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Entries from April 2009

Slugs in the Ice House

April 25th, 2009 · No Comments

My friend Shailoh Phillips made this beautiful film - though she prefers the term audio visual poem - for Studio 1824 a few weeks back. You can read more about the project, or just enjoy the poem.

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I Work at Eyebeam

April 1st, 2009 · No Comments

Eyebeam just launched their new and super awesome website today.  (Please read that hyperlink in the appropriate snotty, 80’s kid tone of voice.)  As part of the re-launch, I’m now on the Staff page, with my rabbit ear photo and my new (and super awesome?) bio:
Drayton Hiers is a writer, director and designer fascinated by [...]

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Grad School Rejection Tweets on The Daily Beast

April 1st, 2009 · No Comments

A few weeks ago, I Twittered the following:
Something strange has happened.  Being rejected by Yale has made me feel better about myself, rather than worse.  I can’t explain this.
Which is actually true.  In some ways, applying to graduate school is like going to the Olympics.  Some people win the gold medal, and other are just [...]

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