IMA MFA Winter 2021 Thesis Show

Fri, Jan 22, 5:00 PM – Sun, Jan 24, 11:00 PM |

Online

IMA MFA Winter 2021 Thesis projects was available to watch starting at 5pm on Friday, January 22nd until 11pm Sunday, January 24th.

Congratulations to the graduates on their thoughtful works.

Thesis projects – listed by last name:

In Order to Escort Her
Kim Baglieri
35min
An elder reflects upon past relationships and receives an unusual visit from an old friend.  

U N SE TTLI NG
Cynthia Groya
19min
Reflecting on traumatic life change during shelter-in-place brings the past uncomfortably present

Morkovcha [Korean Carrot Salad]
Lidiya Kan
22min
Morkovcha, Korean Carrot salad, is an invention of ethnic Koreans living in the Far East of the Russian Empire since the late 1800s. This short documentary tells the story of one family’s nearly century-long journey from the Russian Far East to their new home in the United States. 

Our Place: Notes on Love and Longing
Nadia Mohamed
25min
Three meditations on a generous offer.

MacLeod
Tom Seymour
24min
Kevin MacLeod is a film composer who has created over two-thousand songs and offered them free to the world. As a result people use his music in their web content and he has been heard more than the most contemporary pop singers, yet almost no one knows who he is. How can one of the most listened to composers in history be a total mystery? Tom Seymour investigates! Featuring Stephanie Perez (@yeahfoodbeer) John Brennan (Last Drive-in) Lloyd Kaufman (Troma President) and composer Tim Kulig

GigLife.NYC : Blood, Sweat, Tears & Glitter
Erik Bryan Slavin
32min
In New York City there’s a community of artists who have rejected the obvious choices that the world has offered them and pursued a life of performance and glitter, bright lights and fire and sensuality. These performers are extraordinarily compelling. They’re artists with lives crafted to entice and delight our gaze.  GigLife.NYC  invites the viewer, drawn in with the promise of titillating spectacular, to discover the object of their desire is engaged in artistic, romantic, political and economic struggle.

Article 6.21
Tatiana Stolpovskaya
23min
Article 6.21 is a short animated documentary that examines the state of censorship around queerness in Russia today and its effects on personal lives in the queer community.