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...Perhaps the cleanest fusion of technology and artistic intent at the Phaeno - apart from the Zaha Hadid?designed building itself, which is a triumph of experimental construction techniques and design aesthetics - is to be found in the 18 pieces brought by Arthur Ganson from his workshop at MIT in Boston. Ganson creates machines that are exquisitely engineered from low-tech materials to "express a feeling or a thought or a question." A wishbone hauling its own dream machine across the floor may not have a clear meaning, but that takes second place, he says, to "communicating the intensity and patience...
According to Daniel D. Moriarty, the chief information officer (CIO) for the University, the idea was first introduced by Rachel K. Popkin ’08 and Sameer Lakha ’09 at last year’s annual Academic Computing Workshop...
...With the help of funds from the OCS and OFA, Harvardwood is slowly beginning its on-campus expansion, hoping to reach students during the school year. The organization offers at least one entertainment-oriented seminar every semester, the most recent of which was a television-writing workshop with “Alias” writer Jeffrey D. Melvoin ’75. In addition to a student-run filmmaking club organized by former 101 students, opportunities to work within Harvardwood itself are on the horizon, Riverton says: in the coming months, the goup plans to announce a paid fellowship...
...Teaching this course poses a unique challenge for Melvoin because the art of script-writing is much less defined than most other subjects. “Rather than laying down rules and saying ‘observe these rules,’ you want to create a more fluent workshop atmosphere,” he says. “You want to create an environment in which students can pick out those things that are helpful to them, and the instructor can help students move in the direction that they want.” Adding to Melvoin?...
...David Michaelis, director of current affairs for the San Francisco-based LinkTV, and a Forum participant. "We have to be able to answer, to get a moderate point of view up, just as quickly." Hameed Haroon, CEO of the Pakistani media group, Dawn Publications, came out of the media workshop bursting with ideas. "It needs to be like a superblog, a super-Google," he says. "A place that unites a survival guide for reporters going into conflict zones, with expertise from universities around the world, and reports from local journalists who are actually working on the fault lines...