July 23rd, 2010
Poetry by Sarah J. Sloat
Tags/ Posted by Chris Al-AswadLet me order my death as I would order a partycontinue reading this poem
July 22nd, 2010
Brandon Shaeffer’s Movie Posters
Tags/ Posted by Chris Al-AswadIf you want to discover your mind burn your house to the groundcontinue reading this poem
There’s something to be said about distilling a central theme or idea of a film down to it’s core and translating it into a simple, iconic image.
July 20th, 2010
How Sigmund Freud Interpreted Eduoard Manet’s “Olympia”
Tags/ Posted by Chris Al-AswadIn a bubble bath Of Kandinsky shapes A universe of rings Circling in an orbitcontinue reading this poem
One way to interpret a work of art like a painting, is to think of it as dream made manifest in the physical world. Though Freud’s theories have been questioned by many thinkers, we will use his method of dream interpretation as an approach to analyzing a painting.
July 20th, 2010
Lives of the Artists: Dean Monogenis
Tags/ Posted by Chris Al-AswadHow did I come to feel nothing satisfies more than introspection?continue reading this poem
My work investigates the incongruous architectural elements in contemporary urban environments. The original impetus behind this exploration, which I’ve been doing for the last 8 years, was the catastrophic events of 9/11 and the impact these events had on our environment, and subsequently, society itself.
