The art of performance has fundamentally changed over the past year and a half. Though COVID-19 forced artists to reimagine theatrics through a digital lens, the essential, electric quality of performance has been missing since Broadway went dark in March 2020. As we return in the fall, performance is starting to spark back up in […]
This summer, one pair of shoes changed my life: the “Nike x Sig Zane ACG Deschütz+” sandal. The name is a mouthful, but after saying it over a hundred times it rolls off the tongue. So without further ado, the Arts Editor of the Harvard Independent declares the “Nike x Sig Zane ACG Deschütz+” the […]
Harvard offers 50 concentrations, yet food or cuisine or cooking do not make an appearance in any of their titles. However, some alumni have leveraged their Harvard educations to enter careers in cooking. The Independent spoke to a trailblazer of modern American cuisine, Chef Jeremiah Tower ’66, GSD ’69, and famous internet food entertainer, Nick Digiovanni ’19, to learn how Harvard impacted their journeys into the world of cuisine.
Sex makes people uncomfortable; isn’t it obvious? “Blow(up)job” captures this sentiment on Harvard’s campus. Our process reveals as much about sex as the photographs themselves. When we were brainstorming about this issue, shooting with sex dolls immediately popped into our heads. The idea to create tender and intimate moments with blow-up dolls for an issue […]
Where does this object start? What makes this object appropriate for a teaching museum? How has its function as a teaching object changed over time? On Tuesday, March 9th, Dr. Makeda Best, the Richard L. Menschel Curator of Art at the Harvard Art Museums, opened her talk with these questions. In a teaching museum, art […]
History months in the U.S. separate Americans’ obligation to jump into the struggles of those who face oppression, which prevent us from experiencing and learning about the similarities and differences in their fights against systemic oppression. In February, Americans listened to protest music last month to learn about the Civil Rights Movement, but switched the […]
Artists and non-artists alike have spent more free time than normal in their heads and homes this year, with little to occupy the overactive young adult mind. Many have turned to pen and paper, collage, stamps, and even henna to release pent-up emotion or begin a passion they have always wanted to pursue. Without the […]
“Oh, I don’t believe in God anymore.” “That makes sense.” Suddenly, the size of my left wrist became more interesting than our conversation. I gripped it in a chokehold for a few moments. “What?” My eyes didn’t leave my hand. “But, I wish I did.” I drew in a sharp inhale. The words left a […]
Today, cameras flood Harvard’s campus. Whether it’s with a passerby’s iPhone, a tourist’s DSLR, or an Indyite’s newfound vintage 35mm camera, we constantly capture moments with the flick of a shutter. In 1969 when one of the founders of the Independent, Jim Vassef ’71, was photographing Harvard and its community, the making and sharing images […]
“Why they want to pin a felly on me? I ain’t did nothing.” Bobby Shmurda, Wash The Case Away If you didn’t know Bobby Shmurda by name, you knew him by voice. In his 2014 breakout single, “Hot N**** (Hot Boy),” Shmurda proudly declared he had “been selling crack like since the 5th grade.” Shmurda’s […]