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When Art is Used for Making a Statement

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When Art is Used for Making a Statement A contemporary art exhibition titled The Visual as Political, Artist Statements was shown from 24th until 28th of April 2017 at the Laverne Krause Gallery. The display was organized and curated by Sloane Kochman and Mason Moorman with the support of the UO Art History Association. Together they have managed to gather the works of a group of young and talented artists who have their own vision of various socio-political issues and were not afraid to make bold political statements, embodied and expressed in the pieces of art. Among the participants of the exhibition, there were yet little known, but undoubtedly endowed artists, namely Nathan Bergfelt, Taylor Bowden, Gaby Chadowitz, Izzy Cho, Lily Cox-Skall, Haley Duhaime, Shool Haddadi, Tracie Jackson, Grace Kwon, Jade Lazaris, Asha Logan, Jessy Webster, and Sam Wrigglesworth. In spite of the fact that the exhibition was not limited to a single art form, like displaying photographs, paintings, pos

Performance in Independent Films

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Performance in Independent Films A primary goal of the independent films is not entertainment or box-office success. They tend to investigate uncommon ideas, experiment, and focus on social issues; moreover, they rarely own a big budget or feature popular actors. For all these reasons, every independent picture is a challenge for a director, cast, and, definitely, the audience. Being a part of such project implies a huge risk and responsibility for everyone involved. Apart from the input of the director and screenwriter, a critical success of the film is largely dependent on the performances of the actors. In certain kind of movies, such as Boyhood and My Left Foot , a successful performance plays a crucial part. Boyhood (2014) The most outstanding feature of the movie by directed Richard Linklater is that he has been filming it for twelve consecutive years with the same cast (Gritten). Boyhood is a story about growing up focused on a boy named Mason and his family. The plot is simpl