Artist-in-Residence Blog: He Fled to Boston, For Freedom
It has been a little over a year since I began roaming historic Mount Auburn Cemetery with video cameras, still cameras and digital audio recorders, looking for compelling stories about some of the people interred here since 1831. Most of … Continue reading
Artist-in-Residence Blog: Harvard Hill
October 30, 2014. In Mount Auburn Cemetery, at the plot known as Harvard Hill, just after sunrise on a windy day, the autumn leaves rush and weave among the monuments, float gently down to the ground, and collect atop the … Continue reading
Artist-in-Residence Blog: The Book
July 17, 2014 I prefer not to have other people around when I’m filming, photographing, or recording sound in the Cemetery. Somehow, having anyone else nearby puts a cork in my bottle of creativity. Against my better judgment, I agree … Continue reading
Artist-in-Residence Blog: Lessons at 5:20 AM
May 11, 2014 The word went out among birders that the migratory songbirds were due for a station stop at Mount Auburn Cemetery this morning, Mother’s Day, 2014. In a meeting at the Cemetery on Friday, I was warned that … Continue reading