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...themselves cyber-electronically. A foray into the techno-arts has not only revived but enhanced the career of once forgotten pop singer Thomas Dolby. Last year his Virtual String Quartet -- a 3-D imaging project in which people played computerized instruments in virtual space -- found its way to the SoHo Gallery of the Guggenheim Museum in New York City. Other performers, such as Bob Dylan, Peter Gabriel and Todd Rundgren, are venturing into the rapidly growing territory of CD-ROM, which takes the present CD a step further by adding visuals. Dylan's newly released Highway 61 Interactive serves...
...called dirt cakes. Maybe HDS was thinking of Mud Pie, a dish that many are familiar with, but the dirt cakes were served with sand pudding instead. Kidd continues, "And what's with this catfish and slaw business? Nobody eats that. Plus, I've never seen a Soho soda before I came here." Kidd's confusion is understandable, as Soho sodas come from New York City, making them an odd choice for a meal commemorating the area south of the Mason-Dixon Line. Kidd's opinions pale in comparison, though, to that of a more vicious Southern student who requested...
...drama about a girl whose past was severed as though cut by a knife. "England is quite tolerant in many ways," Samuels notes, "but when aliens try to retain their differences, there is not much tolerance." Her play, now in New York City after its premiere at London's Soho Theatre Company, takes place in an attic, where a middle-age woman sorting through her belongings reluctantly confronts who she had once been. As a nine-year-old named Eva Schlesinger, she says a last farewell to her German mother. Brought up by a good-hearted Englishwoman, young Eva clings...
Most Americans think of the Swatch as a trendy timepiece that was embraced by everyone from K Mart shoppers to the owners of SoHo galleries. But in its country of origin, Switzerland, the Swatch represents nothing less than an amazing instrument of industrial rejuvenation. Before it came along, the Japanese had more or less usurped the Swiss as the heavyweight champions of the watch business by substituting their cheap and reliable digital technology for Switzerland's legendary craftsmanship. The question now is whether that industrial formula can work for -- of all things -- automobiles...
...show for the Amusement and Music Operators Association displayed Sega's VirtuaRacer video game, Spectrum HoloByte's Star Base One and Visions of Reality's advanced Cybergate. Also last week, a U.S. Army show in Washington featured a VR tank simulator. This week the Guggenheim Museum in Manhattan's SoHo district presents a VR exhibition with works by artist Jenny Holzer and composer Thomas Dolby...