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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Apr 6, 2017 15:28:33 GMT -5
just received the latest issue of "Being More" which showcases the planned Arts Center at Holy Cross. The article says HC recently received a $5MM gift, bringing the total to $37MM of the estimated $92 MM cost of the building. This is a pretty impressive undertaking
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Post by rgs318 on Apr 6, 2017 18:07:25 GMT -5
That booklet did look good.
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Post by Chu Chu on Apr 7, 2017 11:54:44 GMT -5
A very impressive looking facility.
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Apr 8, 2017 10:56:48 GMT -5
I take note that Fr. B. has set a similar requirement on this Center as he did for Luth. Construction will start when HC has two thirds of the money raised. At total estimated cost of $90+ million, HC needs to raise about $28 million before HC70's trucks chug up the hill.
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Jul 20, 2017 16:36:08 GMT -5
The latest issue of Holy Cross magazine has several renderings of the interior, including the main theater (with proscenium); black box theater; dance studio; art gallery; and what appears to be an inner atrium that would function as a gathering space but also looks as if it could serve as a space for temporary exhibitions or informal;y staged (avant-garde) performances
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Post by sarasota on Jul 20, 2017 23:26:15 GMT -5
Saddened to learned that Vito Hannibal Acconci HC'62 passed away in April, a noted poet, performance and installation artist.
"One installation/performance piece from this period is Seedbed (January 15–29, 1971). In Seedbed Acconci lay hidden underneath a gallery-wide ramp installed at the Sonnabend Gallery, masturbating while vocalizing into a loudspeaker his fantasies about the visitors walking above him on the ramp.[6] One motivation behind Seedbed was to involve the public in the work's production by creating a situation of reciprocal interchange between artist and viewer."
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Jul 21, 2017 5:37:55 GMT -5
Saddened to learned that Vito Hannibal Acconci HC'62 passed away in April, a noted poet, performance and installation artist. "One installation/performance piece from this period is Seedbed (January 15–29, 1971). In Seedbed Acconci lay hidden underneath a gallery-wide ramp installed at the Sonnabend Gallery, masturbating while vocalizing into a loudspeaker his fantasies about the visitors walking above him on the ramp.[6] One motivation behind Seedbed was to involve the public in the work's production by creating a situation of reciprocal interchange between artist and viewer." Edward Callahan, professor of English emeritus, is quoted at length in the reminiscence of Acconci. Callahan must be no younger than his mid 90's, and with a mind as sharp as ever. ____________________________ Looking at the renderings of the interior, I can understand the increased cost. Diller, Scofidio, and Renfro (the architects) do not yet have the arts center on their public project list. |
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Jul 21, 2017 8:32:52 GMT -5
Saddened to learned that Vito Hannibal Acconci HC'62 passed away in April, a noted poet, performance and installation artist. "One installation/performance piece from this period is Seedbed (January 15–29, 1971). In Seedbed Acconci lay hidden underneath a gallery-wide ramp installed at the Sonnabend Gallery, masturbating while vocalizing into a loudspeaker his fantasies about the visitors walking above him on the ramp.[6] One motivation behind Seedbed was to involve the public in the work's production by creating a situation of reciprocal interchange between artist and viewer." It's astounding that ludicrous perversions like this could ever have been accepted as "art" . The gullibility of an insecure public is pathetic. |
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Post by hchoops on Jul 21, 2017 9:10:40 GMT -5
Sounds like seminary talk
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Post by rgs318 on Jul 21, 2017 9:16:22 GMT -5
lol  |
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Post by sader1970 on Jul 21, 2017 10:35:18 GMT -5
Whoa! Are you accusing Sarasota of having gone to a seminary?!
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Post by hchoops on Jul 21, 2017 13:08:32 GMT -5
Whoa! Are you accusing Sarasota of having gone to a seminary?! Do not know if you are joking, but my sarcastic statement was in reference to the post just above mine by ky. |
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Post by sarasota on Jul 21, 2017 14:32:32 GMT -5
To me, the remarkable fact is not the gullibility of some of the Arts crowd but the incredible testicles of the con artists like Acconci.....to which I include almost all abstract painters, certainly including Jackson Pollock.
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Jul 21, 2017 15:20:46 GMT -5
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Post by sarasota on Jul 21, 2017 18:55:11 GMT -5
PP- What a human interest story. Also former HC Prez Reedy and Pete Hamill.
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Post by hchoops on Jul 21, 2017 19:36:16 GMT -5
Hamill, from my Brooklyn parish, began, but did not graduate from Regis, which gave him an honorary degree in 2010
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Post by hc87 on Jul 22, 2017 0:02:57 GMT -5
All well and good, but where in the hell is the Japanese Tea Gahhhden we were promised lo these many years ago? |
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Aug 3, 2017 10:01:09 GMT -5
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Post by beaven302 on Aug 12, 2017 13:31:02 GMT -5
This article includes a photo of John Paul Reardon's old art class (popularly known as "Paint and Draw"), which I took back in '67. By this time, it was given in a room on the decidedly decrepit top floor of Fenwick, which was a world away from the well-kept, wood-paneled look of the main floor. The surroundings may have been more than seedy, but the class was definitely worth while. |
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Post by hchoops on Aug 13, 2017 9:06:06 GMT -5
The building is dramatic and beautiful, a bit of a contrast to the utilitarian Luth.
A needy addition to what is now called the upper campus
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Post by sarasota on Aug 13, 2017 11:55:55 GMT -5
In my personal amateur opinion, the exterior of the Luth has no architectural distinction. As Hoops said, it is purely utilitarian. This was unavoidable given the fact that two boxes, the NFH and the Blaney Court, had to be attached to the Hart box. An unlimited budget might have made a difference. Only way to judge the Arts Center is to see it in situ and how it relates to the land and the bldgs surrounding it. As a musician who performs in such spaces, I believe the efficiency of the interior is more important than the exterior. I have always felt that the uniformity of the campus' red brick and limestone trim theme is a very important contributor to the campus' beauty.
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Aug 13, 2017 12:43:48 GMT -5
Red brick and limestone or red brick and granite: those are the classic college looks in my opinion.
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Aug 14, 2017 16:46:24 GMT -5
The replacement for the old field house supposedly will be nearly all glass on the north side.
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Post by sarasota on Aug 15, 2017 3:17:42 GMT -5
The replacement for the old field house supposedly will be nearly all glass on the north side. The north side faces Wheeler, correct? |
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Aug 15, 2017 5:50:01 GMT -5
The replacement for the old field house supposedly will be nearly all glass on the north side. The north side faces Wheeler, correct? To be precise, the north side more directly faces O'Neil (the bio labs) rather than Wheeler. goo.gl/maps/oWyxCeGJy262The base would be higher than the roof of O'Neill, and a two or three story glass front would be pretty dramatic at night. |
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