Julian Assange founded the international organization WikiLeaks, where anonymous sources could publish classified governmental information to be leaked to the general public. Assange claims that he created this site because the “public needed to know” about the shady, covert affairs of the government. While this may have been his initial
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The film 21 illustrates a significant overlap between art and crime. Inspired by the true story of card counters at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the gifted MIT student, Ben Campbell (Jim Sturgess), uses creativity and performance art to scam the gambling system in Las Vegas, and earn hundreds of thousands
The argument of whether a forgery is actually art derives from how art is defined and what is the intent of the creator of the forgery. In all instances, a forger has the intent to defraud a client, dealer or gallery and pass the work of art off as an
The art of tattooing has become mainstream in today’s society. As tattoos are slowly starting to possess a primarily aesthetic purpose, it is easy to lose sight of the representative value tattoos have had in the past. For incarcerated criminals, the purpose of tattoos is merely in their function; they
Miley Cyrus has come a long way from the country-grown Hannah Montana star that America fell in love with. The official declaration of the new Cyrus was established with her infamous 2013 VMA performance, where she donned a racy leotard and did questionably inappropriate things to Robin Thicke with a
It has been said that we are each exposed to over 2,000 ads a day, making the advertisement industry perhaps the most influential force in society. With this power, advertisement companies abuse beauty as tool for seduction and profit. The media portrays an idealized version of what a woman should
People fight oppression in a lot of different ways. Some react violently, committing acts such as burning down buildings and engaging in physical fights, while others, such as Gandhi, fasted and peacefully protested. Tupac and the dancers in David LaChapelle’s Rize (2005) use art as a means of protesting their
Each day, we are lied to anywhere from 10 to 200 times. Strangers lie 3 times within the first 10 minutes of meeting one another, and average married couples lie in 1 out of every 10 interactions, according to Pamela Meyer, author of the book Liespotting. Each and every one
Every fifteen minutes, someone in the United States dies from an alcohol related or texting while driving traffic collision. Through conceptual and intervention art, the program “Every 15 Minutes” brings this tragic statistic to life, by presenting an interactive and dramatic performance that illustrates the dangerous consequences of drunk driving
Miley’s recent photo-shoot with Terry Richardson for Candy Magazine received negative feedback from mainstream audiences who were quick to judge the provocative images. When taken at face value, the undeniably promiscuous images are shocking and offensive. Some of the images feature a nude Miley smoking a cigar, licking her armpit