Word: aestheticizing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Because they are so focused on creating a full experience, all operas must represent some sort of aesthetic principle--the playfulness and humor of the early Mozart, the heaviness of Wagner. More than with a play or musical, all the elements of a well-done--opera music, costumes, lights, scenery...
Take deejay battles. Turntablists stand before two Technics and a mixer to vie against their opponents by cutting samples, juggling beats and hyping up the crowd with antics like scratching as they give their opponents the finger. Standing in a crowd before such a spectacle is especially dope because everyone...
Every city has its own style of slam, and Boston has been recognized for the political flavor of its slam poets. "Poetry activism," an element not originally part of the Chicago aesthetic, has become an important aspect of slam culture. Boston is also recognized for its strong competitive history. Wednesday...
Darger's 19,000 pages would be a tempting companion to Girls on the Run, but neither HOLLIS nor Amazon seems to have heard of it, and his delicious piece on Ashbery's cover is credited to a gallery in Lausanne. Still, on its own pre-pubescent feet Girls on...
For those of you too involved in MCATs last weekend, you missed some terrific big screen candy. Besides the creepy tourists, the Square hosted some much-needed aesthetic stimulation in the form of the Seventh Boston International Festival of Women's Cinema at the Brattle Theater.