...The 2012 The Cathedral & John Connon Alumni Magazine Founders’ Day Brunch 2011 EVENTS Rumble in the Jungle OFF THE SHELF Amish Tripathi and Akash Shah OUT OF THE BOX Dhanya Pilo Contents 9 President’s Message Events Founders’ Day 2011 Rumble in the Jungle Memories and Mayhem School Update Summer School Spotlight Keshav Desiraju Sudha Shah Off the Shelf Amish Tripathi and Akash Shah Out of the Box Vijaya Pastala Dhanya Pilo Nostalgia Reunions First Citizen In Memoriam Mrs. Irene Saldanha Mr. Anthony Dias Class Notes The Quiz 2 5 7 9 10 13 15 17 18 21 22 25 27 29 31 33 36 68 15 13 18 Editorial Team Udita Jhunjhunwala (ICSE 1984) Miel Sahgal (ISC 1989) Shyla Boga Patel (ISC 1969) Mukeeta Jhaveri (ISC 1983) Mitali Anand Kalra (ISC 1989) Business Rohita Chaganlal Doshi (ISC 1975) Editorial support, Design and Printing 22 Kirtana Shetty Minaal Pednekar and Nikunj Parikh Spenta Multimedia This magazine is not for sale and is intended for internal circulation only. Any material from this magazine may not be reproduced in part or whole without written consent. Views and opinions expressed in this magazine are those of the individual authors and not necessarily those of the Publishers. Published by The Cathedral and John Connon Alumni Association, 6, P.T. Marg, Mumbai 400 001 and printed at Spenta Multimedia, Peninsula Spenta, Mathuradas Mill Compound, Lower Parel, Mumbai 400 013. www.spentamultimedia.com 21 36 Special...
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...Banksy and Terry are two extreme lovers of art that met at the right place at the right time. Banksy and Terry are both from Britain. But now, they both live in the US. In 2006, Banksy came to the USA and met Terry, who also has obsessive compulsive disorder. The two were benefiting from each other’s personal interest. Banksy is known as a graffiti street artist. Terry is the man who loves to video tape anything and everything. They both have obsessive compulsive disorder which drives them crazy and they want attention. Banksy's art is everywhere and his signature is on everything, on dry land and even in the middle of the ocean. But the artist was unknown for years, which makes him even more famous. People really want to know who Banksy is....
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...61105 UGS302 November 5, 2015 Serra and Rivera: Held Together by Destruction Art functions as a representation of ideas that reflect on the public. “ To remove the work is to destroy it ” according to the famous Richard Serra as he defends his piece, Tilted Arc. Art Controversies are ubiquitous in American Society, especially when the art function is mismatched with the audience. Diego Rivera’s Man at the Crossroads and Richard Serra’s Tilted Arc questioned the validity of destroying artwork as well as the process by which art can be canceled. Both differ in the form, artist’s intent, and how the artist defended their rights. Located in front of the Jacob Javitis federal plaza, Richard Serra’s...
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...Censorship and its affect on Art Regardless if you like art, music or just simply reading books, I am sure you have your favorites that have made a serious impact on your life, but what about all those works that you never got to see, read or feel? Maybe you never will, if they have fallen victim to the act of censoring. “Censorship is defined as the alteration or removal of works of art from public view” (Frank 92). Along with wars, conflicts, cultural influences, and evolution of societies, censorship has had an enormous effect on art of the past and will greatly alter the trajectory of art in the future for better or worse. The one who controls the ultimate decision whether to eliminate or support expression through art will be of the utmost importance in the growth and development of artistic expression. “The struggle for freedom of expression is as ancient as the history of censorship” (Newth). Everywhere free expression has been achieved, censorship follows, never too far behind. One of the more famous acts of censorship occurred when Socrates, a most influential philosopher of history was sentenced to drink poison for “corrupting” the youth with his ideals that varied from the current political and moral codes of his time. This happened in 399 BC. Gives you an idea of how long censorship has effected expression, and this is by no means the first time censorship took place in history. I personally never put too much thought into censorship and the severity of its faults...
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...Freedom of Expression and the Brooklyn Museum’s “Sensation” Exhibit by Melissa Davis all text centered Prof. K.D. Smith Humanities 205 16 May 2009 85 03f-BGtW-AmEd 85-106.indd 85 19/01/10 4:08 PM 86 | sample essay Davis 1 Melissa Davis Professor Smith Humanities 205 16 May 2009 name and page number in top right corner What Limits to Freedom? Freedom of Expression and the Brooklyn Museum’s “Sensation” Exhibit For over a century public galleries in Western democracies have been forums not only for displaying works by “old Masters” but also for presenting art that is new, as well as ideas that are sometimes radical and controversial. In the United States that tradition has been under wide attack in the past generation. Various political and first line of all religious leaders have criticized exhibits of works of art that they claim paragraphs indented offend against notions of public decency, and have crusaded against providing public funding for the creation or display of such works. The largest such controversy of the past generation was sparked by the display of a painting entitled “The Holy Virgin Mary,” by the British text left justified and ragged right artist Chris Ofili at the Brooklyn Museum in 1999. Though the image appears inoffensive at a distance, the artist has affixed to the painting cutouts of body parts from magazines, and has incorporated clumps of elephant dung into the piece, both below the main body of the work as if supporting it and as...
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...Over the past few decades we have experienced tremendous progress in the advocacy of equal rights for women, however it is apparent that to a certain degree some form of inequality still persists. This is prevalent in the art work that I have chosen to explore and inspires much reflection on the subject. My Bed, By Tracey Emin was put on display in 1999 in the Tate Gallery. It was originally created a year earlier and moved around to different galleries. Tracey was born and raised in Margate, South East England. (Cherry). She is the daughter of an English mother and Turkish Cypriot father. Tracey suffered from deep emotional trauma due to the fact that she was raped at an early age. This comes out in much of her art as it usually has a sense of adultery attached to it. She also suffers from abuse of alcohol and other substances which may be a result of her history. (Wikipedia). In this work, we see different aspect of Tracey’s life, however none of them which directly create a geographical or cultural link of her origins. This instillation is particularly known as it left her just short of the Turner Prize. This art piece showed much emotional distress as there is no concern for hygiene or organization. Emin claims...
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...Censorship: What’s the fuss? When should censorship in art be put in place, and should it be put in place? Allowing art such as that of a very provocative taste will definitely cause a lot of noise. Noise like the standards needing to be invoked that deal with images of naked children in their works, as any work with naked person is pornography. For methods of censoring, would it be fair to retract any monetary gain if the art is “inappropriate” or “lewd,” or should the work be banned? Should Congress be able to step in and have a say in the censorship, or is messing around in federally funded art overstepping their boundaries? In the education field too, they have to try to make a decision to censor or allow provocative works of art. The...
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...Art as a means for change There are many things art is good for. Expressing one’s emotions, to let a loved one know how much they mean to a person. To visually represent what one has seen and experienced. To save a moment in time for others to enjoy the beauty of it all. Above all else, art is there to convey a message. To put the idea of the artist into the head of another. This is why art has been used time and time again to express political, social and humanitarian injustices throughout history. Art, drawing to be exact, was the first way to express the day to day life of another human being. To save the ideas and memories of early man all the way to modern man. Every period of human history since this point has been filled with the carvings, drawings, paintings, writings and musings of humans who have felt betrayed by the government or community that was suppose to be there for them. Every person has a side of the story that they would like to share, art is one of the easiest ways to get a lasting point across. Princess Hijab uses art in this context to express a distaste for modern day ideologies regarding what is beauty when it comes to the human body. “...her dressing up of billboards is a symbolic act of resistance meant to reassert a “physical and mental integrity” against what she calls the “visual terrorism” of advertising.” (Aburawa 30) Blurring the lines between what is acceptable public art, with advertising, and graffiti, with her movement...
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...governments, for example, by censorship, and corporations by share ownership. The methods of manipulation are subtle and many. Manipulation may be voluntary or involuntary. Those being manipulated may not be aware of this. See: news propaganda. Photographers crowd around a starlet at the Cannes Film Festival. * Truth. Truth may conflict with many other values. * Public interest. Revelation of military secrets and other sensitive government information may be contrary to thepublic interest, even if it is true. However, public interest is not a term which is easy to define. * Privacy. Salacious details of the lives of public figures is a central content element in many media. Publication is not necessarily justified simply because the information is true. Privacy is also a right, and one which conflicts with free speech. See: paparazzi. * Fantasy. Fantasy is an element of entertainment, which is a legitimate goal of media content. Journalism may mix fantasy and truth, with resulting ethical dilemmas. See: National Enquirer, Jayson Blair scandal, Adnan Hajj photographs controversy. * Taste. Photo journalists who cover war and disasters confront situations which may shock the sensitivities of their audiences. For example, human remains are rarely screened. The ethical issue is how far should one risk shocking an audience's sensitivities in...
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...Although the integration of the arts is universally beneficial to all students, there are some convincing arguments to hold back on adding more arts programs into schools. The main argument, and most compelling, is the lack of funding for such programs. In recent years, there has simply been more importance placed upon math and science programs than the arts, with nearly $3 billion cut from arts funding in the last year (Wallace). However, this lack of state and federal funding does not definitively stand in the way of arts integration in schools. For instance, multiple schools can collaborate on the costs of adding arts classes, such as having each school create one extra art class, and allowing students from neighboring schools to attend...
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...Art with an intended reaction A German artist wants to install a terminally ill patient in a gallery as an exhibit. In Nicaragua last year, an artist displayed a starving dog, tethered just out of reach of food, as conceptual art. In New Haven, Conn., an artist claims to have made multiple attempts to impregnate herself and then induce miscarriages as a work of art. All these artists say their projects are intended to start conversations. But apart from all the shouting about indecency and insensitivity, are any ideas actually being exchanged? When Gregor Schneider, who previously installed sunbathers in cages on an Australian beach, announced his search for dying patients, gallery owners were quick to say they would refuse the exhibit. Meanwhile, animal-rights activists are demanding that Costa Rican artist Guillermo Vargas be banned from the upcoming Central American Biennial art exhibition after Vargas displayed the dog tied up in a Nicaraguan gallery. And last week Yale administrators banned senior Aliza Shvarts's induced-miscarriages exhibit, which includes sheeting smeared with what she says is her blood, unless she admits it was a hoax. Shvarts has refused to talk to the media, with the exception of a statement in the Yale Daily News, in which she wrote, "for me, the most poignant aspect of this representation … is the impossibility of accurately identifying the resulting blood." According to Shvarts, because it would be unclear if the blood in the work was the...
