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The Godshard's Word, Ari Mackoff

Senior Projects Spring 2022

A kabbalistic, speculative novella that loosely reimagines the biblical Jonah story, set in the mid-1500s in a world with an alternate gender framework. Explores concepts of Jewish textuality and canonizing, and the pushback against the divine call that characterizes certain Tanakhic figures.

The Show Must Go On: New York Diy As Cultural Practice In The Changing City, Danni Slawinski

Senior Projects Spring 2022

The New York DIY scene is situated in a long history of social, political, and musical movements across the nation. Coming from this tradition of “do it yourself” politics, this community has adapted over the years to combat the forces of gentrification and capitalism which constantly threaten DIY music scenes. Over the last two years, this community has faced one of the most unexpected challenges to the continuation of the scene; The COVID-19 pandemic. In this ethnographically inflected analysis of the New York City DIY scene, I will be looking at the ways in which this musical community has been …

The Things We Tell Each Other, Aj Lapierre

Senior Projects Spring 2022

The Things We Tell Each Other is a memoir about a young woman trying to figure out what happened to her as a baby and the truth behind all the secrets. There are different perspectives from different family members explaining what happened to her, but every perspective is a different story and the doctors don't have the real answer. Will she be able to find the truth or will she find her own truth?

“A Certain Brauch:” German-Georgian Palatine And Rhenish Immigrant Houses In Columbia County, New York And Their Vernacular Architectural Roots, Andrew J. Roberge

Senior Projects Spring 2022

In this archaeological and architectural survey of 18th Century Palatine and Rhenish immigrant houses in New York's Hudson Valley, specifically in Columbia County, I track the development of three houses from their earliest vernacular forms to those touched by the Georgian influence. The Georgian worldview, stemming from European Enlightenment ideals, began permeating colonial American society in the 18th Century. It's influence first began to touch the wealthy and elite most connected with mother Europe, and then trickled into more common society. I chronicle and analyze Germantown, NY's Reformed Sanctity Church Parsonage, Germantown, NY's Simeon Rockefeller House, and Clermont, NY's "Stone …

A Dazzling Détente: Exploring The Cultural Facets Of The Kennedys’ 1961 Visit To Paris And The Instrumental Role Of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy, Maxwell Riley Toth

Senior Projects Spring 2022

This project is an exploration into John and Jackie Kennedy’s 1961 trip to Paris, France, only four months after the former was inaugurated as the 35th President of the United States. In discussing this state visit, scholars often analyze it through a political lens—specifically, the gravity of the issues a novice President Kennedy (1917–1963) and an avuncular President de Gaulle (1890–1969) discussed tête-à-tête, and the visit’s role as a stepping stone to Kennedy’s weighty conversation with Nikita Khrushchev in Vienna days later. Yet, outside of the conference room at the Élysée, cultural moments and gestures throughout the sojourn offer insights …

Writing A Play, Creating A World: The Stars Come Out At Night, Emily Helene Kaufman-Bell

Senior Projects Spring 2022

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

Centripetal, Hannah Rugh Nichols

Senior Projects Spring 2022

Born and raised in Seattle Washington in the Pacific Northwest, I have always had a deep appreciation for the outdoors. This love of the natural landscape has been cultivated and encouraged by my family over the years as I have grown up and explored further and further away from home.

My 35mm black and white photographic work explores distance and intimacy, both physical and emotional. I am drawn to the vastness of the Colorado mountains, the light on the back of my sister’s hair, small faraway figures hidden in the Paris landscape, and the tiny hairs on a cactus plant. …

After The Curtain Call: Reading Theatricality In Contemporary Fiction, Laila Rose Perlman

Senior Projects Spring 2022

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

An Artist, Now, Laila Rose Perlman

Senior Projects Spring 2022

Senior Project submitted to The Division of Arts of Bard College

Give To You/Fill My Cup, Madeline Damon Roisin Moneypenny

Senior Projects Spring 2022

At the core of my project is the assertion that the human voice functions as an instrument. During my time at Bard, my musical practice revolved around an exploration and desire to use singing as texture, as a solo instrument, and as storytelling. I wanted to challenge what it means to be a singer in a band setting, a setting that often illuminates gender in startling ways that limit the creativity and confidence of non-male players. Through this concert series, I wanted to show the singer as a player, an artist, and as integral to the work.

I composed 14 …

8th Grade, Charvez Leon Johnson

Senior Projects Spring 2022

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

Taking Jazz Singers Seriously: Gender, Race, And Vocal Improvisation, Lauren Anne Ceres

Senior Projects Spring 2022

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

Feminine Monstrosity: Medusa Through The Ages, Meredith Kate Wolkom

Senior Projects Spring 2022

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

Sisterhood: : Locating The Photography Of Carrie Mae Weems, Latoya Ruby Frazier, And Deana Lawson Within A Rhizome Of Black Feminist Discourse, Taylor Fama Ndiaye

Senior Projects Spring 2022

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

The Barbed Wire Boy, Laurent Alexander Brodie

Senior Projects Spring 2022

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

Do Androids Dream Of Improvisation?, Aidan J. Samp

Senior Projects Spring 2022

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

Tender Inoculations, Eli Nicolaus Bickford

Senior Projects Spring 2022

Tender Inoculations is an inquiry into the way that radical tenderness is a methodology for decolonization

A Wound, A Residue, Nicole Dolores Schemansky

Senior Projects Spring 2022

Senior Project submitted to The Division of Arts of Bard College

Decentered, Together, Alone: Thinking The Virtual World With Heidegger’S Being And Time, Margaux Juliette Suinat

Senior Projects Spring 2022

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

Eleguá Exits, Laughing: Revolution, Play, And Trickster Worship, Zoe Elizabeth Oro-Hahn

Senior Projects Spring 2022

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

Eleguá, the trickster god of Santería, shows up across religious divides, throughout communities of minorities in the Southern United States and the Caribbean– this project attempts to chase him through myth and literature, to find where he shows up, and look at how he inspires those in his religions into revolutions and revolts.

Near The Gem, Yimiao Zhang

Senior Projects Spring 2022

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

Persistence, Sacrifice, And Resistance: Life In Occupied Palestine In Three Films By Hany Abu-Assad, Hudson Hart Hooton

Senior Projects Spring 2022

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

Y Seguimos Volando, Gabriela Sabogal

Senior Projects Spring 2022

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

Harmony In Memory: A Program To Help Harmonize A Classical Melody, Alexander E. Levinson

Senior Projects Spring 2022

Senior Project submitted to The Division of Science, Mathematics and Computing of Bard College.

The Representations Of Parental Relationships In Zoraida Córdova's Novel: The Inheritance Of Orquídea Divina, Leslie Aurora Calle

Senior Projects Spring 2022

The representations of parental relationships in Zoraida Córdova's novel: The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina, makes the main characters of the novel as complex, multidimensional, emotional, and independent.

Nipples Are Magic, Ogechi V. Egonu

Senior Projects Spring 2022

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

Eyes On The Street: Racialized Bodies And Surveillance In Urban Space, Hana Parker Soule

Senior Projects Spring 2022

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

A Night On Broadway: A Senior Project Piano Recital, Jonja Leon Danh Merck

Senior Projects Spring 2022

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

The Wind Still Blows, Sophie Ellen Kautenburger

Senior Projects Spring 2022

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

Not Or But And: Tusán Identity In 1920s Chinese-Peruvian Poetry, Zachary Young

Senior Projects Spring 2022

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