Word: visualizers
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...small black-painted room in the MIT List Visual Arts Center can seem, paradoxically enough, simultaneously minuscule and immense at first. For instance, there are only three exhibits on display in the entire room. But each one is so exquisitely delicate in appearance--and colorfully versatile in meaning--that a viewer can easily spend more than an hour entranced by the wonders that Reynolds' hand-blown glass holds...
...trying to find a way to [describe the pieces] that's not too didactic, that's more poetic," Reynolds explains--only too appropriate for works she herself describes as "visual poetry...
...production of As You Like It at the Agassiz is one splendid example of a working marriage between the Renaissance text and a modern aesthetic. The Arcadia of Shakespeare's Forest of Arden is shot through with visual evocations of the Victorian period, from the nineteenth-century images hanging quietly among the trees to allusions to Alice in Wonderland. The Victorian icons have a resonance which seems strangely suited to the fantastic atmosphere of the comedy, and the bowler hats, black umbrellas, high collars and spats worn by some inhabitants of the green, fruitful forest lend the entire stage...
...design by Helen Shaw '98 and the soundtrack coordination of Amar Hamoudi '95 also deserve commendation. The (literaly) luminous backdrop allows for a series of visually rich, stunning scenes, taking advantage of the small space to create a flow of constantly changing motion and color. The stage frequently transforms into tableaux which are tiny gems of visual creativity: The visual imagination of the director seems to have been working overtime, and the results often veer brilliantly into Magritte country...
...visual element worked particularly well in the sequence in which Martha's son takes over her house without her knowledge or consent. Even without dialogue, the sense of pain and frustration is evident in Lee's depiction of Martha's defeated spirit. Ulrich's voice-overs also serve to acknowledge those gaps in information that may prevent the audience from sharing an emotional immediacy with the characters...