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...other words, ovens and alginates exist on the same technological continuum, and the public wouldn't be so put off by avant-garde techniques if it understood the true nature of this relationship. Impeding that realization, however, is the movement's unwieldy name. "Molecular gastronomy sounds scary," said Harold McGee, who writes regularly on the science of cooking for The New York Times, and, along with physicist Davide Cassi, also participated in the panel. "If it were called something else, it wouldn't make you think there's something there you don't know or can't trust...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Debating the Merits of Molecular Gastronomy | 1/23/2009 | See Source »

...creating seminal works in the canon of truly independent cinema. His 1958 A Movie (comprising 12 minutes of found footage subversively edited into a meditation on sex and death) and the 1962 Cosmic Ray (with a stripper dancing to Ray Charles' What'd I Say) birthed a subgenre of avant-garde films and inspired the '60s wave of multimedia art in concert halls and discos. (Conner also designed light shows at San Francisco's Avalon Ballroom.) Some of his films were more politically explicit - Report, on the Kennedy assassination, and Crossroads, on the A bomb - but all were things...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Richard Corliss's 2008 Entertainment Death Reel | 1/10/2009 | See Source »

...museum might.”To overcome the divided wall space of the concourse and give some congruence to the wide variety of art she had to work with, Katsnelson organized the exhibit into four groupings, each accompanied by explanatory wall text. The first group features abstract and avant-garde pieces ranging from oil paintings incorporating found objects to theater posters. This grouping features pieces by artist Evgeny Rukhin that Katsnelson feels are some of the most painterly pieces in the collection. “He has an amazing feel for the materiality of the various surfaces he engages...

Author: By Erika P. Pierson, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Davis Center Exhibits 'The Art of Subversion' | 12/12/2008 | See Source »

...While reading Cormac McCarthy’s “The Road,” I more than once imagined evening gowns constructed from spare pipe, empty canned food containers, and shopping cart parts. In other words, this show bestows upon you an amazingly overactive utilitarian mentality. Also, avant-garde—that is all. 1. “The Amazing Race” Geography and stereotypes—one is dangerously ignored in standard education curricula, and the other is a little too reinforced on the show. One day I hope to be one-half of Happy Couple. (Also...

Author: By Denise J. Xu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: What I Really Learned From Reality Television | 12/11/2008 | See Source »

...Avant Instant Hand Sanitizer I generally avoid high-percentage alcohol gels because they remind me of cheap vodka: A whiff makes me nauseous, and I don't like the burn. If you're not a gel junkie either, Avant's Instant Hand Sanitizer - which rivals Purell's strength, with its 60% ethanol content - might change your mind. The scent is more like a vodka tonic with lime, and it dissipates quickly, leaving behind a faint whiff of something like linen-fragranced air freshener. The label says it's enriched with vitamins A and E - and, I'll admit, this product...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Travelers' Aids: Germ Fighting Never Smelled So Sweet | 12/5/2008 | See Source »

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