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EXHIBITION - ABBIE REESE

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Erased from the Landscape. The Poor Clare Colettine nuns in the Corpus Christi Monastery rarely leave the fourteen-acre gated campus and the 25,000 square foot enclosed monastery; doctors make house calls and the nuns vote by absentee ballot. When a nun dies, she is buried in the enclosed premises with a tombstone listing her religious name (not her birth name) and her death date (not her birthdate) to signify the start of eternal life. This program is partially supported by a grant from the.

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SPEAKING - ABBIE REESE

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And a Visual Dialogue. A long-term engagement with any community, let alone an insular subculture that seeks anonymity, hinges upon trust and negotiations. Fundamental to this project (with members of one of the strictest religious orders in existence) has been respect for the cloistered contemplative nuns and their values. Speaking to audiences at universities and academic conferences, at libraries and literary festivals about her process, philosophy, and methodologies, Abbie plays a. Reese's photograph...

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ABBIE REESE - HOME

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Work-in-progress: Chosen (Custody of the Eyes). Chosen (Custody of the Eyes). Is a feature-length film-in-progress. Set within the highly insular realm of the Corpus Christi Monastery,. Will tell the story, through self-scrutinizing video recordings, of a twenty-eight-year-old former blogger and painter confronting what she believes is her calling: Becoming a cloistered contemplative nun. Of the collaborative ethnographic and documentary film is underway. Announcing its support,. Read a review of.

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BIO - ABBIE REESE

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Abbie Reese is an independent scholar and interdisciplinary artist. In her relationship- and research-based practice, she utilizes a hybrid of oral history, documentary, and ethnographic methodologies to explore individual and cultural identity the construction of identity and the performance of social roles. She has been particularly interested in primary oral cultures and enclosed communities. Abbie is author of. Dedicated to God: An Oral History of Cloistered Nuns. Oxford University Press, 2014).

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FILM-IN-PROGRESS - ABBIE REESE

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Chosen (Custody of the Eyes). Is a collaborative documentary film in-progress that will form a portrait, through self-scrutinizing video footage, of a twenty-seven-year-old former blogger and painter evolving into her new identity as a member of an enclosed community – one of the strictest religious orders in existence. “Heather” (a pseudonym she selected to reflect the Poor Clare Colettine pursuit of hiddenness and anonymity) is in the. Subscribe to receive updates. All of the footage is collected.

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BOOK | REVIEWS - ABBIE REESE

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Poor Clare Colettine nuns make vows of poverty, chastity, obedience, and enclosure. They observe monastic silence and seek hiddenness. From interviews starting in 2005,. Dedicated to God: An Oral History of Cloistered Nuns. To read a review of. Dedicated to God: An Oral History of Cloistered Nuns. In the Page-Turner section of. OXFORD ORAL HISTORY SERIES. The Diocese of Rockford's newspaper,. One Diocese, One Book. Dedicated to God: An Oral History of Cloistered Nuns. SELECT ARTICLES AND INTERVIEWS.

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Thanks! -  Erased from the Landscape

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Erased from the Landscape. THE HIDDEN LIVES OF CLOISTERED NUNS. A TRAVELING MULTIMEDIA EXHIBITION BY ABBIE REESE. This ongoing endeavor, which started when I first sat down with Mother. In 2005, is only possible because the Poor Clare Colettine nuns in. Illinois allowed me to enter their world. Because of them, I have. Been "changed for good" and "for the better." I am grateful for their trust,. Their humor, their authenticity, and their vulnerability. Abbie. This program is partially supported by a grant.

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Bio -  Erased from the Landscape

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Erased from the Landscape. THE HIDDEN LIVES OF CLOISTERED NUNS. A TRAVELING MULTIMEDIA EXHIBITION BY ABBIE REESE. Abbie is author of. Dedicated to God: An Oral History of Cloistered Nuns. Oxford University Press, 2014) and director/producer of the collaborative documentary film in-progress,. Chosen (Custody of the Eyes). She received a Master of Fine Arts degree in visual arts from the University of Chicago (2013) and she was a Fellow at Columbia University’s Oral History Research Office Summer Ins...

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Gallery -  Erased from the Landscape

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Erased from the Landscape. THE HIDDEN LIVES OF CLOISTERED NUNS. A TRAVELING MULTIMEDIA EXHIBITION BY ABBIE REESE. The exhibition consists of 40 digital C-print photographs framed in black wood with acid-free mats and conservation reflection control glass. Eighteen photographs are 12x18-inch prints in 18x24-inch frames; twenty-two are 16x24-inch prints in 24x30-inch frames. The exhibition is accompanied by an album –– forty tracks created from the oral history interviews.