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Traditionally, museums are considered secular sites in which curators display art objectively; however, in her work, “The art museum as ritual,” Carol Duncan examines how museums act as powerful entities which influence the visitors’ perception through the display, organization, and architecture of the space. She elaborates that the museum’s authority actually enables them to represent and define entire communities, which consequently shapes the visitors’ perceptions of said communities. Perhaps…

The Cats of Mirikitani is a Linda Hattendorf documentary that tells the story of an elderly Japanese American street artist that lives near Washington Square in SoHo district of New York City. The documentary begins in 2001, detailing how “Jimmy” Mirikitani lived on the street and made money by selling his drawings. Jimmy kept his belongings in a shopping cart and set up a makeshift table beside a storefront. In the aftermath of the Twin Towers collapse, the documentary maker invited Jimmy into…

Hotels A hotel is a place that provides accommodation and meals. Facilities may range from a basic bed and storage for clothing to a luxury feature such as en suite bathrooms and larger hotels may provide additional guest facilities such as a swimming pools and conference rooms. What all hotels have in common is that they offer rooms to their guests in Exchange for payment. There are 12,000 hotels in the UK, the UK hotel industry employees 248,000 people. Hotel ratings are often used to…

In 1854, the bustling city of London flourished economically and socially. More than 2.4 million people squeezed their way onto this already crowded land, making it one of the largest hotspots in the world . However, the increase in population did not prove to be as beneficial as others imagined. The onset of this urban sprawl brought on great complications for the citizens of Victorian London- particularly waste problems. Inefficient disposal systems could not properly withstand the increasing…

The vibrant, high-energy music blasts from the speakers on all four sides of a dimly lit room as an inspirational instructor voices words of encouragement. Indoor-cycling, otherwise known as spinning, has become the most recent fitness craze across the world. This workout consists of riders sweating it out together from all different levels of fitness experience. Yet, the spinning community not only promotes the health of an individual but expresses the importance of having an enriching…

Victorian literature sentimentally displays death and loss through commentary on the human condition. Typically, authors morphed child labor, prison, hunger, and great discontent all together to create emotional scenes of passion and bitterness. Charles Dickens, the author of the classic A Tale of Two Cities, mobilized his agonizing public divorce and surrounding European social turbulences to adequately express the effects of one’s decisions. A Victorian without basic modern health, Dickens…

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Throughout the content of this essay I am going to be concentrating on Adrian Piper and Oreet Ashery who have both focused on their bodies as a means to pinpoint alternative models of representation that address gender and race. As well as this I will be discussing to what extent both artists resist the discourse of western patriarchal society. Piper, aged 67, was born in New York on 20th September 1948 and is an American Conceptual Artist and Philosopher. She campaigned for social change and…

Which 1980s New Romantic pop group released a song entitled, "Fade to Grey"? Having started out hosting club nights at Billy's nightclub in Soho, founding members Steve Strange and Rusty Egan wanted to tap into the growing New Wave culture of syntho-pop, forming Visage in the late 1970s. Recruiting amongst others, Midge Ure and Billy Curry - whom also performed with Ultravox - the band's first single was a cover of Zager and Evans "In the Year 2525". This record though proved to be a…

Okay, I will totally admit that I am extremely biased towards my home town of Baltimore, Maryland, as a place for folks to visit. Each and every time I go back to the place that I'll always consider home is an extremely emotional and truly joyous event for me.� Much of my family has, sadly, �passed away, but my mother still lives in the concrete Cape Cod style bungalow in which I was raised for the first nineteen years of my life. It's located on a quiet residential street right on the…