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Holzer’s seamless integration of blunt remarks about power into public environments reaches new vertiginous heights at the Guggenheim Museum’s ‘Light Line.’ The centerpiece, an installation of LED lights climbing up the full ramp of the museum, features a stock ticker–like flow of aphorisms addressing power dynamics, warfare,
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When thinking about the way screens are a major part of our lives and the immersion we can get from screens, I thought about bringing the idea of a IMAX super screen into the car environment. I wanted to capture the curved screen because it mimicked the way the dome
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The 2015 movie Home comes with a cast overflowing with big name actors and a storyline that brought laughter and heartwarming characters. Within the movie, an alien named Oh and a human named Tip go on a fantastical roadtrip to find Tip's mother. These two unlikely travel companions
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The movie The Mitchells vs. The Machines focuses on the road trip experience of the Mitchell family. The family struggles to get off of technology like many families these days. When they decide to take a roadtrip, technology brings a formidable foe. " Young Katie Mitchell embarks on a road
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The Disney Pixar movie Elio follows the storyline of a young boy that doesn't feel like he belongs or is wanted after his parents died. One day, the boy stumbles into a museum room about the search for other life in the universe. Elio becomes enthralled by the
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What family road trip hasn't heard the age old cry, "Are we there yet?" The 2005 movie Are We There Yet takes the chaotic experience of a road trip to extremes. The review from blogger Cole Smithey leaves a scathing review of the satirical movie and
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The book The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt discusses the impacts of the new tech-raised generations, in specific, mental health impacts. A fascinating discussion arises about the future of technology and mental well being of generations that are increasingly removed from nature through increasing technology usage. "As the transition
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Humans have an instinct to explore, often in a very tactile way, and seek out emotional connections to our environment (Komar, 2019). The question is, how do we fulfill that need without damaging that environment and impacting the wildlife that depend on it? This conjecture is inspired by Veronica Ryan&
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According to data from travel research firm MMGY, road trips have been rising in popularity (Elliott, 2019). As such, teaching children how to soothe themselves while their parents engage with a long drive has become more important than ever. In a conversation with Masters of Social Work student Hannah Seitz
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(Spoilers ahead) In Weapons (2025), cars are the hunting grounds for the villain of the film. This is in contrast to other horror films, in which cars are symbols of safety and an escape from violence. The film does this to blend multiple aspects of fear in American suburbia to
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I have never been a fan of Superman. I've always preferred Batman. (Though, I would be completely against him if he were real. A billionaire who decides to beat up criminals one by one with expensive tech instead of using his wealth and political influence to tackle the
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While thinking about how to address the problem of people doing things they're not supposed to do, I thought of art museums and how all of the methods they use to keep people from touching art. Excerpts from Komar (2019) Fiona Candlin, a professor of museology at Birkbeck