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Artist-in-residence rejects form, embraces content

By Jane Cavalier | January 12, 2011

Although his work is often characterized by critics as abstract, Chris Martin the studio art department's artist-in-residence for Winter term rejects this label. "My interest in painting has been where painting intersects with life," Martin said in an interview with The Dartmouth. Martin admits that he has been influenced by the work of abstract expressionists, including Alfred Jensen and Paul Feeley. However, the artist said he rejects abstract art's turn toward the concept of "form as content," an idea that emerged from the abstract expressionist movement. "After abstract expressionists, abstract art was hijacked by a group of critics who felt the more abstract painting became, the more it moved toward its destiny, became more pure," Martin said. Martin said he developed his "obsession" with painting at the age of 14, when he would spend his days listening to James Brown records in his high school's art studio. Brown a renowned soul singer has continued to influence Martin's work throughout his career as a painter.

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HEAR AND NOW: Mindblowing Mash-ups

By Dana Venerable | January 10, 2011

Although I am not the biggest fan of mash-ups, I won't hesitate to say that Jordan Roseman better known as DJ Earworm cooked up a hot mix for this winter season with his fourth annual year-end mash-up, "United State of Pop 2010 (Don't Stop the Pop)." The epic mash-up which was released at the end of December features the top artists of the year, ranging from Lady Gaga to Usher.

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Perkins earns spot on New York Magazine's top 10 list

By Shannon Draucker | January 9, 2011

On a summer afternoon in Central Park last year, Dartmouth percussion instructor Douglas Perkins and five other percussionists delivered a revolutionary rendition of Greek composer Iannis Xenakis' "Persephassa." Praised by critics and spectators alike, the performance which took place on Central Park Lake in the Park was recently named one of the top 10 classical music events in 2010 by New York Magazine. The performance was part of the fourth annual Make Music New York festival, a one-day event in which over 1,000 public spaces across New York City's five boroughs are transformed into venues for free concerts.

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Street Soul brings urban dance style to Hanover

By Gavin Huang | January 9, 2011

Gavin Huang / The Dartmouth Staff "It's called a hit," Samuel Tan '14 said, addressing the crowd at the first meeting of his new urban dance group Street Soul. And with that pithy explanation, he proceeded to demonstrate one of the fundamental moves of the dance style known as popping. He raised his arm in an almost robotic fashion and began to alternately contract and relax his muscles, producing a quick jerk in his arm. Moving to the beat of the music, he continued to dance freestyle until the song finished.

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Lee questions racial stereotypes

By Lingxi Chenyang | January 5, 2011

Courtesy of The New York Times Correction appended### The original article incorrectly stated that the roundtable discussion with the playwright would occur after the play when in fact it is Thursday at 4:30 p.m.

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AS SEEN ON: To Dome or Not to Dome?

By Allison Levy | January 5, 2011

I will freely admit that I have an obsessive personality, so it may not surprise anyone that I spent approximately 39 hours over break cultivating a new obsession: Fox's critically acclaimed sci-fi series "Fringe." Over the course of a week and a half, I watched all 52 episodes from the show's first, second and third seasons in preparation for the series' return from hiatus on Friday, Jan.

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BOOKED SOLID: Love Conquers All

By Shannon Draucker | January 4, 2011

"A Rope and a Prayer," a memoir by New York Times journalist David Rohde and his wife Kristen Mulvihill, is the haunting account of Rohde's seven-month captivity under the Taliban in Pakistan. The couple's retelling of Rohde's kidnapping is entrancing from the very beginning.

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Arts staff considers books, TV and film from 2010

By The Arts Staff | January 3, 2011

IMDB.com Courtesy of IMDB.com The Year in Film Although diverse in style and scale, several of 2010's most successful films tackled similar themes. The notion of control, for example, was dramatized in everything from artsy indie flicks to big budget blockbusters.

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HEAR AND NOW: Sounds of the Season

By Dana Venerable | January 3, 2011

Whether they are clever remixes of old classics or completely original tunes, a slew of new Christmas songs accompanies every holiday season. Although often beloved for inspiring cheerful holiday spirits, these melodies also run the risk of converting listeners to regular Scrooges, causing them to beg for an end to Christmas and the resulting headaches.

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Film prof. teaches animation as art

By Gavin Huang | November 30, 2010

Gavin Huang / The Dartmouth Staff Gavin Huang / The Dartmouth Staff Working in a cluttered animation studio littered with recycled paper, Zoe Furlong '14 meticulously assembled the words "I have many questions" with grains of black sand.

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