Word: visualization
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...gawky black PlayStation2 has all the visual charm of a low-end VCR. But it is packed with processing power. PS2's 128-bit processor (Sony calls it an Emotion Engine) is a big step up from the original PlayStation's 32 bits. That means the new units can play CDs and DVDs, and can accommodate add-ons for broadband Internet, digital cameras and digital music players. No modem is included with PS2, which puts it behind Sega's Internet-ready Dreamcast. But PS2 does have one feature parents will appreciate: it is backward compatible, meaning it can play...
...Those "bed-ins" for peace were sweet but also hard to distinguish from pure exhibitionism. The dreamy directives of her conceptual art became harder to square with the iron-clad narcissism of so much else that she did. "After unblocking one's mind," she once wrote, "by dispensing with visual, auditory and kinetic perceptions, what will come out of us? Would there be anything? I wonder." By the end of this show you may still be wondering...
...explains as she displays some of the photos in her extensive color series of flowers in her father's greenhouse, which includes everything from orchids to sweet peas. "It smells amazing on a winter morning," she adds. "I think that the sense of smell is the least synesthetic for visual arts, though you can still convey a very tactile sense...
Gilmore started photography in high school. She is a history and literature concentrator, but manages to take classes in the visual and environmental studies (VES) department, which isn't easy to do: "I think it's really hard to get into VES if you're not a VES concentrator, but once you get in, the resources available are phenomenal," she says. "But getting in, it's the struggle. It's luck and perseverance, which is a heavy and difficult combination...
...Harvard, your commitment to the arts is dreadfully lacking. Arts First--Harvard's annual token tribute to the celebration of arts--does not compensate for the number of students with a genuine passion for the visual and environmental sciences who are turned away from VES classes each semester. It is easy to see that the act of creating visual art is an intellectual pursuit. Why can't the rest of the University see that...