Sponsor
Cinematic Arts
Co-Sponsor(s)
Art, Art History & Visual Studies; Center for Documentary Studies (CDS); Experimental Film Lab
Screen/Society--"Tonsler Park" (Kevin Jerome Everson, 2017)
Speaker(s): Introduced by Prof. Elizabeth Webb (Duke Center for Documentary Studies); Q&A to follow with director Kevin Jerome Everson, moderated by Prof. Zakiyyah Jackson (Literature)
Join Screen/Society for a special community screening at NorthStar Church of the Arts:
TONSLER PARK
(Kevin Jerome Everson, 2017, 80 min, USA, B&W, 16mm transferred to digital)
"November 8, 2016. Charlottesville, Virginia. At voting precincts around the city, everyday citizens exercise their right to vote. Filmmaker Kevin Jerome Everson sets his camera in the center of these spaces, observing the civic process as it unfolds. Shot on 16mm black-and-white film, TONSLER PARK immerses us in the routine operations and casual exchanges between participants. Focusing on mostly Black civil servants, we see workers at tables check voters in and share simple instructions. Constituents come and go. Sound originates from sources around the room, but the camera stays still, meditating on the people before it-even as other figures cross in front of the lens, the camera's tight focus remains. This tirelessly observed and accumulative portrait encourages reflection as it documents in detail what would ultimately be a historic day for the United States, moving us to consider the democratic process, who it serves and who it marginalizes." - Sadie Tillery, Full Frame Documentary Film Festival
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Kevin Jerome Everson (b. 1965 Mansfield, OH, lives and works in Charlottesville, VA) is the Commonwealth and Ruffin Foundation Distinguished Professor of Studio Art and Director of Studio Arts at University of Virginia. Everson's art practice encompasses printmaking, sculpture, photography and film, including 13 features and over 300 solo & collaborative shorts. He is the recipient of the Guggenheim Fellowship, Berlin Prize, Heinz Award, Alpert Award, & Rome Prize, & grants and commissions from Ford Foundation, Knight Foundation & Creative Capital among others.
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Sponsored by Mary Duke Biddle Trent Semans Foundation and NorthStar Church of the Arts. [Photo credit: ©Kevin Jerome Everson; courtesy the artist; trilobite-arts DAC; Picture Palace Pictures]
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Screen/Society screenings are free and open to the public.
https://cinematicarts.duke.edu/covid-19-information
Parking Info: https://artscenter.duke.edu/parking
TONSLER PARK
(Kevin Jerome Everson, 2017, 80 min, USA, B&W, 16mm transferred to digital)
"November 8, 2016. Charlottesville, Virginia. At voting precincts around the city, everyday citizens exercise their right to vote. Filmmaker Kevin Jerome Everson sets his camera in the center of these spaces, observing the civic process as it unfolds. Shot on 16mm black-and-white film, TONSLER PARK immerses us in the routine operations and casual exchanges between participants. Focusing on mostly Black civil servants, we see workers at tables check voters in and share simple instructions. Constituents come and go. Sound originates from sources around the room, but the camera stays still, meditating on the people before it-even as other figures cross in front of the lens, the camera's tight focus remains. This tirelessly observed and accumulative portrait encourages reflection as it documents in detail what would ultimately be a historic day for the United States, moving us to consider the democratic process, who it serves and who it marginalizes." - Sadie Tillery, Full Frame Documentary Film Festival
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Kevin Jerome Everson (b. 1965 Mansfield, OH, lives and works in Charlottesville, VA) is the Commonwealth and Ruffin Foundation Distinguished Professor of Studio Art and Director of Studio Arts at University of Virginia. Everson's art practice encompasses printmaking, sculpture, photography and film, including 13 features and over 300 solo & collaborative shorts. He is the recipient of the Guggenheim Fellowship, Berlin Prize, Heinz Award, Alpert Award, & Rome Prize, & grants and commissions from Ford Foundation, Knight Foundation & Creative Capital among others.
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Sponsored by Mary Duke Biddle Trent Semans Foundation and NorthStar Church of the Arts. [Photo credit: ©Kevin Jerome Everson; courtesy the artist; trilobite-arts DAC; Picture Palace Pictures]
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Screen/Society screenings are free and open to the public.
https://cinematicarts.duke.edu/covid-19-information
Parking Info: https://artscenter.duke.edu/parking
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