Exploring Culture & Innovation
From the distance it looked like King Koopa decided to take a rest after a long day of trying to kidnap Princess Peach and conquer the Mushroom Kingdom. Up close it was no less impressive with enormous pointed domes of coloured vinyl barely restrained and swaying slightly in the light summer breeze. The line wound…
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What happens when you try to use art to explain science? A week ago if you had said the word “fashion” to me, my first thought would not have been “science.” But, in the midst of Boston Fashion Week and in the wake of the Descience fashion show it is hard not to recognize how…
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It’s hard to imagine what kind of work you might see in an art show with a theme like “Cryptozoology,” especially if you have no idea what Cryptozoology is. As the Oxford English Dictionary defines it, Cryptozoology is,”the search for animals whose existence is disputed or unsubstantiated.” To me, this means Bigfoot meets the X-Files.…
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Who would call a sign to sell a house? That’s the question that got the ball rolling in the second lecture of the evening, “Cash for your Warhol; The Evolution of a Prank.” Presented by Geoff Hargadon, a money manager, conceptual artist and photographer who introduced himself to the crowd by stating dryly, “There are…
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