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Mary Emma Harris described how a structure created at this place was called “Supine” after the Venetian blinds used for it collapsed. While at this place, Alex Reed collaborated on “anti-jewelry” from materials like metal washers found at hardware stores. Matière (“maht-YAIR”) exercises at this place led to a series of leaf studies, while Pre-Columbian ruins inspired an artist to paint the Variant/Adobe (-5[1])series here. (-5[1])For (-5[1])a performance at this place, (-5[1])M. C. Richards translated The Ruse of Medusa by Erik Satie. After watching basket makers in Toluca, looped-wire hangings (10[1])were created at this place by Ruth Asawa. (10[2]-5[1])This school (10[1])was the site of Theater Piece No. 1, a happening (10[1])by John Cage, (10[1])and was where its (10[1])founder (10[2])created studies for his series Homage to the Square. (10[1]-5[1])For 10 points, Josef and Anni Albers founded (10[1])what (10[1])experimental liberal arts college (10[2])in North Carolina? (10[5]-5[1])■END■ (10[3]0[3])

ANSWER: Black Mountain College [or BMC; accept Black Mountain, North Carolina; prompt on North Carolina or NC until “North Carolina” is read]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Jem BurchYale BOttawa61-5
Henry CafaroChicago BColumbia A63-5
Urbas EkkaMinnesota BMcGill64-5
Jack RadoColumbia BPenn69-5
Halle FriedmanNYUIllinois8810
Eve FleisigBerkeley ANorthwestern9610
Anuttam RamjiBerkeley BChicago D96-5
Annabelle YangWUSTL AChicago A9610
Mattias EhatammWaterlooIndiana9810
Benjamin McAvoy-BickfordNorth Carolina ATexas10810
Caleb KendrickMarylandBrown11110
Kevin ParkClaremont CollegesDuke11510
Nathan ZhangCornell AStanford11610
Joel MilesMinnesota APurdue11610
Joy AnHarvardCornell B12510
Sinecio MoralesJohns HopkinsYale A125-5
Aum MundheRutgersWUSTL B13310
Tiffany ZhouFloridaArizona State13410
Aidan FeinVanderbiltNorth Carolina B13810
Karsten RynearsonYale AJohns Hopkins13810
Andrew HannaPennColumbia B14110
Guy IndoranteIowa StateGeorgia Tech14110
Andrew KelleyKentuckySouth Carolina14110
Jack ObermanSouth CarolinaKentucky141-5
ATeam 1Team 214110
James StevensonMichiganToronto A14110
Forrest WeintraubColumbia AChicago B14210
Donal RyanTruman StateChicago C14210
Nicolas EdwardsMcGillMinnesota B1420
Jason ZhangToronto BVirginia1420
Joseph ChambersVirginiaToronto B1420
Adrian WongOttawaYale B14210