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Additionally, the pool is so well realized that other visual elements of the production have trouble keeping pace. The costumes, designed by Lucy W. Baird ’10, are nice but a little plain, as are the non-pool set pieces. In a show where everything is about a certain mood—a magical, lighthearted spiritual openness–anything that seems clunky can weigh down a scene. This clunkiness is noticeable every time a moment of overwrought choreography distracts from the scene, or whenever Zimmerman feels the need to pause and tell the audience exactly what...
...found the Radcliffe Institute to be, first and foremost, a warm, nourishing setting of independent research, pursued by scholars from every discipline,” Schuleit wrote in an e-mail. “As a visual artist, I experienced a year of truly interdisciplinary work, inspired by my exposure to the other fellows’s work and works in progress...
...mediums contributes to the disappearance of the original manner of storytelling. Rather than just reading, people have the option of watching television and movies for the same plot, though not necessarily for the same effect. “We’re very sophisticated as a society in deciphering visual art,” King said. “But you can fall out of a habit of visualizing by reading,” he cautioned. “You don’t understand that language once you fall out of it.” King, who has seen...
Modest Mouse “Little Motel” Dir. Justin Francis Modest Mouse’s previous ventures into the realm of the visual have included decking out frontman Isaac Brock as a crow and a pop-up-book version of a slaughterhouse. “Little Motel” is crazy in a different way—crazy dramatic, crazy tedious, and crazy overdone. This time-reversed piece is nothing new for the chronologically warped world of music videos. It depicts a night in the life of a woman who, after taking her motionless child from his hospital...
...Much of the film’s confusing appeal comes from elements like space-time worm holes and jet engines crashing through the roof. Stern says he’s not too concerned about recreating these iconic moments. “To express the film’s larger visual effects, we combine small gestures with large sounds and lights, and a sense of emotional tautness.” According to Stern, adapting the film to the stage hasn’t been too difficult, but there have been some tricky parts. “I’m trying...