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Some Arab commentators have also recently questioned the unofficial involvement of thousands of Arabs in the Afghan wars. "The time has come to let Afghanistan be," wrote Shafik Nazim al-Ghabra in the Kuwaiti daily al-Ra'i al-Aam on Nov. 23. "The time has come to stop exporting the Arab world's problems to neighboring societies." That paper has been critical of the Taliban from the start, but al-Ghabra's article was particularly bitter. Other Muslim journalists have written articles in the past few weeks about the misinterpretations of the Koran that led some of those Arabs...
Harvard proposed a number of sites on which RA could build. “We chose the site itself from what they [Harvard] had to offer because it’s front and center,” says project co-ordinator, Terry Bastian. But perhaps it was selected to improve the aesthetics of the area. Matt Daniels ‘01, who attended many of the project meetings last year, circulated a Norman Mailer quote amongst the artists which says, “[The Holyoke Center] expresses a style in architecture known as brutalism, which is unfinished grey concrete. That...
Last spring, meetings began with artists and students to determine the course of the artwork. In earlier Harvard-sponsored public art projects, this discussion was amongst students and one artist, but RA brings a different approach. “A group like RA, who are very involved in the tug and pull of collaborative art-making, promised to be a very different and interesting process for students participating in this project,” comments Silverstein. In a May meeting, the concept started taking shape when questions such as “How do you create the idea...
...solely the physical aspects of the project that concern the artists. “A lot of us do political art. We want to do more than make pretty [things]. We want to say something with our art,” notes Bastian. Govignon says RA lets artists explore “how art can be used for social change.” For instance, an installation at the Muddy River by Jay Kamins put objects such as tea kettles and bottles that were on the river bed on pedestals to bring attention to the pollution of the water. NEST...
...RA is still looking for help on the artwork. Up until the day the installation is made, the Adams Squash courts will be occupied every Tuesday and Thursday from 4pm to 9pm by RA and their student collaborators. When the artwork is hung, it will dominate the front of the Holyoke Center, catching anyone’s eye who passes by. The approaching date is exciting to Bastian. “I’ve been living and breathing the project for the last several months, and it’s great to see it finally coming together...