Word: functionalism
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...children in Boston area hospitals, “A Space Adventure” is being presented on campus as lighter theatrical fare for any one wishing to revisit a small part of his childhood. “The show is more for sheer entertainment than our usual public service function,” says HSTP president Hunter H.A. Landerholm ’09. Though the show is primarily designed for children, its organizers are convinced that older audiences will still appreciate it. “A Space Adventure” delivers positive life lessons for all, encouraging enthusiasm for learning...
...latest endeavor was designing the set of “The Space Between,” a complex and multilayered show that demands an equally multi-textured stage, complete with two moving trees and a raised platform on which videos are projected. “The trees function as the origin of human knowledge, like in the story of Eden,” she says. “The physical form itself of the trees is mirrored on the shape of a mushroom cloud. A lot of it came to me really intuitively; it just felt right. It was difficult...
...Entirely student run, the show is able to function as a sort of microcosm of the art world, in which one not only submits and displays artwork but tackles such tasks as licenses and finance, publicity and logistics. “Probably the biggest challenge has been how to best display the artwork in the tent,” muses Spies-Gans before launching into an explication of lighting, partitions, easles, and flow...
Harkonarson suggests that problems in this kind of housekeeping or maintenance function could help explain why autistic children, who have normal-looking brains at birth, develop more abnormal wiring...
...Certainly, President Obama and his administration are justified in their concerns over anti-Semitism and efforts to single Israel out for its actions. But, if the U.S. boycott was supposed to function as a protest, it was a misguided one. It did not prevent Ahmadinejad from making his speech and sending his message to the world; with those nations who did stay presumably supportive or neutral toward Ahmedinejad, the applause drawn by the Iranian leader seemed all the louder, coming as it did from these remaining delegations. What it did do instead was to allow the controversy surrounding his disparagement...