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...Sert Gallery, where five projectors each display a disassembled and digitally manipulated film loop. Each malformed video produces a different effect: an old Western movie is blurred in a way that leaves pixilated smudges of color on the screen every time an object moves, while a more abstract image shows hundreds of arrows rotating and flashing in place around a centered square. Several other clips recall online videos that have only partially loaded...
...challenge for the dancer to embody the movement as she saw it,” says Chin, who dances the shared role of the bride in “Appalachian Spring.”Since it is a piece of theatrical ballet, as opposed to the more abstract work of Koch and Schreier, the dancers must also relate a narrative in their performances. “At every moment I have to think about what the bride is thinking now,” says Chin. “It’s such a beautiful story, I want to make...
...moral convictions of such men did not require abstract theories of rights for support. Nor do Scully’s. “We are called to treat [animals] with kindness,” he writes, “not because they have rights or power or some claim to equality, but in a sense because they don’t; because they all stand unequal and powerless before...
...narrative appeals to the heart and senses as well as the mind. With an “economic landscape” experiencing “seismic financial shocks,” the narrator wants the reader to feel the volatility of Harvard’s world. Reality: A terrifying, abstract unknown, reality appears to have confronted Harvard only recently. Might be loosely defined as “a shitshow.” Tuition: A highly symbolic beacon of hope. Both Harvard and We fight mercilessly to protect the stability of this precious cargo. Important Quotations Explained “Trade...
...LeWitt was the man who made conceptual art an appealing concept. For almost four decades, LeWitt, who died last year at 78, made immense abstract wall drawings that he conceived but almost never executed himself. His method was to devise a set of instructions - for instance, draw 10,000 ten-inch lines, covering the wall evenly - that could be carried out by assistants or, for that matter, by anyone. Often he never even saw the finished work, much less touched...