Avant-garde

Citizen Kane (1941) by Orson Welles. Citizen Kane, directed and starred by Hollywood outcast Orson Welles, is according to most experts and film aficionados, the greatest movie ever made. The 1941’s classic of the silver screen depicts with avant-garde narrative techniques the life of the publishing tycoon, Charles Foster Kane. Although the film was not a box office hit in its first release, it is considered a cinematographic masterpiece of direction, film editing and lightning techniques. The…

On Sunday, May 21st, American soprano saxophonist Jane Ira Bloom has stepped on the bandstand of Cornelia Street Café accompanied by a taut rhythm section consisting of longtime cohorts Mark Helias on double bass and Bobby Previte on drums and percussion. The show served to promote her latest album, Early Americans (Outline, 2016), a solid body of work inspired by the work of the British poet Emily Dickinson. The opening track of the album, “Song Patrol”, was also the opener of the performance…

The famous duo, Kim Kardashian West and her husband Kaney West are constntly argueing, but this time, Kim is about to light a match in their already broken relationship. Radar Online, March 3, 2016 reported Kim told Kanye that he is not designing her dress for the Met Gala. The theme for the Met Gala this year is Manus x Machina: Fashion in an Age of Technology. Vogue said it will “focus on the dichotomy between handmade haute couture and machine-made fashion,” because of the Metropolitan…

inserted the futuristic design and innovation present during the space race into their clothing, using synthetic materials and the sleek design of the time to present within their fashion models. In 1964, well known designer Pierre Cardin launches his avant garde “Space Age” line of clothing. Also during this time André Courrèges releases his “Moon Girl” collection, introducing to the world the go-go boots. Going back to how the Space Age was brought closer to home through appliances and general…

as they would have to enter the scene. Gertrude Stein was a wealthy American writer-poet who purchased art from Matisse and she also provided financial support for nearly destitute artists. Her home was also a weekly salon where members of the avant-garde would meet up to trade thoughts. With the support provided and Gertrude’s literally skills she was able to attract crowds. The Bonheur de Vivre in Gertrude’s living room was also a piece of art that inspired Picasso. While Picasso felt Matisse…

CRITICAL REGIONALISM EMERGED AS AN ARCHITECURAL CONCEPT IN THE EARLY 1980s. FOR LEADING THEORISTS SUCH AS KENNETH FRAMPTON, ALEXANDER TZONIS, AND LANE LEFAIVRE, AND IS SEEN AS AN APPROACH TO ARCHITECTURE THAT STRIVES TO COUNTER THE PLCELESSNESS AND LACK OF IDENTITY OF THE INTERNATIONAL STYLE, BUT ALSO REJECTS THE WHIMSICAL, INDIVIDUALUALISM AND ORNAMENTATION OF POSTMODERN ARCHITECTURE. CRITICAL REGIONALISM IS SAID TO BE SEEN AS A SENSE OF VERNACULAR ARCHITECTURE. ACCORDING TO ALEXANDER TZONIS,…

saxophone; Thomas Heberer on trumpet, Kirk Knuffke on cornet, Ben Goldberg on clarinet, Omar Tamez on guitar and percussion, John Hébert on double bass, and Sam Ospovat on drums. The welcoming composition called “Big Weirdo” is a notably orchestrated avant-garde piece that gains a scintillating epic…

in film was from the daughter’s perspective of the mother. The mothering figure in Stella Dallas can be seen to have strayed from her capitalistic structure of being absent. Consistently throughout the movie, Stella can be seen dressing up in an avant-garde manner that does not necessarily show her synchronization with her husband’s class. She is also seen dancing and spending time with another man. Such appearance and actions, from the beginning of the movie, has shown how Stella has put her…

Iris van Herpen show was such a great experience, yet the best one so far for me, since she is my all times favorite designer. Before getting to visually look at the collection of her, Sarah Schleuning has given a speech about the process of making the collection. She mentioned about the runway experiences, back stages process and more of a personal communication that was going on between herself and Iris, which I think was very engaging and exotic. For her to speaks about the process of making…

were unwilling to fly the Nazi flag.” (Team). However, this is not just a story about Nazi Germany. By having Death pass pithy comments and giving sardonic soliloquies, it becomes a story about humanity. Zusak, using the employment of such an avant-garde character, paints a poignant portrait providing remarkable insight into the human psyche and how, despite all its atrocities, it still has the capacity to be “so glorious” (Zusak…