Chris Burden was an American artist most notably known for his performance art. He passed away in 2015. Similar to Marina Abromović, Chris Burden liked to push the body to its limits in his work. Trans-Fixed and Shoot are two such works that push Burden’s own body to physical limits. Read more…
I first learned about Marina Abromović from another student in my group for the Intervention in Public Space project. Out of all her performances/pieces, Rhythm 0 is the one that shocked me the most. I would assume that many others also find Rhythm 0 to be her most shocking performance. Read more…
CODA is a film that centers around a young adult named Ruby who is the only member of her family that isn’t deaf. While the dialogue between Ruby and other characters in the film is powerful, I was moved most by the silence in the scene where Ruby performs a Read more…
During a flight over winter break, I watched The Lost Leonardo, a film about the sale of the Salvator Mundi painting which is said to be made by Leonardo da Vinci. While watching and responding to “Ways of Seeing” a few weeks ago, I was reminded of the storyline surrounding Read more…
These sneakers typically start around $500 but can go all the way up to almost $800. The extremely high prices for these sneakers has led to a fair amount of controversy. In this Vox article, the author talks about how people have accused Golden Goose of “fetishizing poverty” for making Read more…