A small chunk of the enormous variety of activities that go on in Grand Central.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yqi7nnaG9M8
Holus Bolus: NYC’s Everyday All At Once
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Diglot: Choice Meats in the Meatpacking District
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9KJQnBl8Tk This video juxtaposes images of the upscale clubbing scene and the grungy blue collar meatpacking business that coexist in this unique manhattan neighborhood. Although the video doesn’t literally present a diglot, in a sense the neighborhood is speaking two different languages by sending out mixed messages of its identity. On another level, the video itself sends mixed messages. On one hand it is the displaying the upscale crowd mixed with the lunchpail crowd and on the other hand it also derogatorily compares woman to meat. (I personally don’t believe that woman are comparable to meat!)
Pelagic: Haste Makes Waste
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A short film about the sewer systems in NYC. Directed by Audrey Gevorkian.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKQXR2p1kfw
Alice in Wonderland and Omurice
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In my recent business trip to Tokyo, I’ve decided to read Alice in Wonderland on the plane. There was a Japanese cartoon series based on Alice in Wonderland I loved to watch when I was a kid and I thought reading it would somehow help me find my way in Tokyo…
If there is a dish that can be served during the tea party in Alice in Wonderland, Omurice has to be it. It’s a Japanized version of western Omelette with fried rice in ketchup.
To me, this is the quintessential Japanese food and a very worthy offspring of western Omelette. It’s hearty, colorful, inexpensive, and very very tasty. Everyone who visits Japan should try it instead of cold and overpriced Sushi that most people seem to favor for a reason that I can never understand…
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GEORGIC – an homage to what used to be
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITZ5Pt2GclQBattery Park City is one of Manhattan’s most picturesque locations. It’s also one of the most synthetic. The carefully crafted promenade, parks, and plazas comprise an area of New York that’s undeniably gorgeous. Yet, somehow, the well-groomed gardens and lawns remind me that centuries ago Manhattan was untouched- its flora and fauna chaotic and beautiful in their original habitat. Today BPC represents the antithesis of that ideal. It is man-made nature, and still there is no denying that it’s beautiful in its artificiality.
Audile
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtnZDnxTJdA
Audile
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClFb0ElsmNo by – Peter Reinstein
Call It What You’d Like, I Know How I Feel
An experimental film about the ‘Open City’ of New York:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILlpjC7eDKY-Justin Bonilla, Student, Media Mavericks
Under The Dryer
Under The Dryer (a project prepared for my Media Mavericks class) is an exploration into media perceptions of beauty and African-American hair. A variety of young, black females talk about their experiences revolving around their hair in juxtaposition to images that depict common and accepted ideas of beauty; This sharp contrast simultaneously shows parallels between the “ideal type” of Westernized beauty to African-American culture, even within an exclusionary social system. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVGjgnLLZkE