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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
Anuttam RamjiBerkeley BChicago D96-5
Annabelle YangWUSTL AChicago A9610
Eve FleisigBerkeley ANorthwestern9610
Mattias EhatammWaterlooIndiana9810
Benjamin McAvoy-BickfordNorth Carolina ATexas10810
Caleb KendrickMarylandBrown11110
Kevin ParkClaremont CollegesDuke11510
Joel MilesMinnesota APurdue11610
Nathan ZhangCornell AStanford11610
Sinecio MoralesJohns HopkinsYale A125-5
Joy AnHarvardCornell B12510
Aum MundheRutgersWUSTL B13310
Tiffany ZhouFloridaArizona State13410
Karsten RynearsonYale AJohns Hopkins13810
Aidan FeinVanderbiltNorth Carolina B13810
James StevensonMichiganToronto A14110
Jack ObermanSouth CarolinaKentucky141-5
Guy IndoranteIowa StateGeorgia Tech14110
Andrew KelleyKentuckySouth Carolina14110
Andrew HannaPennColumbia B14110
ATeam 1Team 214110
Donal RyanTruman StateChicago C14210
Forrest WeintraubColumbia AChicago B14210
Joseph ChambersVirginiaToronto B1420
Nicolas EdwardsMcGillMinnesota B1420
Jason ZhangToronto BVirginia1420
Adrian WongOttawaYale B14210