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To the Moon! Grad Student Exhibition
By SABRINA BEDFORD On January 10th, the art gallery was full at the reception of “Arsenal”, an exhibition featuring graduate student artwork. A few dozen grad students, faculty, and a pinch of undergrads filled the tight venue. After waffling down some kebabs, I grabbed a glass of Pinot and looked past the lobby to the artwork displayed. Although a sign clearly said “No Food or Drink in the Gallery,” I […]
Interview: U.S. Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey
BY T. DOYLE This coverage and interview are first in a three-part series on the Lane Lecture series. On February 25th, Stanford will welcome Jeffrey Eugenides. Natasha Trethewey took the stage at Cemex Auditorium after a glowing introduction by Eavan Boland and warm applause from the audience. Speaking first about the driving forces behind Thrall, she explained that her research into knowledge and ideas of racial difference from the Enlightenment […]
Another Look: So Long, See You Tomorrow
BY CHI LING, CHAN William Maxell’s So Long, See You Tomorrow was chosen for the inaugural session of “Another Look”, a new book club started by Tobias Wolff that focuses on short masterpieces that have not earned the readership they deserve. I have Wolff to thank for introducing me to such a beautiful piece of fiction (which, incidentally, is part non-fiction given that it is an autobiographical metafiction) – it was worth the time I […]
The New and Awful Stanford Font
By KRISTI BOHL Last week, Stanford changed its online logo. old logo | new logo Two word version of this post: just no. Longer version of this post: The old Stanford font, Sabon, actually looks like something that merits being taken seriously. Why? Consider, if you will, the website fonts forHarvard, Princeton, and the University of Chicago. Eerily similar to Sabon. Why? Because these schools are renowned academic institutions that take themselves seriously. What […]
Anthony Schepperd’s Animated Menagerie
BY RAYMOND JEONG Anthony Schepperd is an independent animator working in Philadelphia, whose work includes the visually mind-blowing music video, “The Music Scene.” He kindly spares his time for the Stanford Arts Review. SAR: In the world of your music video “The Music Scene,” animals and television reign. Where did that concept come from? Anthony Schepperd: The album art features a post-human New York City. I kept listening to the […]
Fire Escapes, Fire Extinguishers, and Trash
At Wednesday’s meeting in Synergy, members of the Arts Review wrote for ten minutes about some object in the room. Here’s what they came up with: Among the artifacts to survive the Synergy remodel are a series of plaster reliefs above the fireplaces on the first floor. They are white, neoclassical, and dirty; I know from experience that they aren’t part of the weekly house-clean. In two of them, a […]