Photo from Buren’s new exibit Daniel Buren, a conceptual artist known for his use of stripes, has a new exhibit that uses glass, stone, and fabric to transform the Grand Palais into a kaleidoscope of color. Understandably, Buren sees all art as part of the society and location from which it springs:
All good internet comments begin with some variation of, “I shouldn’t even be commenting here.” Fortunately, prolific fantasy novelist and writer of Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning, R. A. Salvatore, resisted his better instincts and made a series of lengthy posts about the state of 38 Studios in the w
Icons in religious art are easily discernable depictions of deity and angels. For believers who didn’t have easy access to scriptures, icons were a way they could remind themselves who they worshipped. Now we have icons that represent not only religious figures, but are pictograms for anything that
video A Christian company based in California has announced its plans to retell the gospel of Jesus as an episodic Facebook game, Journey of Jesus. Each week the company will release new chapters, pulled straight from the Bible, allowing players to relive the life of Jesus. The company claims the ga
What’s to become of sensitive children who watch naked people having sex on TV? In Hideo Kojima’s case, fame, fortune, and a life-long obsession with moviemaking. In an interview in The Guardian the Metal Gear Solid creator recalls his parents nightly tradition of gathering around the family televis
A new study by Brigham Young University professor Sarah Coyne shows that teen novels are dramatically more vulgar than videogames intended for teens. Coyne surveyed 40 of the best-selling teen novels and found 88% of them (35 books) included profanity. Only 34% of teen videogames included objectiona
As part of the 15 year anniversary of the Resident Evil series, Capcom is partnering with Zepp Live Entertainment to put on a live haunted house in an abandoned Japanese hospital. Zepp specializes in creating real experiences were audience members must find their way out of a real world location wh
While American museums are slowly supporting popular animation, Japan’s Suginami Animation Museum has been eagerly embracing it since 2005. Their past exhibitions have examined Astro Boy and “eastern anime.” The museum values anime even if it’s made for little kids. This spring the Suginami Animat