Art & Authenticy

I think that the way that Andrea Arnold was able to portray such a controversial issue in 26 minutes was outstanding. I never imagined being so impacted by a short film. Continue Reading »

I cannot deny that I underestimated the art, beauty, and elegance that there is to dance; however, I would have been more impacted if Jodi Sperling had presented Loie Fuller’s amazing work in a different manner. Continue Reading »

Looking at Museum of Modern Art’s exhibition of Looking At Music let me realize why my parents used to worry so much about me becoming a musician/artists.

The exhibition features young musicians who doubled as poets who in the early 1970’s and initiated a “stripped-down, Continue Reading »

Poetry has always been a headache for me. I had long branded myself as someone who don’t understand poetry and tried my best to avoid any poetry related activities. Therefore I wasn’t excited about attending the Common Event-Meet the Artists, Poetry Writers Reading, when I first arrived at the Macaulay building.

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“More” is a short film that will make Karl Marx, Theodore Kaczynski and Tyler Durden smile in their graves.  It portrays a dull gray world whose weary inhabitant try to find happiness in 50 ft high advertisements and pre-packaged cardboard boxes.

Though we try to distance ourselves from the pale and grotesque beings in the film, we could find that we have a lot in common.

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Although I have always known that art and music can go together, i have never seen it blown up in my face in such a creative manner. Just walking into the Looking at Music Side 2 exhibit was like bursts of music, photography, videos, television, and youth rebellion compacted into one gigantic work of art. Continue Reading »

Funopera is the word I made up to describe The Barber of Seville because I never expected an opera to actually be so fun, sweet, and drama free. It was like following a movie rather that what I thought would be three hours of mellow and lullaby-like singing. Continue Reading »

I never imagined that a Joseph O’ Connor could entertain me in such a manner. I honestly thought that I was going to spend a evening listening to a monotone reading of his work. But he proved me really wrong… Continue Reading »

Vincent van Gogh’s “Starry Night” is one of his most famous paintings. The painting portrays a serene scene, filled with stars and a tiny village; however, it is in a much more abstract manner. At the front of the painting there is a cypress tree that sticks out boldly, taking up a lot of the painting. The cypress tree seems to be there to isolate the town, creating an eerie, desolate feel, which is enhanced by the usage of dreary colors. This painting is truly authentic because of the feelings that I got from watching it at the museum; I felt as though it had a message that Van Gogh was trying to send.  Continue Reading »

The short film “More” reminded me a lot of my sociology class. I felt like it represented the consumerist society that we live in and the effects of publicity on society. Publicity (such as advertising) makes us want to buy the product or service that is being sold. However, in order to do this, it is necessary to create a dissatisfaction in our lives or within ourselves. To fix this dissatisfaction, we must buy the product being sold. The main problem with this is that happiness cannot be purchased through material objects. Continue Reading »