dark, Rasheeda Janay Graham

Senior Projects Spring 2023

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

Birdlime, Zoey Rose Collea

Senior Projects Spring 2023

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

Heritole, Rayelle Damarus Cato

Senior Projects Spring 2023

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

This project is the first few chapters of my novel in progress titled “Heritole”. The story is in the perspective of Nia Sinclair telling the story of when she attended her first year of Datiam Academy, one of the most prestigious schools for (Obsidite) witches. With the help of her new friends, Devyn and Medora, they help her navigate her first year and prepare for The Game, a competition where witches face off to see who is the best witch amongst them. Nia must make the decision …

Pendjur For Baba, Mina Emilia Dahl

Senior Projects Spring 2023

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

Wilde Bühne: An Exploration Into The Revolutionary Potential Of Art, Antonia Salathe

Senior Projects Spring 2023

You will often hear it said that art does not belong in the space of the political.

Politics is practical, and yet we cry over legislative losses and march in the streets when we are seared by flames of indignation. We paint murals over boarded-up windows, film history as it happens, and go to the club after a long day at work. We sketch lovingly the faces of those lost senselessly, we sing to the rooftops when all hope seems lost, and we speak poems like pounding hammers when no one is willing to listen. We scratch verses into foam …

Ya Llegamos | We Are Here, Audrey Hermila Salgado

Senior Projects Spring 2023

ya llegamos | we are here, a Senior Project submitted to The Division of Arts of Bard College, is piece on gender and migration. It is a play that explores how family dynamics, class issues, education, and gender play a role in why people leave their home country. It explores the journey and relationship of Saturnina and Francisco as they travel across the Mexico/U.S. border.

"We Have Nothing To Lose But Our Chains": Paving The Way To A New Horizon For Marginalized Youth, Soledad Aguilar-Colón

Senior Projects Spring 2023

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

The Strangeness Of Being Alive, Marxe Altman Orbach

Senior Projects Spring 2023

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

Coup De Grâce, Violet Rea Mass

Senior Projects Spring 2023

This project, composed of an introduction and a fiction piece, explores the complex power dynamics at play on the university stage put into perspective of the Human Rights study. The fiction follows young Olive as arrives for her first term at a university in a secluded valley where she must come to terms with a darkness greater than she had ever imagined.

A City In Gray Outlines, Tamar Tsiana Mayer-Deangelis

Senior Projects Spring 2023

A host of characters struggle to navigate the isolating world of a city under the regime of the Forces, a military police organization. Together or alone, they seek out meaning in their own lives and the city around them. The world seems a heavy weight to bear, but there is brightness within it to be pulled to the surface if only people are willing to try.

Junkyard, Jess M. Berkun

Senior Projects Spring 2023

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

Attempt At An Open Letter To The Bronx, Christopher Valdivia

Senior Projects Spring 2023

Open letter to and interrogation of the Bronx, in the form of autoethnographic writing.

¿Quién me encontrará a mí, en la noche, en el Bronx, a mis 22 años?

By The Rivers Of Babylon We Sat Down And Wept, Sarah Ann Hudes

Senior Projects Spring 2023

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

The Others, Marquel Horton

Senior Projects Spring 2023

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

Imposter: A Graphic Novel, Cam R. Goldberg

Senior Projects Spring 2023

When we dream of running away, where do we run to, and what finds us there?

I’ve wanted to run away from home since I was little. I dreamed of flying, of escaping to other worlds, and of finding them before they found me. Imposter is a story that’s been in progress for a long time. Sally, the main character, was created in high school, but the themes have been there, coming up in different ways, throughout my life. Every year I find a new way to escape, and that’s ok - sometimes you need a break.

I think it’s …

From Ictus To Raptus, Andrea Abel

Senior Projects Spring 2023

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

FROM ICTUS TO RAPTUS

From Ictus to Raptus is a story about the emergence of sound. This performance is only a human attempt to capture the Event from which all existence emerges (Ictus), and an attempt to interpret and rejoice in the resulting complexity of the world, by tracing multiplicity back to singularity and reuniting it with its origin (Raptus).

Sweet Company, Sylvie Isabella Ruth Winkler

Senior Projects Spring 2023

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

To Hell With Good Intentions, Dashiell Martin Charlesworth

Senior Projects Spring 2023

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

Golden Temptresses: The Petrifying Beauty Of Pre-Raphaelite Women, Zoe Julienne Claire Manwiller

Senior Projects Spring 2023

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

This project considers the tension between fear and desire, a tension that makes Pre-Raphaelite paintings, and the women they depict, dangerously powerful and alluring. Chapter One focuses in particular on the inner nature of these women using visual signs that suggest complexity beneath the surface. I use the term hybridity to think through the tension of fear and desire. Chapter Two shifts to look at the outer environments and the way in which the danger and fear are mediated by solitude, weaving, reflections, and the expectation of piety.

North Of The Red Sea, Christopher T. Gallagher-Bartlett

Senior Projects Fall 2023

With immense pride, I present a collection of ten songs woven from the threads of my musical influences, personal wisdom, and artistic explorations, guided by the invaluable mentorship of Franz Nicolay.

This journey began long before the formal recording during my senior year at Bard. A visceral vision resonated within me, the melodies echoing in the depths of my mind. However, the path wasn't devoid of hurdles. Intense imposter syndrome, and self-doubt in its various forms, forced me to re-evaluate my direction. In many ways, separating myself from the work became the key to uncovering the most authentic approaches.

Through …

Thresholds, Shannon Anne O'Neill

Senior Projects Fall 2023

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