Word: agitprop
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...Agitprop is sponsoring a work of art called"Boxed In" at the Sackler Museum. The pieceincludes a wire cage, on which students will begiven the opportunity to attach ribbons or anyother mementos for AIDS victims...
...Agitprop has supervised a wide variety of events. They kicked off the year by spiffing up the midnight Halloween organ concert at the Busch-Reisinger Museum, projecting slides of grotesque paintings on the ceiling to enhance the cerie atmosphere. The Fogg has also encouraged their efforts, and Agitprop has organized a series of professorled discussions on works pulled from the museum's stored collection. Agitprop emphasizes that these discussions operate on a "passionate" rather than academic level, and that everyone's individual response is considered and appreciated. Also, the professors are not art historians, but instead discuss their "hobby-level...
...need a faculty position to spread your message through Agitprop; the group prides itself on-exposing Harvardians to new student talent. This year's highlights have included a number of undergraduate exhibits, including two shows in the Adams House squash courts, one in the lobby of the Carpenter Center, a travelling exhibit which passed through Eliot, Leverett, Adams and Hilles Library between February and May, and Matthew Butterick's graphic font exhibit at the Sackler. Stressing that the group is neither selective nor competitive, Agitprop welcomes all and more forms of student art (although they do admit a preference...
...group is also exploring less conventional means for attacking cultural complacency. Attracting lots of attention this past Arts First weekend, Agitprop staged a "multi-media extravaganza." Cheerleaders, the Parliamentary Speech and Debate Society. The South Asian Dance Company, and the Wireless Club took turns on stage while the Texas Club grilled up grub for passers-by and Fat Day, the only mobile band at Harvard, trooped around campus for four hours. Agitprop also organized several "tableaux vivant" of masterworks on the steps of Widener, including Raphael's "The School of Athens" and Rodin's "The Thinker" and "The Kiss." Plans...
...Agitprop certainly envisions a sort of artistic communism, drawing out previously ignored realms of our culture and celebrating them all as tools in the revolution. And if this year is any indication, it can't be contained. With membership up from three to 20 and more events on the way, Agitprop wants to expand the party...