Art and Sleep

There is a new opening in Manhattan called “The Generational: Younger Than Jesus.” Here is a photograph.

This is one art exhibit I would only see if strongly encouraged by my party. I see this art form here as yet another example of privacy gone public. The caption of the picture says: Chu Yun, "This is Lacy," 2006, a living sculpture installation with sleeping person at The New Museum Triennial."

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New Videocast: Formality/Informality

In this videocast I talk about the social boundary between what's formal and what's informal. The media example I refer to is HBO's new series In Treatment.

The questions I ask are:

1) Why are boundaries so very important?

2) What feeds informality in our day and age and how can it be managed?

3) What happens to privacy in modernity with regards to technology and the web?

4) How can one reconcile one's desire to engage the world with one's desire for privacy?

You may watch the episode here.

The episode is also uploaded on iTunes under the podcast series Gendering the Media with Brikena Ribaj.

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Mysteries of Pittsburgh: The Movie

Well, folks, one of my all-time favorite novels is adapted for the big screen. Mysteries of Pittsburgh, the movie, is coming out soon.
Few authors 'get' gender the way my favorite American novelist, Michael Chabon, does.
If you have not read the novel yet, do so.

I do have to note that I have some measure of hesitation with regards to the film as the character of 'Arthur' seems to have been left out. And in my view, Arthur was the making of the novel. But, it's a Chabon-based story and it's definitely worth a look. Let's hope the filmic adaptation of the novel oozes some needed Chabon-ness so that it can succeed.

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