Word: bricoleur
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Huyghe succeeds in this undertaking thanks to his abilities as a skillful bricoleur and director, assembling and refashioning the forms, talents, and histories of others into his own vision. In the Carpenter Center project he adopts the techniques of commercial filmmaking, refocusing its purpose of creating desire in the viewer. Huyghe recognizes his role as an artist brought to the University to provide cultural prestige. As a result, he brings this “culture” very close to entertainment—perhaps too close for some at Harvard...
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