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...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 of a film or play.” “‘Graphy,’” she continued, “means virtuosity, or the skill of descriptive, pictorial art.” The term, however, does not simply describe virtuoso set design. Media scenography labels...
Through the peep-hole is a bizarre scene. Lit with a black light, the space inside is scattered with white contraptions made of wicker-like threads. The twisted objects vary in shape, but are all roughly the size of large Christmas ornaments. There is no ostensible rhyme or reason to their placement, and they glow in the black light with an odd iridescence. The world inside the box looks like the bottom of the sea shot through an underwater camera...
...scene seemed particularly poignant for six Harvard students. Despite common confidence in a Harvard degree and the modern expectation that women can have both a family and successful career, whether these six students will grow up to have both is still uncertain. It is entirely within the realm of possibility that they could become stay-at-home moms. Besides, if “Working” succeeds in its glorifying aims, the fate should not seem like a particularly “shitty” one: the play presents housewifely work as another valuable way to contribute to society...
...Marling herself intimates on the album’s sixth track, “Goodbye England,” this young artist is gifted enough to become a permanent fixture, rather than some fleeting sensation, of the indie folk-rock scene: “I’m too good for that,” she sings, “there’s a mind under this hat.” And her sophomore release, “I Speak Because I Can,” only corroborates the fact. The new LP proves that Marling?...
...score accompanying the various climatic scenes—Ida and Benito’s first love scene, for instance—works marvelously to accent the frightening and sinister aura that surrounds their relationship. The combination of shrill flute lines and harsh stringed instruments in serious scenes like the opening town forum provide an eerie accompaniment to Mussolini’s austerity, a creepiness that accurately complements Mussolini’s bloody thirst for power...