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(02/26/18 2:00pm)
The relationship between the literary and the visual is not like a couple holding hands, where the palm is the singular point of intersection; it’s more like an embrace, where complicated bodies meet infinitely, and the hand that appears to be of one person, belongs, instead, to another. In Professor Charles Bernstein’s course, “Experimental Writing,” students explored this relationship through hands–on, experiment–based work.
(04/23/18 1:00pm)
While many use it as a place to get where they’re going, some use Locust Walk as their runway. And Penn’s fashion photographers try to capture it.
(02/20/18 6:24am)
Sunday, Feb. 25, 14 of Penn’s a cappella groups and the popular group Pitch Slapped will unite to perform in Raise Your Voice, a benefit concert supporting Settlement Music School.
(02/19/18 1:59pm)
Last Saturday, on February 17th, the Institute of Contemporary Art and Philadelphia Printworks, a retailer centered on DIY culture and social justice, hosted “The Audre Lorde Syllabus: A Road Map During Times of Paralysis.” The evening was marked by multiple workshops, teach–ins, and self–care to the tune of a live DJ.
(02/23/18 2:00pm)
A red and gold dragon snakes through the deli meats and crêperies of Reading Terminal Market.
(02/21/18 2:51am)
It was dim and cool in the Philadelphia Museum of Art, but I felt giddy. It took me awhile to believe that John Singer Sargent’s original In the Luxembourg Gardens was indeed inches before me. Eyes wide, mouth wider, I was filled with a sentimental attachment: this was more than a painting. Gazing at the painting, the loose, dashing brushstrokes that so elegantly depicted the garden scene, I sensed spontaneity and closeness. In his casual positioning of the figures and seemingly random choice of setting, I saw a friend in the painting. Artworks like this expand my transient existence by allowing me to live, for a brief moment, in the grandmasters’ worlds across space and time.
(02/22/18 2:00pm)
At 9:15 am on a rainy Sunday morning in New York, my dad and I stand outside the doors of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in a quickly growing line. We’re waiting to see the famed exhibition, Michelangelo: Divine Draughtsman and Designer—the likes of which has never been seen before, and will probably never be seen again in my lifetime. Art experts and novices alike gather in line behind us as it grows from 40 to 250 people in less than 30 minutes.
(02/21/18 3:13am)
Considered a frontrunner for the 2018 Academy Awards, director Luca Guadagnino’s new film Call Me by Your Name is one of the more powerful and beautiful movies of the year. As with any great movie, it leaves you with that distinct post–movie sense that you actually learned or felt something new. But what makes Call Me by Your Name so different is the way in which it so heavily brings art back into film.
(02/22/18 2:00pm)
In high school, I remember going through the different art movements and trying to remember what characterized each. Dadaism was the odd, scrapbook–looking one. Abstract art was the one where nothing looked like you thought it would. Impressionism was the one on light and movement, freeing the contours of their brush lines. Realism was the one that was, well, realistic. And then, there was classicism.
(02/19/18 1:45pm)
Think back to any historical figure and the names that come up are either 1) political figures or 2) artists. Sure, Tom Brady may be a big name now, but in a hundred years time, who’s going to remember him? His legacy is incomparable to the legacy of artists; that’s why names like Dali and Picasso have endured. And while Penn is notorious for being the largest producer of billionaires, who’s going to remember them? It is the artists—the John Legends and Elizabeth Bankses—that will be remembered. Aside from these two, Penn has graduated a number of artists, important in creating cultural moments that will be remembered for years to come. Here's just a few:
(02/26/18 2:00pm)
There’s this stereotype of the artist: someone who works in a cramped studio of an attic, the room lit only by a single beam of natural sunlight, and clad in a smock splattered with paint. The artist is hungry, but the passion is there. But work–study students are doing away with this starving artist stereotype. Filling the fridge isn’t the only benefit of working in an arts related field; arts communities at Penn tend to be tight–knit and working within them is a way to both be a part of and support the community.
(02/25/18 2:00pm)
Who is Annie Mok? A trans woman? An artist? A writer? A musician? Also a movie producer?
(02/14/18 6:36am)
Valentine’s Day is just around the corner and we all know that the letter, not the gift, is the hardest part. To buy or make a gift—that requires shelling out some cash (plus a little thought). And yes, feeling the emptiness of the wallet hurts. But the letter is the part where feelings and emotions are verbalized and articulated. A lot of times, they can’t be. There’s something so inexpressible about love that words are many times not enough.
(02/14/18 2:00pm)
The Pennsylvania Players is Penn’s only student-run, professionally directed theater group. Founded in 1936, it is also the oldest performing arts group on Penn’s campus. Penn Players produces one play and one musical each academic year. Most recently, the group staged an adaptation of the musical Spring Awakening. 34th Street spoke with Board Chair Alicia Lu and Vice Chair Sarah Gold about preparations for their upcoming production, Sylvia, which is the lighthearted story of an aging couple whose lives are fundamentally altered after taking in a stray dog. The show will take place in The Bruce Montgomery Theater on April 5th, 6th, and 7th, 2018.
(02/14/18 3:38am)
“At first, women were reluctant to talk. They were a little shy. But once you got them going, you couldn’t stop them. Women secretly love to talk about their vaginas, mainly because no one has asked them before.”
(02/22/18 2:00pm)
Art is a difficult thing, as is computer science. The former is subjective, open to interpretation so much so that there’s never a right way to do something. The latter is rigid: set a goal. Code it. (Or at least that’s what I understand of computer science). But cross the two (or art with anything preprofessional really) and the mission is almost impossible. That’s what the Digital Media Design major is all about.
(02/14/18 6:47am)
“Keep your butt tucked and your core engaged. Isolate movement in your hips—up down, up down. Now maintain a still upper body. Don’t forget to smile!”
(02/14/18 3:16am)
Every day we walk past it, barely affording it a glimpse while every tourist flocks to it so as to sneak a peek at the marvel. It’s a prime landmark on campus—the LOVE statue. Right in the center of campus, surrounded by ivy–covered red brick buildings, the LOVE statue has as its backdrop a picturesque scene. Spring or winter, the tree–lined walk is always blanketed in either green or white. But the LOVE statue is so much more than another monument only tourists appreciate.
(02/14/18 3:16am)
At Penn, a kiss these days too often means a sloppy DFMO in the basement of a frat house. It’s no wonder that so many people complain about finding love at Penn. But, of course, Penn is not to be seen a microcosm of society. A kiss in Italy is a friendly greeting. A kiss in China, a public declaration of love. Across cultures and time, the kiss has come to mean so many different things. Particularly in art history, the meaning of a kiss has been molded again and again, but the beauty of it never unwavering. To refresh your romantic side for this Valentine’s Day, here are some of art history’s famous kisses.
(02/14/18 6:32am)