Communities Raf Kelman '09

Established a Flu Id Entity

"I'm interested in using art as a tool in social sciences, as an experimental tool in engaging people and learning things about them. It would also get these people to consider things about themselves. Art that encourages or even forces participation is where my interests lie." -- Raf Kelman

Raf Kelman graduated from Marlboro in the spring of 2009 with a B.A. in Visual Art and Religion, a Plan of Concentration that investigated the practice of art and the performance of folly in relation to culture and society, and -- for good measure -- first place in the MacArthur Prize contest.

The Robert H. MacArthur Prize was established in 1973 in memory of Robert MacArthur, Class of 1951, and recently rededicated to Robert and also to John and to John and Robert's Parents, John and Olive MacArthur, who founded the science program at Marlboro College. The contest for the prize is in the form of a question or challenge offered to the entire student community. This year's theme was "Fluidity," for which Raf created the following video.

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