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FILM IN THE HOUSE OF THE WORD, vol. v Featuring Nathaniel Mackey + Christopher Harris Hull Avenue Studios - Durham, NC Saturday March 23 @ 8:00pm A heavyweight convergence of words and images. Acclaimed poet and National Book Award winner Nathaniel Mackey and celebrated experimental filmmaker Christopher Harris will team up for the March installment of Film In The House Of The Word. The event will take place on Saturday March 23rd at 8:00pm at Hull Avenue Studios (1515 Hull Ave. Durham, NC) on Duke University's central campus. The event is free and open to the public with abundant free parking. FILM IN THE HOUSE OF THE WORD is a monthly celebration of experimental poetry and film, pairing up local artists with other regional and national figures. It is curated by Duke students Laura Jaramillo (PhD Literature) and Joel Wanek (MFA Experimental + Documentary Arts). NATHANIEL MACKEY has written numerous books of poetry including Nod House (New Directions, 2011); Splay Anthem (2006), which won the 2006 National Book Award in Poetry; Whatsaid Serif (1998); Eroding Witness (1985), which was selected for the National Poetry Series. He is also the author of an ongoing prose work, From A Broken Bottle Traces of Perfume Still Emanate, of which four volumes have been published: Bass Cathedral (New Directions, 2008), Atet A. D. (2001), Djbot Baghostus's Run (1993), and Bedouin Hornbook (1986). Mackey has received numerous awards including a Whiting Writer’s Award and a 2010 Guggenheim fellowship. He is the Reynolds Price Professor of English at Duke University and served as a Chancellor of the Academy of American Poets from 2001 to 2007. Mackey currently lives in Durham, North Carolina. CHRISTOPHER HARRIS' award-winning experimental films include a long take look at a post-industrial urban landscape, an optically printed and hand-processed film about black outlaws, a pinhole film about the cosmic consequences of the sun’s collapse, a macro lens close up of a child’s nightlight and a double projection film about a theme park performance of Christ’s Passion. His work has screened at festivals, museums and cinematheques throughout North America and Europe including the International Film Festival Rotterdam (2005, 2008, 2010), the VIENNALE-Vienna International Film Festival, the Edinburgh International Film Festival, the Leeds International Film Festival, the San Francisco Cinematheque and Rencontres Internationales Paris among others. His most recent film 28.IV.81 (Descending Figures) was named one of "The Best of 2011 in Avant-Garde Film" by IndieWIRE and his films are the subject of the Cinema Scope magazine article “Between Two Eyes: Four Emergent Avant-Garde Film/Videomakers for the New Decade.” He is currently an Associate Professor in the School of Visual Arts and Design at the University of Central Florida in Orlando. www.joelwanek.com
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