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Events for Friday, October 23, 2020
Gathering Clouds: Photographs from the Nineteenth Century and Today
From photography’s beginnings, clouds had been central to aesthetic and technological debates in photographic circles. Moreover, they featured in discussions about the nature of the medium itself.
James Welling: Choreograph
James Welling’s recent body of work integrates several strands of his artistic exploration over the past forty years.
Detail: Kota Ezawa
In his body of work The History of Photography Remix, artist Kota Ezawa created digital drawings of iconic photographs, family snapshots, and other images flooding contemporary life.
ONLINE—Spirit Photography: History and Creation
Nineteenth-century spirit photographs continue to delight and amuse us. But why and now were these photographs made? Historic Process Specialist Nick Brandreth and Associate Curator Heather A. Shannon use objects in the museum's collection to dive into these questions.
ONLINE—Once Upon a River
Virtual Dryden Theatre | Streaming Online. This stunning debut from director Haroula Rose is a 1970s-set rural noir with a female protagonist. 15-year-old Margo Crane lives with her father along a river in Michigan. Her mother left over a year ago, and her father has taught her to live off the land and the water while he works at staying sober for her sake.