Word: publicness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...dining hall is the "stage," a raised portion of the dining hall blocked off by curtains on all sides and set against a mural that looks like the bastard offspring of a Picasso and a blender. The elementary school cafeteria-cum-auditorium look makes the stage the ultimate in public-private reconciliation, offering one of the most postmodern dining experience on campus (the Pforzheimer lovers balconyaside): the private, commensal experience of eating a meal becomes a dramatic public performance--life as an intermission between play acts...
...interior of the dining hall is itself a schizophrenic attempt to address three different realms of the dining experience, separated by giant ribbed columns (that appropriately echo the faux-bamboo of the other separating screens. The central area surrounded by the colonnade is the "public" space, where long tables do not encourage "gathering around" for shared commensality, and the prominence of the salad bar (and the way it violently disrupts the unified space) proves that this space is for eating, not chatting. The colonnade separates this from the "private" space, which is filled with individual tables that are each self...
...boiling meats and vegetables. The common name for the timpani is, not surprisingly, the kettledrum. Originally a military instrument, primitive versions of the timpani were slung over the backs of horses in cavalry units and, aside from their practical uses in battle, often served in processions and other public events as a sort of status symbol...
...imposed sweeping requirements on state and local governments, public facilities and private businesses to make their services accessible to the disabled...
Ellison, who is paralyzed from the neck down, uses a wheelchair and respirator. She said she has trouble using Boston public transportation and often finds local businesses and public facilities unaccommodating...