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Toni Morrison’s Artistry Drives Faculty Film, ‘The Foreigner’s Home’
Amanda Nagy
Documentary raises candid and timely questions about what it means to be a foreigner.
Famed Acoustician Albert Xu and Musical Artist Mimi Xu Explore Sound at Oberlin Nov. 2 and 3
By Erich Burnett
The art and science of sound rests at the heart of Albert Xu and daughter Mimi Xu, who have forged dynamic careers exploring very different avenues of the same phenomenon.
Around the World with a Watson Fellowship
Amanda Nagy
May 2017 graduates Kirk Pearson (on right) will explore invented instruments, while Paulus Van Horne will study the effects of noise in megacities.
Memory_Archive Explores Digital Identity
Hillary Hempstead
In his senior composition recital, fifth-year Kirk Pearson attempts to explain what would happen if the characteristics of the digital world started to permeate our physical lives.
Audio Postcard: Inside the Foley Sound Studio
Communications Staff
A binaural audio interview with Kyle Hartzell, a Foley sound effects artist.
Cinema Studies Faculty Make Documentary on Toni Morrison
Communications Staff
College receives $350K in combined grants to complete production of The Foreigner's Home, a feature-length film on the intellectual and artistic vision of Nobel Laureate Toni Morrison.
Behind the Scenes
Kasey Cheydleur
Maya Mariner ’15 is exploring the world behind the camera as a production assistant for the satirical publication The Onion.
Ties to “Forever Professor”
Lisa Gulasy
A short documentary premiering at the Cleveland International Film Festival was created with help of current students, alums, and others with ties to the college.
Life in Technicolor
Rosalind Black
Cinema studies major Alexis Gee ’14 sets off on her path to becoming a film editor with a client services position at the post-production company Technicolor-Postworks New York.