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Renga

Plot: “Renga is a linked-verse form of Japanese poetry that, though still practiced today, reached its peak between the 13th and 16th centuries. It is characterized by being a group composition, typically in the presence of judges and an audience, with poets rapidly contributing stanzas such that each new stanza addresses only the previous stanza; there is no overarching plot development, and the overall structure is a chain, not a conventional, linear narrative… In 1989, I had the great privilege to be involved in a film renga that was produced in the graduate film seminar led by Nathaniel Dorsky at the San Francisco Art Institute
Release Date: Sunday, January 1 1988
36 years ago
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Portrait of Nathaniel DorskyNathaniel Dorsky
Nathaniel Dorsky was
46 in Renga
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Fri, Jan 01 1943
Portrait of Dena PennistonDena Penniston
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Portrait of Bud LassiterBud Lassiter
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Portrait of Erik AndersonErik Anderson
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Portrait of Paul BakerPaul Baker
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Portrait of Kurt EasterwoodKurt Easterwood
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Portrait of Kim TempestKim Tempest
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Portrait of Geoffrey LuckGeoffrey Luck
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Portrait of Laura PoitrasLaura Poitras
Laura Poitras was
24 in Renga
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Sun, Feb 02 1964
Portrait of Eric TheiseEric Theise
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Portrait of Alan MukamalAlan Mukamal
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Portrait of John McGeehanJohn McGeehan
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