Arts Writing and “The New Thing”

03May09

Last week’s much talked-about Art Klatch, hosted by Scott Lawrimore at Cafe Presse, briefly touched on the question of whether online media prevents non-arts inclined members of the community from happening upon arts coverage and criticism (summarized on Translinguistic Other).  Based on my graduate work in the online realm, I knew I very much disagree [...]

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The West Wing on the Small Screen

06Nov08

“No wonder your president has to be an actor, he’s gotta look good on television.”(Dr. Emmett Brown responding to the idea of Ronald Reagan as President of the United States, Back to the Future 1985)
When the television became a household standard in the 1950s, the sudden change in image culture dramatically affected the Presidental elections, [...]

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Tags: aaron sorkin, back to the future, election 08, image culture, mccain, museum photographs, obama, santos, television, the west wing, thomas struth, vinick, visual culture