Ishita Kapur Professor Melissa Ragona Contemporary Art History‚ 60206 15 April‚ 2009 Opera for a Small Room “Opera for a Small Room” is a time-based mixed-media installation by Canadian artists‚ Janet Cardiff and George Bures Miller. The mixed media includes sound‚ record players‚ records and synchronized lighting. It is exhibited in “a small room”‚ 2.6 x 3 x 4.5m‚ and plays in a 20-minute loop. This piece constructs a hyper realistic narrative centered on the character R. Dennehy. Dennehy
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My Room The majority of my downtime is spent in the comfort of my bedroom. Found directly at the top of the staircase‚ my room sits on the second floor of my one hundred year old Victorian home. There is much to absorb upon first glance‚ and it may not seem as welcoming as it is to me. But at any point during each twenty-four hour day I can comfortably enjoy the time spent in my room. My room is a fun‚ organized‚ and welcoming place to be. The first part of my room that catches most people’s
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The room is a metaphor for a reverse Plato’s Cave. Instead of a man who is confined to a cave for his life‚ the man‚ Gregor‚ is part of the outside world and confined to a room. Gregor is a worldly man‚ who loses his mobility when he becomes a “vermin”. He is confined to his room and iss punished for leaving his room. His efforts to leave his room are always met with physical and/or emotional trauma. Gregor learns to feel shame which acts as his main motivation for staying in his room. Gregor’s
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MY FAVORITE ROOM My room is my favorite place. The floor of my room is a golden brown carpet. A beige rug covers a small portion of the floor next to my bed. In an array of gloss and semi-gloss‚ shades of off-white cover these four walls. Entire sections are hidden by nearly a dozen posters of comic book characters‚ girls‚ or athletes. Along the top section of my wall I have my eight-teen hats. My room is about 10 feet by 10 feet so it is not too big or too small. I have a big window that
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Theoretical Background A.R.A (Attendance and Room Automation)‚ as the title suggest‚ this project is about automation. In applying creating this project we‚ the proponents‚ aim to integrate multiple devices to produce a system that would automate a room as well as attendance checking. But what is automation? According to Merriam-Webster dictionary‚ automation is “the technique of making an apparatus‚ a process‚ or a system operates automatically. The theory of automation states that “there are
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hypothetical scenario in which my sister is the person being hooked up to the violinist in Judith Jarvis Thomson’s violinist thought experiment. I will begin by discussing my thoughts regarding this scenario and what advice I would offer my sister. I will then go on to take a more general look at this topic and try and establish whether my reasoning could be used as basic moral code for this issue or is there more complexity to it than that. Before we jump in to my own personal opinions on this subject
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Boiler Room Ethical Analysis I. Introduction: A. Have you ever worked for a company or individual you believed was unethical? B. In the moving Boiler Room‚ there are several different characters displaying unethical behavior including JT Marlin the Corporation‚ Seth and Chris. I. JT Marlin Corporation A. JT Marlin unethically sells stock 1. Sells stock for product that don’t currently exist 2. Pays 4x the commission allowable by law 3. Won’t sell stock to women
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Ordinary People‚ by Judith Guest‚ is a touching‚ sensitive novel that deals with healing and moving on from a tragedy or a difficult situation. It uniquely tells the stories of two different people and their personal situations from chapter to chapter‚ and how each person recovers from his/her problems. The reader is taken into their lives to share and sympathize with their misunderstandings‚ their pain‚ and their ultimate healing. The novel begins with the statement: “To have a reason to get up
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desire in A Room with a View In A Room with a View‚ all the characters have a desire‚ but these are often repressed‚ especially the female characters. At the time there was some feminist movement but females were still generally trapped within the walls of society. After the reign of Queen Victoria‚ the Victorian era was over and the more modern Elizabethan era emerged. This caused societal change where whilst the Victorians remained in their rigid societal ways‚ the Elizabethans had a more open way
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England and Italy may look close on a map‚ but they couldn’t be more divided in terms of excitement‚ attitude‚ and atmosphere. Lucy experiences this contrast head-on in E.M. Forster’s novel‚ A Room With A View. The carefree energy of Florence collides with the quiet‚ uptight lifestyle of the English countryside‚ and this contrast‚ especially in the early 20th century‚ is the most important aspect of this book as a whole. Florence‚ described by the narrator as having “the power‚ perhaps‚ to evoke
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