Campus Arts
Marianne Moore Biographer Talks Poetry, Family
“Marianne Moore became the important poet she was because of her resistance and her survival of her very oppressive mother,” said Linda Leavell, biographer and Beinecke fellow at Yale. “What I needed to do in this book was to tell the story of Moore’s family.”
Concentric Rings in Magnetic Levitation
“Concentric Rings in Magnetic Levitation” consists of 13 “rings” of sound focused about a central core. The rings themselves draw from a wide variety of sounds, including sine tones, a piano, percussion, and found objects, all presented in a periodic manner.
Artist Spotlight: Wallace Roney
The Crimson sits down with Wallace Roney, the only trumpet player that music legend Miles Davis ever personally mentored.
LOOK UP Mesmerizes, Engages
LOOK UP, described by creator Jill Johnson as a “gallery in motion,” brings audience interaction and a live-gallery setting to the art of dance in the form of a two-hour live-action performance that examines inspiration and movement in the digital age.
Crimson Arts Calendar Nov. 7-9
A new feature in which the Arts Blog suggests an artistic goings-on for the weekend.
Renzo Piano Highlights Design of Revamped Museums
Architect Renzo Piano outlined the trials and triumphs of designing the new Harvard Art Museums building, speaking to a packed Piper Auditorium Thursday evening.
Not So Easy
There is nothing straightforward about “Three Easy Pieces”, a solo exhibition by Japanese-British artist Simon Fujiwara that opened Oct. 23 in the Carpenter Center: the “ease” of the show lies not in the casual nonchalance the title may suggest but in its confession-like integrity and approachability, strengths that enable a range of viewers to appreciate its multilayered yet unresolved nature.
'Santo Antonio' Tells a Claustrophobic Story
“Santo António,” an art installation currently exhibited in Radcliffe Yard’s Byerly Hall, consists of four screens that each cover a side of a room. The mesmerizing short film “Morning of Saint Anthony’s Day” is projected simultaneously on all screens with variations between each one, forming an endless fugue enclosed in a 200-square-foot universe.
Artist Spotlight: Fred Taylor
A jazz impresario for over half a century, Taylor knows the temper of hundreds of musicians, and remembers every jazz venue in Boston as far back as the 1950s.
BPO Delivers on Lengthy Program
The concert was part of the BPO’s “Discovery” series, in which Zander gives a presentation prior to directing each work.
