sarasanders's blog http://macaulay.cuny.edu/seminars/bergman09/blog/6 en Last Thoughts http://macaulay.cuny.edu/seminars/bergman09/content/last-thoughts <p>&nbsp;<img width="70" height="139" alt="" src="/seminars/bergman09/files/userfiles/image/images(1).jpeg" /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px">&nbsp;</p> <p><a href="http://macaulay.cuny.edu/seminars/bergman09/content/last-thoughts" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://macaulay.cuny.edu/seminars/bergman09/content/last-thoughts#comments sara Mon, 14 Dec 2009 00:59:26 +0000 sarasanders 478 at http://macaulay.cuny.edu/seminars/bergman09 Gallery Exhibit: SNAPSHOT http://macaulay.cuny.edu/seminars/bergman09/content/gallery-exhibit-snapshot <p>&nbsp;<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>After my first initial negative reaction to Snap Shot Day at Macaulay, I have calmed down. I was upset because I felt the event was organized poorly. I also felt as though they just wanted us to use our flip cams and Mac lab top applications rather then use our real creativity. I for one am not particularly creative on a Sunday morning. Since I work all day Saturdays, I love sleeping in on Sundays. So I suppose most of my disappointment came from the fact that I had to wake up so early.</p> <p><a href="http://macaulay.cuny.edu/seminars/bergman09/content/gallery-exhibit-snapshot" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://macaulay.cuny.edu/seminars/bergman09/content/gallery-exhibit-snapshot#comments sara who we are Thu, 10 Dec 2009 22:57:00 +0000 sarasanders 468 at http://macaulay.cuny.edu/seminars/bergman09 House of the Dead: The Opera http://macaulay.cuny.edu/seminars/bergman09/content/house-dead-opera-0 <p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Meryl Streep's appearance at <i>House of Dead</i> did not prove to be the only thrill of the performance. Before I detail what I enjoyed, our class discussion helped me appreciate the Opera much more. Thank you, Professor Bergman! To begin, I thought the set was incredible. Arguably it was drab and captured the atmosphere of prison life, but the depth and color really inspired more in the performance.&nbsp; I could see how the set had the essence of a Stalinist gulag, but I felt otherwise. The set resonated to me as a futuristic interpretation of a barrack.</p> <p><a href="http://macaulay.cuny.edu/seminars/bergman09/content/house-dead-opera-0" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://macaulay.cuny.edu/seminars/bergman09/content/house-dead-opera-0#comments sara theater Sun, 06 Dec 2009 01:41:46 +0000 sarasanders 439 at http://macaulay.cuny.edu/seminars/bergman09 House of the Dead: The Novel http://macaulay.cuny.edu/seminars/bergman09/content/house-dead-novel <p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;<span style="text-decoration: underline">House of the Dead</span> by Dostoevsky explores remorse. Observing the condition of his cell mates, Alexander Petrovich states, &quot;I never once saw among these men the slightest sign of remorse, the least gnawing of conscience, and that the majority of them believed themselves to have done nothing wrong,&quot; (16).&nbsp; Petrovich's observation separates him from the other prisoners. Not only does it suggest that he alone is remorseful, but that he is morally superior.</p> <p><a href="http://macaulay.cuny.edu/seminars/bergman09/content/house-dead-novel" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://macaulay.cuny.edu/seminars/bergman09/content/house-dead-novel#comments sara theater Sun, 06 Dec 2009 01:39:46 +0000 sarasanders 438 at http://macaulay.cuny.edu/seminars/bergman09 Marcel Duchamp http://macaulay.cuny.edu/seminars/bergman09/content/marcel-duchamp <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;</p> <p><img width="84" height="126" alt="" src="/seminars/bergman09/files/userfiles/image/images.jpeg" /></p> <p><a href="http://macaulay.cuny.edu/seminars/bergman09/content/marcel-duchamp" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://macaulay.cuny.edu/seminars/bergman09/content/marcel-duchamp#comments sara who we are Sat, 28 Nov 2009 01:30:03 +0000 sarasanders 404 at http://macaulay.cuny.edu/seminars/bergman09 Additional Thoughts on Coffin's Untitled Sculptures http://macaulay.cuny.edu/seminars/bergman09/content/additional-thoughts-coffins-untitled-sculptures <p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;After presenting information about Peter Coffin's Untitled Sculptures to the class, I had some additional thoughts on the exhibition. Coffin's choice of a construction method of build was significant. In the construction method the sculptor, &quot;is usually concerned more with the definition of space than with the mass, affording experiences quite new in the field,&quot; (Taylor 129). In Untitled Sculptures, the definition of space is emphasized. Since the silhouettes are only one inch thick, they lack the volume people associate sculpture with.</p> <p><a href="http://macaulay.cuny.edu/seminars/bergman09/content/additional-thoughts-coffins-untitled-sculptures" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://macaulay.cuny.edu/seminars/bergman09/content/additional-thoughts-coffins-untitled-sculptures#comments public art sara sculpture Sat, 28 Nov 2009 00:47:58 +0000 sarasanders 403 at http://macaulay.cuny.edu/seminars/bergman09 Mondrian: Black Lines? http://macaulay.cuny.edu/seminars/bergman09/content/mondrian-black-lines <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-indent: 36.0px; font: 12.0px Times New Roman; min-height: 15.0px">&nbsp;</p> <p><a href="http://macaulay.cuny.edu/seminars/bergman09/content/mondrian-black-lines" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://macaulay.cuny.edu/seminars/bergman09/content/mondrian-black-lines#comments painting sara who we are Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:24:20 +0000 sarasanders 381 at http://macaulay.cuny.edu/seminars/bergman09 The Bauhaus: Independent Event # 3 http://macaulay.cuny.edu/seminars/bergman09/content/bauhaus-independent-event-3 <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><img width="505" height="473" alt="" src="/seminars/bergman09/files/userfiles/image/BauhausArchivArmchair_big.jpg" /></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><a href="http://macaulay.cuny.edu/seminars/bergman09/content/bauhaus-independent-event-3" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://macaulay.cuny.edu/seminars/bergman09/content/bauhaus-independent-event-3#comments nyc arts sara who we are Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:55:27 +0000 sarasanders 380 at http://macaulay.cuny.edu/seminars/bergman09 Alexander String Quartet http://macaulay.cuny.edu/seminars/bergman09/content/alexander-string-quartet-2 <p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; The Alexander String Quartet provided a completely different experience than the China Festival&rsquo;s Class of 78&rsquo; performance did at Carnegie Hall. Even though the concert hall at Carnegie Hall was lavish and intimate, I actually felt closer to the performers at the Baruch Performing Art Center. It was the first time I had seen the recital hall and was pleasantly surprised. As I continue to become accustomed to Baruch, I am always finding aspects of the building's architecture that I admire.</p> <p><a href="http://macaulay.cuny.edu/seminars/bergman09/content/alexander-string-quartet-2" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://macaulay.cuny.edu/seminars/bergman09/content/alexander-string-quartet-2#comments baruch concert sara Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:30:26 +0000 sarasanders 379 at http://macaulay.cuny.edu/seminars/bergman09 Hard Nut paper Introduction for Professor Bergman http://macaulay.cuny.edu/seminars/bergman09/content/hard-nut-paper-introduction-professor-bergman <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><a href="http://macaulay.cuny.edu/seminars/bergman09/content/hard-nut-paper-introduction-professor-bergman" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://macaulay.cuny.edu/seminars/bergman09/content/hard-nut-paper-introduction-professor-bergman#comments sara Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:07:30 +0000 sarasanders 368 at http://macaulay.cuny.edu/seminars/bergman09