Word: neon
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...Stephen Antonakos, an artist best-known for his neon installations, invited four of his friends and colleagues-the artists Sol LeWitt, Richard Artschwager, Daniel Buren and Robert Ryman-to fill steel boxes he had mailed to them. Each signed a contract, agreeing not to disclose to anyone the contents of their respective packages until the year 2000. All of the artists save Ryman sent their boxes back to Antonakos without touching the exteriors, which were loosely painted with a white wash. Ryman, true to form, could not resist the aesthetic qualities of his monochrome box, so he covered it with...
...boxes while the suspense around them grew. He had intended the Time Boxes as a private experience, but decided, as the millennium neared, to exhibit them at the Rose Art Museum at Brandeis, and to hold the opening ceremony on the school's campus. Antonakos designed the portentously titled "Neon Millennium Room" inside the Rose, where the boxes were exhibited while unopened, and where their contents are now on display. The walls bracketing the doorway are painted in saturated blue and red-orange, and a little vestibule stands between the observer and the room, so that the flickering and buzzing...
During the second half of the show, Tri M. Phuong '02, taking the mike from Matt Damon, Class of 1992, made a plea for an ethnic studies department. Many of the performers in yesterday's show wore neon green armbands, displaying support for the cause. There was even a panel discussion held on the matter last week. But has any or administrator come out in support of creating this new concentration? Performers in Cultural Rhythms have been wearing armbands for years now, dating back at least five years, and there still is no ethnic studies department...
...Campaign for Ethnic Studies at Harvard campaign held its first events of the semester this weekend, with a new, neon-ribbon visibility and a renewed sense of dedication to the cause...
...campaign passed out 600 green ribbons to audience members at Cultural Rhythms on Saturday, according to Tin-Ming L. Hsu '00. Most performers also wore neon green tape around their arms in support of Ethnic Studies...