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...Julius Caesar” is not the play that many studied in high school; it is instead a contemporary piece of political commentary. French director Arthur Nauzyciel’s interpretation departs from more traditional readings of the text and presents a modern visual interpretation that attempts to create something altogether new. In this new production, which will run at the A.R.T. until March 16, Nauzyciel modernizes the fight for democracy and political power in ancient Rome by allowing the audience to connect the themes of this 400-year-old play to issues facing our community and country today. Most...
...artist David Claerbout has blended both still and moving images. His work has been shown in many prominent museums, including the Centre Pompidou in Paris. Fortunately, Cantabridgians don’t have to travel to Paris; a survey of his innovative work is currently on display at the List Visual Arts Center at MIT through April 6, 2008. The exhibit features seven of Claerbout’s works, ranging in duration from three and a half minutes to nearly fourteen hours. While few people will have fourteen hours to devote to the exhibition, viewers should plan to devote a good...
...films. But despite a distinguished career as a scholar of American films, this semester marks his first time teaching cinema to students in the U.S. Grieveson, current director of the graduate film studies program at University College London, will serve as Visiting Associate Professor in Harvard’s Visual and Environmental Studies department for one semester. He will spend his time at the College acclimating to the United States, continuing work on his latest book, and teaching two film courses—one on government and film, the other on silent cinema. LG: I’ve really enjoyed...
Kelly G. Bowse ’08 is a visual and environmental studies concentrator in Currier House. She hails from Vermont, where the natural environment is similar to Massachusetts, except that the squirrels there don’t eat human babies for breakfast. She hopes her brother, TJ, will make it to the NHL so he can support her art career. Check out her cartoon on Wednesdays...
Katherine E. Lauderdale ’11 is a prospective visual and environmental studies concentrator in Matthews Hall. She wishes abstract expressionist cartooning were better appreciated. You can laugh with her or at her on Thursdays...