{"id":3326,"date":"2012-05-29T13:07:11","date_gmt":"2012-05-29T18:07:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/college.web.unc.edu\/?p=3326"},"modified":"2024-07-02T13:29:48","modified_gmt":"2024-07-02T13:29:48","slug":"gruffat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/collegearchive.unc.edu\/?p=3326","title":{"rendered":"Art professor\u2019s award-winning film examines two cities: Dubai and Detroit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sabine Gruffat, an assistant professor of art, received the Golden Badger Award at the Wisconsin Film Festival for her film, \u201cI Have Always Been a Dreamer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI Have Always Been A Dreamer\u201d<\/em> is a documentary travelogue and film portrait of two cities: one in an apparently unstoppable state of growth, another in what seems to be a permanent state of decline. Filmed over four years, Gruffat\u2019s documentary juxtaposes Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and Detroit, Michigan, and looks beneath the obvious contrasts and discovers intriguing parallels.<\/p>\n<p>The film serves as a visual documentation of these two cities\u2019 political, cultural and economic changes while tracing the ways each city\u2019s development is tied to technologies of communication, production, labor and consumption.<\/p>\n<p>The film, which had its world premier at the Wisconsin Film Festival, explores the cities\u2019 landscapes through various modes of transport, and includes interviews with local historians, scholars and artists. For upcoming screenings and a film trailer, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/sabinegruffat.com\/Dreamer.html\">http:\/\/sabinegruffat.com\/Dreamer.html<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Gruffat is a digital media artist who received her BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design and her MFA from The School of The Art Institute of Chicago. Her films and videos have screened at festivals worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>For more on her work, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sabinegruffat.com\/\">http:\/\/www.sabinegruffat.com\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sabine Gruffat, an assistant professor of art, received the Golden Badger Award at the Wisconsin Film Festival for her film, \u201cI Have Always Been a Dreamer.\u201d \u201cI Have Always Been A Dreamer\u201d is a documentary travelogue and film portrait of two cities: one in an apparently unstoppable state of growth, another in what seems to 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