Arts
Creating Virtual Reality
Microsoft Flight Simulator began as a simple physics model for the Apple II. The instrument panel gauges are basic shapes; the terrain, a wireframe grid of white. If you crash, a cartoonish message tells you so. There are no trees, buildings, rivers, terminals, windsocks. If you want to see the plane’s outside, tough luck.
The Rest Is Silence
I don’t speak, read, or write Chinese very well; I never have. It was only in my mid-teens that I learned the difference between 读 and 看, when I had previously always used 读 (reading aloud) to signify “read.” I suppose my relatives must have thought I spent a lot of time reciting poetry and prose to myself.
FlyLo's New Melodic Flights
Listening to “Until the Quiet Comes” is like entering an abandoned townhouse in a post-industrial city and shuffling through each past resident’s old belongings: it is at once playful and eerie, ecstatic and melancholy. Lotus explores a diverse collection of melodic themes, refracting them through grating, dissonant synths, frenetic drum patterns, and dissected vocal samples.
Epically Long 'Lily' Hops Between Mediums
Though at times drawn out and overly gaudy, “The Lily’s Revenge” can be praised for its high production quality and impressive scope that successfully create an interactive theatrical experience.
Uneven Acting Stifles 'Wordplays'
A lopsided cast failed to redeem the play’s repetitive script, resulting in a production that lagged where it promised to crackle with wit.
'Male' Offers Poignant Look at Homophobia
Through the story, the strength of the actors, the careful use of projection, and the soliloquies in between certain scenes are the heart of the play and communicated the intense and emotional themes.
Goulding Shows Maturation on Sophomore Release
Though “Halcyon” at times suffers from overly thick production, it maintains the catchiness of “Lights” while also evidencing Goulding’s artistic maturation.
This Week's Arts Cover: Tailoring
This week’s Crimson arts cover story may have led some readers to believe that Crimson editor Alexander Tang '14 frequents a tailor. Some readers would be mistaken. Mr. Tang was on hand to detail why.
This Weekend In Arts: 10/19-10/21
There are so many shows, performances, and galleries in and around Harvard Square that sometimes it's hard to know where ...
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James Casebere, a visiting lecturer in the Visual and Environmental Studies department, awed a full audience in the Carpenter Center. Casabere presented his body of work in constructed photography based on complex models he has built in his studio.
