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...only somewhat less-frightening version of “2012” would involve the end of history arriving with no earthquakes, solar flares, or eruption of mountains in national parks. Instead, the end of history in this epic would arrive incrementally, as societal changes saturate the public sphere with freedom. In this apocalypse, heroism would arise not from a struggle to convince others that the world can be saved from external destruction, but instead that it could be safeguarded from disintegration from within...
...Media scenography,” a term coined by Heide Hagebölling, is the union of two classical Greek root words. Hagebölling, who gave a lecture—“Media Scenography: Creative Approaches in Intermedia and Public Art”—at the Carpenter Center last Thursday evening, is a professor at the Academy of Media Arts in Cologne, Germany. “‘Sceno,’” she explained, “is the architectural aspect of the ancient Greek theatre, or the mise en scene...
...states that the upcoming tribute concert and the position of Jazz Master is given to honor the artist and increase public awareness of his music...
Lama Hassoun, a first-year Master of Science student at the Harvard School of Public Health, said that her Lebanese heritage prompted her to attend the lecture...
...People are always thinking ‘How can art help the economy?’ or ‘How can art help innovation in my field?’ It’s constantly getting lost in public policy conversation,” Knep says. “Art for arts sake is a way to open your mind to explore the darkness that might not be so dark...