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RISD’s Movement Lab Spurs Students to Create Site-Specific Projections

Offered through the Film/Animation/Video department, the course explored the role of movement in public projections that breathe new life into the built environment. 

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RISD Grants Support Artists and Designers Working in the Arena of Forced Displacement

Faculty members Sara Jordenö and Pouya Ahmadi and alum Nina Martinez view forced migration through unique lenses and present radical and creative interventions.

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Brown|RISD Dual Degree Students Share Multidisciplinary Capstone Projects

At a well-attended May presentation, Class of 2024 dual degree students discussed their challenging, five-year journeys.

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Graduating RISD Film/Animation/Video Students Show Compelling Final Films

A mix of animated and live-action shorts that premiered in the RISD Auditorium last weekend will be livestreamed on YouTube.

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Wavespace

From a Google collaboration to a show in Saudi Arabia, Lachlan Turczan shapes light with water.

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RISD Animation Students Explore Stasis, Motion and the Illusion of Movement

The experimental Film/Animation/Video course was co-designed by pixilation virtuosos Bryan Parcival and Ülo Pikkov.

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TEDxRISD Amplifies Student, Alumni and Faculty Voices

Six speakers delivered compelling talks at the second annual student-led event.

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RISD’s Movement Lab Introduces Students to Puppeteering in Wintersession Studio

Offered through the Film/Animation/Video department, the course was developed by visiting puppeteer Andrew Murdock.

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Film and Sculpture Converge in Cross-Disciplinary RISD Studio

Students in a fall course called Reorientations are challenging conventional approaches to theatrical set design and creating immersive cinematic experiences.