David "Dave" Gracer '88 (BardCorps)
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Interviewee Role
Alumni/ae/x
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Class Year
1988
Academic Program
Literature; Written Arts
Interviewer
Marna MacGregor '14
Description
Dave came to Bard as a film major but switched to English, focusing on creative writing. He notes the people who were influential to him at Bard, including Peter Sourian and Robert Kelly, and remembers Terence Dewsnap’s Ulysses course as the class that made the largest impression on him as a student. Dave speaks about how he felt at home with the student body, and that Bard was a positive place for him socially. He also took classes in art history and dance and mentions art exhibitions, lectures, and Robins Readings that were important events to him. He elaborates on his thoughts about aesthetics inspired by an experience at a Robbins Reading: “It [aesthetics] makes you feel as though, okay, existence is not random, existence can be made better, and the way you do that is by paying attention and by creating some kind of change because you have a voice; you have agency.”
Keywords
Adolfas Mekas; Bard; The New School for Social Research; Peter Sourian; Robert Kelly; William “Bill” Wilson; Terence Dewsnap; Benjamin LaFarge; Elizabeth Stambler; Oskar Munsterberg; Arthur Aviles, ‘87; Aileen Passloff; William “Bill” Mullen; Blum Gallery; Steve Reich; Jackson Mac Low; Thomas Hart Benton; Ulysses; Al Varady ‘88; Kurt Vonnegut; L&T; Tewksbury; Robbins; Robbins Readings; Wayne Berman ‘87; Gary Mosca ‘87; Facebook; Todd Johnson ‘88; Westchester County, New York
Location
BardCorps Trailer, Main Campus
Interview Date
5-25-2013
Interview Duration
13:25
Recommended Citation
Gracer '88, David "Dave", "David "Dave" Gracer '88 (BardCorps)" (2014). BardCorps -- All Oral Histories. 55.
https://digitalcommons.bard.edu/oral_hist/55
Significant Quote
“I was a reasonably successful student ─ learned a lot, but not all that much of it in class.”