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...fourth year Graduate School of Design (GSD) student, explains as she globs more silicone onto several damaged fingers. Her classmates are similarly engaged: Dismembered plaster torsos, a plump balloon-hand dripping silicone, and strangely solitary feet and toes litter the studio floor.Surrounded by severed body parts, the students of VES 130r: “Criticality, the Body and ‘Other’ Things” are exploring the body as a “physical, cultural, metaphysical, and social entity”—a topic as philosophical and subtle as the title of the course...
House: Mather Concentration: VES Hometown: I have moved around a lot, but graduated high school in London, England, and spent the longest time in Littleton, Colorado. Ideal Date: Going for a boat ride and going to a Steeler’s game and Sushi or Steak or Italian dinner and relaxing in a hot tub and bowling and laser-tag and watching a movie and star-gazing in Hawaii and watching a play in London. Best way for a guy or girl to get your attention: Make me smile and say something intriguing. Where to find you on a Saturday...
...years have progressed, I have found myself taking an increasing number of visual and environmental studies (VES) courses, primarily because I realized that it made me uncomfortable to accept or reject certain works of art without ever attempting to create it myself. What I discovered is that the VES courses that I have taken have been some of the most rewarding academic and personal experiences in my Harvard career. It is very surprising to me, then, when those who have never remotely been involved with the VES department—or art whatsoever, for that matter?...
...disturbing, though, that individuals—including University administrators—must be convinced of the necessity of the arts at Harvard. This is an issue that does not simply concern VES students, but all members of the Harvard community...
...class so I could do site-specific installation. It’s a nice change of pace.” Escareño says he appreciates the fact that students can “play to their strengths.” The course is not, unlike the majority of VES offerings, oriented around a reading-period final project. Escareño calls it a “wholly unique experience; it’s not about the final project, it’s about the trajectory, the larger experience. Each week you get snippets, new bits and pieces...