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Last Thoughts

sarasanders — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 00:59:26 +0000

Gallery Exhibit: SNAPSHOT

sarasanders — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 22:57:00 +0000

After my first initial negative reaction to Snap Shot Day at Macaulay, I have calmed down. I was upset because I felt the event was organized poorly. I also felt as though they just wanted us to use our flip cams and Mac lab top applications rather then use our real creativity. I for one am not particularly creative on a Sunday morning. Since I work all day Saturdays, I love sleeping in on Sundays. So I suppose most of my disappointment came from the fact that I had to wake up so early.

House of the Dead: The Opera

sarasanders — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 01:41:46 +0000

Meryl Streep's appearance at House of Dead did not prove to be the only thrill of the performance. Before I detail what I enjoyed, our class discussion helped me appreciate the Opera much more. Thank you, Professor Bergman! To begin, I thought the set was incredible. Arguably it was drab and captured the atmosphere of prison life, but the depth and color really inspired more in the performance. I could see how the set had the essence of a Stalinist gulag, but I felt otherwise. The set resonated to me as a futuristic interpretation of a barrack.

House of the Dead: The Novel

sarasanders — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 01:39:46 +0000

House of the Dead by Dostoevsky explores remorse. Observing the condition of his cell mates, Alexander Petrovich states, "I never once saw among these men the slightest sign of remorse, the least gnawing of conscience, and that the majority of them believed themselves to have done nothing wrong," (16). Petrovich's observation separates him from the other prisoners. Not only does it suggest that he alone is remorseful, but that he is morally superior.

Marcel Duchamp

sarasanders — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 01:30:03 +0000

Additional Thoughts on Coffin's Untitled Sculptures

sarasanders — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 00:47:58 +0000

After presenting information about Peter Coffin's Untitled Sculptures to the class, I had some additional thoughts on the exhibition. Coffin's choice of a construction method of build was significant. In the construction method the sculptor, "is usually concerned more with the definition of space than with the mass, affording experiences quite new in the field," (Taylor 129). In Untitled Sculptures, the definition of space is emphasized. Since the silhouettes are only one inch thick, they lack the volume people associate sculpture with.

Mondrian: Black Lines?

sarasanders — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:24:20 +0000

The Bauhaus: Independent Event # 3

sarasanders — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:55:27 +0000

Alexander String Quartet

sarasanders — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:30:26 +0000

The Alexander String Quartet provided a completely different experience than the China Festival’s Class of 78’ performance did at Carnegie Hall. Even though the concert hall at Carnegie Hall was lavish and intimate, I actually felt closer to the performers at the Baruch Performing Art Center. It was the first time I had seen the recital hall and was pleasantly surprised. As I continue to become accustomed to Baruch, I am always finding aspects of the building's architecture that I admire.

Hard Nut paper Introduction for Professor Bergman

sarasanders — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:07:30 +0000