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The Cowl - v.77 - n.5 - Oct 4, 2012

The Cowl - student newspaper of Providence College. Vol 77 - No. 5 - October 4, 2012. 28 pages

Examining the effects of tabloid discourse(s)

The Weekly World News has graced the stands of supermarket aisles since its birth in 1979. Throughout its colorful history, I argue the Weekly World News is an example of pastiche, parodying diverse discourses from mainstream newspapers to other tabloid magazines, all the way to mainstream media. It is the goal to illuminate the nature of parody I observe within the Weekly World News. By analyzing several articles in different issues of the Weekly World News, I aim to show how this tabloid uses parody in order to ridicule, ironically comment on, and poke fun at a variety of subjects in order to make political and social arguments as well as attempting to push for change

Video Jockeys: New Media in Performance Art

Since the introduction of digitized media into culture, the artistic venture to integrate technology into performance has taken many names. Multimedia performance, interactive media, and digital media design are all novel forms in the lexicon of new media art. The medium of projection arts encapsulates those arts which utilize media projection as a foundational tool. In this thesis, I will investigate a novel projection art: VJing. VJing is a live visual art form that has risen in popularity across music genres. It utilizes a multitude of new media to alter the traditional music performance into an audio-visual synaesthetic experience. First, I analyze VJing by tracing the genealogy of its predecessors, Secondly, I interrogate the underlying critical implications of VJing within the larger context of visual culture. This project does not seek to romanticize the VJ but instead to insert it into scholarly discourse so that we may begin to critically interrogate its existence in contemporary media and performance. By placing the VJ in conversation with different schools of study, such as film, literature, and media studies, I hope to invite and legitimize additional critiques of the artform. Further, this thesis aims to inspire similar studies about projection arts.No embargoAcademic Major: Comparative Studie

Exploring the Optimal State in Will Eno's "Middletown"

This document is an investigation of my artistic challenge while performing in Will Enos Middletown. Through textual research and physical exploration in the studio, I have become aware of my habitual patterns which restrict access to my optimal state of performance. This state, or flow, feels effortless and encourages my commitment to the work with minimal awareness of self-conscious reactions. Thus my artistic challenge will be explored through research, studio rehearsal and performances of six characters in Middletown, which include: Prologue, Male Tourist, Ground Control, Man, Male Doctor and Janitor