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...addition to teaching at the experimental European Graduate School, Miller has performed at the Whitney Biennial, the 2000 Venice Biennial for Architecture and the Ludwig Museum in Cologne, Germany; he has collaborated with artists as wide-ranging as Wu-Tang Clan’s Killa Priest and Yoko Ono. Most recently, he has published his first book, Rhythm Science, an acclaimed manifesto for how patterns in sound and in culture result in artistic creation. Miller is releasing his newest album, Drums of Death, a collaborative effort with Slayer’s Dave Lombardo, Public Enemy’s Chuck...
...while bolstering central Party authority over the provinces. The widening gap between China's rich and poor?evident in a sharp rise in public demonstrations against government corruption, labor strife and other civil disturbances?may threaten Party rule, higher-ups fear. "When the leadership starts talking about harmony," says Wu Guogang, professor of political science at the University of Victoria in British Columbia, "it's a pretty good indication that they're afraid things aren't harmonious...
...become president, speaks far better Japanese than he does Mandarin, and has frequently been criticized by political adversaries for "thinking like a Japanese." A few weeks ago, over Beijing's vociferous objections, Japan allowed Lee a private visit to Kyoto, Nagoya and Kanazawa; likewise, President Chen's wife, Wu Shu-jen, may be granted a tourist visa to visit Japan. It's inconceivable that Koizumi and Chen could meet or even officially communicate: Tokyo doesn't recognize Taiwan's existence as a nation. But at least it no longer ignores the potential threat to Asia's stability posed...
...Wu, Gordon McKay Professor of Applied Physics...
...images in the exhibition capture the intensity of change in the Chinese economy," says co-curator Wu Hung. "The artists make their works very quickly, so everything has a raw sense of immediacy and energy." Raw is the operative word. For a portrait of performance artist Zhang Huan, photographer Rong Rong required Zhang to stand in a dirty toilet block for an hour, smeared with honey and covered with flies. "The art is so dynamic because in China everything moves so fast," says Wu, "and art captures this sense of social transformation." Can't make the Seattle showing? "Between Past...