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| Review: New Media at SLAM has retro feel |
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| By Ivy Cooper, Beacon Art Critic |
| Posted 4:45 am Mon., 3.1.10 |
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(Credit for this and front-page image) Marc Swanson, American, born 1969; Neil Gust, American, born 1968; stills from Dark Room, 2009; digital video projection with sound; duration: 2 min., 2 sec.; Courtesy Richard Gray Gallery, Chicago/New York 2010.1; © Mark Swanson and Neil Gust Over a soundtrack of pulsating rhythms, photographic and graphic images of a male figure merge and morph with abstract patterns in a dazzling symphony of effects. The connections among micro- and macro-levels of organic structure recall Kubrik’s “2001: A Space Odyssey,” as well as Charles and Ray Eames’s seminal “Powers of Ten” of 1977. This is the third collaboration between the Brooklyn-based artists, who pay homage to these and other sources while managing to produce a vibrant, distinctive visual commentary on the theme of technology and humanity. When: Through April 4 Where: St. Louis Art Museum, One Fine Arts Drive Information: 314-721-0072, www.slam.org Contact Beacon features and commentary editor Donna Korando.
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'The Road Show' improv
Brent Jones | St. Louis Beacon
This Saturday was the debut of a new show by The Improv Shop that will bring out of town improv teams to St. Louis to play for — and with — a local audience. The Road Show brought teams "Everybody Grok" and "Felt" from Chicago.
We talked to Eric Christensen, producer of the Road Show and member of local improv team "Ted Dangerous"; Katie Nunn, member of "Ted Dangerous" and improv coach; and Melanie Penn and Ranjan Khan, members of local teams "Melanj" and "Magic Ratio"; about the St. Louis improv scene and why it's important to welcome teams from other cities to perform here.
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A decade after the 'Amerithrax' attacks, is the nation better prepared?
Beacon Washington correspondent Robert Koenig looks at 10 years since the anthrax attacks just after Sept. 11, 2001. Two parts.
Voices
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Doug Williams says the proposed consent decree before the U.S. district court here may not be perfect, but it's the best way to move forward to stop the costs of inadquate waste- and storm-water systems.
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M.W. Guzy fears his daughters' affection for trash TV might have been genetically inherited, as he finds himself drawn to the anybody-but-Mitt show, playing on a loop on cable "news' channels.
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Miguel Dulick recounts a trans-Honduras tour that, again, reminded him of the power and joy of keeping siblings and parents connected.
Beacon Roundtable
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In this week's Beacon Roundtable, Dick Weiss, Jason Rosenbaum, Jo Mannies, Robert Joiner and Dale Singer sit down to talk about the Missouri primary and redistricting, the controversy around…
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General manager Nicole Hollway is back to the Beacon blog and she's trying to piece together what social media is and means to people.
On chess
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Ben Finegold says recent moves by Lindenwood and Webster universities have positioned the region to be the chess capita of the United States.
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