By Ruthie Snoke Art has the ability to challenge popular opinion, to reshape the lens through which reality is viewed, and to provide closure when it is needed. Sometimes, it seeks to encapsulate these three things at the same time. The performance piece “155 Years, 155 Blocks,” created by multimedia and performance artist Jesse Kreuzer, […]
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“155 Years, 155 Blocks:” Jesse Kreuzer’s reaction to Cooper Union’s tuition policy change
October 7, 2014 – 8:21 pm
The Shame Chorus: Analysis, Performance, Catharsis
October 7, 2014 – 7:47 pm
By Matthew Morowitz Shame Chorus Banner. Image courtesy of Jordan McKenzie. “This age of childhood, in which the sense of shame is unknown, seems a paradise when we look back upon it later, and paradise itself is nothing but the mass-phantasy of the childhood of the individual. This is why in paradise men are naked […]