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...much-awaited Kung Fu Panda hit the theatres early this month, nobody expected it to lead to a full-fledged controversy on Chinese culture. The recent protests from many sections of Chinese society about the “Western depiction” of its cultural heritage demonstrate a struggle between states to capitalize on soft power expedients like the panda, China’s national animal, and kung fu, one of its most popular martial art forms. This debate around cinematic representations begs the question as to what the nature of this controversy is. [2] The most primitive concern is whether one should seek a deeper reading from cinematic representations or treat them merely as works of entertainment, Second, who will determine the belongingness of a cultural object and its availability for public absorption and how, do they need to be enumerated under mechanisms like Intellectual Property Rights? Third, such debates might often be advertising gimmicks to give prominence to the work itself and raise its viewership. [3] Several Chinese activists have dubbed the production of movies like Kung Fu Panda ( both parts) as an attempt by the West to undermine China’s national treasure. Most notably, a Professor of Peking University says that Chinese symbols have been harnessed to promote American culture, and told Xinhua, the state news agency, that the movie “is a cultural invasion”, Thereafter, the controversy has spread to numerous Chinese social networks and is garnering a robust response, This derives from...
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...Alison Robinson Art 11 Prof. Justin Campoy Controversial art exhibit What makes a painting controversial? Maybe something that attacks our religious concepts can be controversial; maybe anything that contains nude matter is controversial, or maybe causes a great debate. Well, none of this is wrong because people have general norms related to such matters. Paintings often become controversial when it goes against commonly accepted norms. Throughout history audiences have been offended and outraged by paintings that were socially, religiously or politically inappropriate. Artists used subject matters that were a taboo in social situations. This could be a matter relating to one human being or nudity or addressing a complicated moral issue. The artworks I’ve chosen are all paintings, sculptures, or performance pieces from history that were considered controversial, and by artists who weren’t afraid to stand out. The first piece of art I chose for my exhibit is by Georgia O'Keeffe. It is titled “Blue and Green Music”, 1919/21, and she chose to use Oil on canvas. It measures at 58.4 x 48.3 cm (23 x 18 in.) Although she had not yet visited Europe, Georgia O’Keeffe was exposed to Modernism through exhibitions at Alfred Stieglitz’s gallery 291 in New York and her studies at the University of Virginia and Columbia University Teacher’s College. She was drawn to the theories of the Russian Expressionist painter...
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...Topic Proposal: Creativity Limitations in the Public School System Is the public school system limiting the creativity of the students that are enrolled? Creativity in the public school system is a controversial topic that has sparked the attention of many. We live in a society that enforces strict dress code policies in public schools. We live in a society that that has strict mandated curricula that must be followed, and we live in a society where art departments are being cut from schools. This topic requires immediate attention today because the public school system is negatively impacting the creativity of the enrolled students by not allowing students to freely explore their selves and areas of interest. By conducting research that deals with how the public school system is impacting the students’ creativity from both viewpoints, I will attempt to show the multitude of arising problems with the public school system, and ultimately support my own opinion about the topic. I will also explain why immediate action is necessary and steps to take in order to begin reversing the issue I feel as if the public school system is limiting the creativity of students in many ways. Some ways include, but are not limited to, the enforcement of dress code policies, the mandated curricula that teachers must follow, and the budget cuts that are taking art departments out of public school. However, there are many other opposing viewpoints to my claim. Tim Bradley, a writer for the Huffington...
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...You Change Government Arts Funding? The arts are a vital to our society, it helps us understand the past and future, and constantly provides us with a reminder of what we can offer to this world. In an address about the arts for students and the spouses of international leaders, our first lady Michelle Obama stated, “It is through our music, our literature, our art, drama and dance that we tell the story of our past and we express our hopes for the future. Our artists challenge our assumptions in ways that many cannot and do not. They expand our understandings, and push us to view our world in new and very unexpected ways. It's through this constant exchange -- this process of taking and giving, this process of borrowing and creating -- that we learn from each other and we inspire each other.” (Boehm, "Michelle Obama Tells International Audience Why the Arts Matter") It’s easy to see why keeping the arts alive should be a priority of our generation. We must find ways to support creativity, innovation, and artistic talent in any way that we can. The arts in America depends on a mixture of both public and private funding to stay alive. Since 1965, the US federal government has provided funding to the arts through an independent agency called the National Endowment for the Arts, or NEA. The goals of the agency include “the creation of art meeting the highest standards of excellence, engaging the public with diverse and excellent art, and promoting public knowledge and understanding...
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