The United States has long been a critic of governments using propaganda to subtle influence and controls its citizens. The US also goes out of there way to declare themselves a place where people from all cultures can feel safe and respected. One thing they are relatively silent on is
Purple Jesus. Beavis and Butt-Head. A Pegasus flying through the night sky. You would be hard-pressed to find a common denominator between the three, but the answer lies in San Francisco, California. All of those transcending images are on display as blotter art at Mark McCloud’s “Blotter Barn”, an expansive
Where and how artwork is displayed can oftentimes have just as much effect on the viewer’s experience as the artwork itself. A piece can be meant to be admired from afar, or from as close as possible – this can be pre-determined by the artist themselves or be a happenstance
K-pop — a rising music genre that utilizes sound and styles all over the world, incorporating not only auditory, but visual, cinematic, thematic, and literary elements into music heard by people all around the world. The main points of K-pop include unique lyrics with meanings that may reference previous
FGM is defined by the World Health Organization as any procedure that intentionally alters or causes injury to the female genital organ for non-medical reasons. Female Genital Mutilation is a criminal act performed on young women in 29 countries of Africa and the Middle East. Most of the countries around
In our current technologic age, a variety of video sharing platforms are gaining predominance, such as YouTube or TikTok. Videos posted can be relating to news, music videos, vlogs, beauty tutorials or even stranger: ASMR. Before, they were known as kinks, now it is called ASMR or autonomous
A class of mine had a project called reverse consumption. The idea of the project was to buy a product, mess with it somehow, and put it back on the shelf. When the semester first started, I bought a bunch of puzzles with my roommate and decided that I could
Netflix’s You, released September 9, 2018, follows the story of Joe, a bookstore manager, who falls in love with one of his customers at first sight. While obviously smart and passionate about books and his work, Joe is rather plain. Unassuming. Some would even say “average.” And the viewer quickly
In this Netflix film, LA Originals explores the rise to fame of Chicano artists Mister Cartoon and Estevan Oriol as they cemented their art in LA culture. Mister Cartoon started out as a graffiti artist that tagged the streets of LA and worked his way into tattooing. Meanwhile, Estevan was
The year 2020 has had a strange start. From Kobe Bryant’s unexpected death to Netflix’s true crime documentary, “Tiger King” becoming a national sensation. While both seem to have absolutely nothing in common, they both have ignited a media frenzy. Kobe Bryant was a predominant basketball player who passed away