Installation watch, “Dreamscapes: Imaginings of a Black Pastoral” at Roots & Culture 2021/Image: Anisa Olufemi Land and landscapes personify interrelated experiences: desires and nightmares, treatment and violence, spirituality and trauma, romance and heartbreak, sentimentality and unhappiness, ease and discontent. The land—this land—is each metaphor and tangible archive for curator Anisa […]
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Artwork Conquer critique: ‘Marc St. Pierre: Black & White’
There is an aged saw, with lots of variants, that states that the arguments in academia are so vicious simply because they subject so little. Be that correct or not, clearly professional rivalries can direct to petty squabbles and imply spirited snubs. But that was not the scenario in the […]
Critique: Furen Dai shines in ‘Dream Boston’ artwork exhibit
The “Dream Boston” artwork show, now open to Northeastern college students, school and workers at Gallery 360, showcases art at the intersection of the COVID-19 pandemic, systemic racial challenges and Bostonian society. Though just about every contributing artist features a unique concept and standpoint to this immersive and dystopian inventive […]
An additional Michael: New Songs and Massive Pop Album Critique
One more Michael make music rooted in empathy and link. Just take “New Tunes,” the opening track off the trio’s debut New Tunes and Large Pop, which starts with, “We were being up late on line conversing about new songs/And you sent me a website link to a tune that […]