For all Rock Fish Stew and Bull City Summer fans who happen to be in New York this Thursday, June 12, RFS collaborator and BCS photographer Kate Joyce has a solo show opening at the Rick Wester Fine Art (526 W. 26th Street, Suite 417, Chelsea). Showtime is 6-8pm, during which Kate will give a […]
Wordless & Jonny Greenwood
Nine weeks after imbedding in Big Ears, we’re beginning to make some sense of the documentary material we brought home. Here’s one glimpse. In our 50-minute interview with Jonny Greenwood, he said: I think most people’s record collections, or MP3 collections, are more varied than they ever were. But, then, maybe it’s always been like that, […]
Bull City Summer on Display at ATC
The American Tobacco Campus has a special exhibit of Bull City Summer material, including works by Alex Harris, Frank Hunter, Kate Joyce, Adam Sobsey, Leah Sobsey, Alec Soth, Jeff Whetstone, Hank Willis Thomas, Hiroshi Watanabe, and Ivan Weiss. This is the only venue in Durham to see this material, and it will last through August. The […]
The Story of “John Coltrane: A Biography”
In 1975, Dr. Cuthbert Ormond Simpkins published a biography of John Coltrane. The story of Simpkins and his book is worthy of the subject he so passionately wrote about. RFS’ own Sam Stephenson delves into this subject in “An Absolute Truth: On Writing a Life of Coltrane” in The Paris Review Daily.
Bull City Summer Opens at CAM
Bull City Summer had a fantastic opening last night at CAM Raleigh. Major thanks to Marjorie Hodges, Gab Smith, Jeff Bell and the whole CAM staff. The exhibit features work by Alex Harris, Frank Hunter, Kate Joyce, Elizabeth Matheson, Adam Sobsey, Leah Sobsey, Alec Soth, Tim Telkamp, Hank Willis Thomas, Hiroshi Watanabe, Ivan Weiss, and Jeff Whetstone. […]
Snapshots from Big Ears
We returned from Big Ears in Knoxville on April 1 and have been distracted by various things (preparations for various new Bull City Summer outcomes including our book publication, the second BCS exhibition opening at CAM Raleigh on May 22, and finishing a feature documentary film on BCS, to name three). Now we’re starting the process […]
Rock Fish Stew Seeks Summer Interns
RFS seeks two self-starting interns for the summer months of 2014. Interns will help support current documentary projects, help manage the website and social media, contribute ideas and material, research and help write grants, transcribe interviews, and participate on a Kickstarter campaign. An interest in literature, film, and/or other creative endeavors is a plus. Video, […]
Big Ears 2014: The Song Is Over…
We had a fantastic time documenting Big Ears 2014! Huge thanks to Knoxville, @BigEarsFestival and everyone who made our stay remarkable. As we organize and take stock of all the materials collected over the weekend, we’re putting up photos you all contributed via #bigearsdoc. If you have anything else you’d like to contribute – photos, […]
The Big Premiere
Last night I premiered The Education of Ida Owens — about the first African-American woman to receive a Ph.D from Duke University — at the Nasher Museum in Durham. The Duke Graduate School really stepped up to the plate. It was a lovely event, thanks to Dean Paula D. McClain, Sondra Ponzi, and above all […]
Slate: Capturing the Quiet Beauty of Baseball
Jordan Teicher gets it really right in this article in Slate magazine. It features images from Alex Harris, Frank Hunter, Kate Joyce, Alec Soth, Leah Sobsey, and Hiroshi Watanabe.