Word: objectional
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...Flashes of insight from an intriguing philosopher-artist,” on display at the Museum of Fine Arts through Jan. 30. Like Evans’ earlier work, the exhibit incorporates words, lights and the latest technology to create a somewhat bewildering dialogue between the viewer and art object...
Another unimpressive display was just as arbitrary and unbefitting. This one involved a fragment of an old coaxial cable in a vitrine. The exhibition text argued that Evans believed the object to be a portion of the cable belonging to the phone used by Marcel Duchamp during his stay in the United States...
What’s the difference between the stars of the two biggest movies opening this weekend? One is an inanimate object (National Treasure’s Nicolas Cage) and the other is as lively a being as the big screen has ever seen. That being, of course, is none other than SpongeBob SquarePants, and Stephen Hillenburg is the man behind the invertebrate. The creator, director and screenwriter of both the series and The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie, Hillenburg shares the enthusiasm and catholicism of his animated offspring: he aims to make the show appealing to all sorts...
...It’s really not so much ‘Is Dylan a valid object of study,’ but you have to decide if rock and roll or American music is a valid object of study,” he says. “And once you realize that it is, or once you concede that it is, then all arrows will point to Dylan...
Should Americans be aware of potential terrorist activity? Of course. But we must understand that it is the policies of our government, not the mindless jealousy of fanatics, that make us the object of attacks. Sure, let's beef up domestic security, but let's also have some serious and honest dialogue about the reasons we need it. Diatribes about irrational enemies feed unthinking fear and obscure any hope of real solutions...