From: Ed Halter (email suppressed)
Date: Thu Oct 01 2009 - 14:49:23 PDT
*WEEKEND OF EVENTS IN HONOR OF INTERNATIONALLY
RENOWNED FILMMAKER ROBERT GARDNER
OCTOBER 22–25*
* Robert Gardner to Receive Honorary Degree from **Bard College
Bard College will host a weekend honoring the life and work of
internationally renowned filmmaker *Robert Gardner*. Best known for his
extensive work in the field of nonfiction filmmaking, Gardner will
receive an honorary degree from Bard College in recognition of his
achievements.
“Gardner’s camera scans with precision and feels with sympathy: the
objectivity of an anthropologist, the fraternity of a poet,” says
Octavio Paz. Bard College’s weekend celebration will include screenings
of several Gardner films introduced by Bard faculty members, a
photography exhibit, panel discussion, book signing and conversation
with the filmmaker, film presentation, and the conferral of Gardner’s
honorary degree.
All events are *free and open to the public *and take place in the *Jim
Ottaway Jr. Film Center*.
* SCHEDULE OF EVENTS*
**
*Thursday, October 22–25
*
/An Exhibition of Photographs 1960–1990///
Gallery hours:
Thursday, October 22 through Sunday, October 25
10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
*Friday October 23*
7:00 p.m.
Screening /Forest of Bliss/, 1985
Introduced by Laura Kunreuther, assistant professor of anthropology
//
*Saturday October 24*
1:00 p.m.
Screening /Dead Birds/, 1964
Introduced by John Pruitt, associate professor of film and electronic arts
3:00 p.m.
Screening /Rivers of Sand/, 1974
Introduced by Peggy Ahwesh, professor of film and electronic arts
5:00 p.m.
Reception for photography exhibition, book signing, and conversation
with Robert Gardner and Susan Meiselas
*Sunday, October 25*
12:00 p.m.
Film presentation /Fragments From Unfinished Films/, Robert Gardner
2:00 p.m.
Panel discussion with Stanley Cavell, Susan Meiselas, Luc Sante, and
Charles Warren; moderated by Ian Buruma
4:00 p.m.
Presentation of the honorary degree of doctor of fine arts
# # #
--
E L E A N O R D A V I S
Public Relations Associate
Bard College
PO Box 5000
Annandale-on-Hudson, NY 12504-5000
T: 845.758.7512
F: 845-758-7411
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*WEEKEND OF EVENTS IN HONOR OF INTERNATIONALLY
RENOWNED FILMMAKER ROBERT GARDNER
OCTOBER 22–25*
* Robert Gardner to Receive Honorary Degree from **Bard **Colleg*e
Bard College will host a weekend honoring the life and work of
internationally renowned filmmaker *Robert Gardner*. Best known for his
extensive work in the field of nonfiction filmmaking, Gardner will receive
an honorary degree from Bard College in recognition of his achievements.
“Gardner’s camera scans with precision and feels with sympathy: the
objectivity of an anthropologist, the fraternity of a poet,” says Octavio
Paz. Bard College’s weekend celebration will include screenings of several
Gardner films introduced by Bard faculty members, a photography exhibit,
panel discussion, book signing and conversation with the filmmaker, film
presentation, and the conferral of Gardner’s honorary degree.
All events are *free and open to the public *and take place in the *Jim
Ottaway Jr. Film Center*.
* SCHEDULE OF EVENTS*
**
*Thursday, October 22–25
*
*An Exhibition of Photographs 1960–1990***
Gallery hours:
Thursday, October 22 through Sunday, October 25
10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
*Friday October 23*
7:00 p.m.
Screening *Forest of Bliss*, 1985
Introduced by Laura Kunreuther, assistant professor of anthropology
**
*Saturday October 24*
1:00 p.m.
Screening *Dead Birds*, 1964
Introduced by John Pruitt, associate professor of film and electronic arts
3:00 p.m.
Screening *Rivers of Sand*, 1974
Introduced by Peggy Ahwesh, professor of film and electronic arts
5:00 p.m.
Reception for photography exhibition, book signing, and conversation with
Robert Gardner and Susan Meiselas
*Sunday, October 25*
12:00 p.m.
Film presentation *Fragments From Unfinished Films*, Robert Gardner
2:00 p.m.
Panel discussion with Stanley Cavell, Susan Meiselas, Luc Sante, and Charles
Warren; moderated by Ian Buruma
4:00 p.m.
Presentation of the honorary degree of doctor of fine arts
# # #
--
E L E A N O R D A V I S
Public Relations Associate
Bard College
PO Box 5000
Annandale-on-Hudson, NY 12504-5000
T: 845.758.7512
F: email suppressed
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