Word: mahfouda
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Dates: during 2004-2004
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...David D. Mahfouda ’05, a Visual and Environmental Studies Concentrator in Dudley House, and Coll, a Social Anthropology concentrator in Leverett House, are the chief planners of Present!’s next happening. The event’s focus will be the construction of a gigantic cloth...
...think about texture and weight,” said Coll, surrounded by brightly colored cloth in a Sew-Low fabric supply shop. “There’s a bright yellow...No, that would look like a fluorescent McDonald’s....” Coll and Mahfouda peruse the rolls of cloth until they find a suitably shocking turquoise to match the cheerful red fabric they have already carefully selected...
...want to build a ten-foot by ten-foot cube out of fabric,” Mahfouda said. “The plan is to have everyone parade the cube through some space in the Yard, then get inside the cube and have lunch. We don’t know how many people will show up…We don’t even know if we’ll remember to bring food,” said a grinning Mahfouda. “It’s completely spur-of-the-moment...
...intrepid artists of Harvard are constantly looking towards the future. “We’re hoping to have a Silent Dance at the Harvard-Yale game,” Mahfouda said enthusiastically. “We’re hoping to get a lot of small radios and headphones—WHRB [Harvard’s radio show] will be involved—and have everyone tune in to the show and dance. That way there’s no noise, but the music’s everywhere...
...It’s really about people being involved in one thing,” Mahfouda said of happenings and public art in general. “They’re united in one purpose.” Present!’s self-description speaks to this unity, saying, “We’re devoted to letting the world speak, and talking back...