Film and Electronic Arts

Critical thinking and creative work go hand in hand in the Film and Electronic Arts Program, which integrates a wide variety of creative practices with the study of history and criticism of the medium.

Jacqueline Goss, Professor of Film and Electronic Arts. Photo by Pete Mauney ’93 MFA ’00

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All production majors take required courses in film history while pursuing filmmaking. A student writing a Senior Project in the history of film or video will have taken one or two production workshops.

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Areas of Study

The program encourages interest in a wide range of expressive modes in film and electronic arts. These include animation, narrative and non-narrative filmmaking, documentary, performance, and installation practices. Regardless of a student’s choice of specialization, the program’s emphasis leans toward neither fixed professional formulas nor mere technical expertise, but rather toward imaginative engagement and the cultivation of an individual voice that has command over the entire creative process. For example, a student interested in narrative filmmaking would be expected to write an original script, shoot it, and then edit the film into its final form. Students are also expected to take advantage of Bard’s liberal arts curriculum by studying subjects that relate to their specialties.

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Three Bard Faculty Pen Reviews for May 2022 Edition of Artforum

Edith C. Blum Professor of Art History Susan Aberth, Critic in Residence Ed Halter, and Assistant Professor of Art History and Visual Culture Alex Kitnick were published in the May 2022 edition of Artforum. Aberth reviewed Supernatural America: The Paranormal in American Art, on display now at the Minneapolis Institute of Art, and Kitnick reviewed Lifes, on view at the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles, while Halter examined the work of the Otolith Group more broadly.

New Red Order, the Indigenous Art Collective Cofounded by Bard Alumni Adam Khalil ’11 and Zack Khalil ’14, Will Both Curate and Produce Work for Counterpublic Triennial

Bard alumni Adam Khalil ’11 and Zack Khalil ’14, cofounders of the Indigenous art collective New Red Order, worked with Counterpublic on their upcoming triennial, which will run May 15 to August 15, 2023, “pulling double duty as both participating artists and curators,” writes Taylor Dafoe for Artnet. The triennial will be installed along a six-mile stretch of Jefferson Avenue in St. Louis, Missouri. Alumna Diya Vij ’08 will also curate the exhibition.

Bard Professor Sky Hopinka Honored with International Center of Photography 2022 Infinity Award in Art

The International Center of Photography (ICP) has honored Sky Hopinka, assistant professor of film and electronic arts, with a 2022 Infinity Award in Art. “This year, we honor artists whose bodies of work focus on environmental justice, climate change, conservation, and related environmental issues—among the most critical concerns of our time. We are proud to acknowledge the winners not only for their work, but for their contributions to conversations furthering images and imagemaking as forms of empowerment and catalysts for social change,” said David E. Little, executive director of ICP.

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