Artsweek

November 29, 2001

Digital Masterplan

By Patrick Wright

In 1995, when Brent Meeske decided to make a feature-length documentary, he really had only one format option within his price range: a small, first-generation, digital-eight camera.

November 29, 2001

Disquiet on the Western Front

By David Downs

"Here is New York" - the Santa Monica exhibition of over 300 photos thematically centered on the events of Sept. 11 - is drawing so well that gallery organizers want to push the early Dec. 8 closing date back to mid-Janu...

November 29, 2001

Harry Potter: The Wizardry of Madison Avenue

By Cara Jennison

The buildup for "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" resembled the sort of drama and fanfare reserved for royal weddings and papal appointments.

November 29, 2001

Jewel | This Way | Atlantic Records

By Eric Lister

While it seems at first glance that a pop sensibility has eaten up and regurgitated another talent for blind-baby-bird-public consumption, there are some really great tracks hidden in This Way.

November 29, 2001

John Coltrane | The Olatunji Concert: The Last Live Recording | Impulse!

By Eliav Appelbaum

The Olatunji Concert: The Last Live Recording, the first issue of John Coltrane's final captured live performance, reaches an ecstatic boiling point in the free jazz movement.

November 29, 2001

John Mayer | Room for Squares | Sony

By Patrick Wright

If this were a hard and fast rule Room for Squares would probably be pulled over for reckless endangerment. The album rides the line between following the caravan and diverging into John Mayer's own aesthetic road.

November 15, 2001

Give Me Space

By Erin James

White space, or a lack there of, is not a new complaint from young artists struggling to display their bodies of work. That dialogue is as old as the art form itself.

November 15, 2001

Out of Many, One

By Patrick Wright

Jude Narita, actress, producer and playwright, brings her own one-woman show to Campbell Hall this Friday night. Critically acclaimed, "Stories Waiting to be Told" is a performance that celebrates the lives of Asian and ...

November 15, 2001

Under Construction

By Eric Lister

The dancers enter in a line. They are wearing blazing orange safety vests with reflective stripes and wield brooms with metal caps on the end.

November 15, 2001

Taking a Bite Out of the Big Apple

By Vanessa Perplies

The main theme explored is human fallibility. Single mother Betty and her son Bert attempt to reunite their family in Bangor, Maine. They travel to New York to retrieve an estranged member of their clan, but end up stayi...

November 15, 2001

Heist: Dishonor Among Thieves

By Patrick Wright

Mamet's newest modern noir, "Heist," has the muted monochromatic color scheme of its timeless predecessors. More crime than con game, an abundance of double-crossings and plot twists are still intact.

November 15, 2001

Radiohead | I Might Be Wrong Live Recordings Radiohead | Capitol Records

By Scott Davis

Radiohead doesn't know when to take a break. This latest offering is their third major release in 13 months, coming only five months after Amnesiac and barely a year since Kid A. Not that we mind.

November 15, 2001

The Avalanches | Since I Left You | Sire/Modular

By Erin James

For recording artists, the line between sampling and stealing can be very fine. And copyright infringement can be an expensive lesson learned.

November 15, 2001

Techno Animal | The Brotherhood of the Bomb | Matador

By Mr. Bell

To put it simply, this is Techno Animal: a slowed electronic rhythm with hard drums and heavy bass.

November 15, 2001

Alana Davis | Fortune Cookies | Elektra

By Cara Jennison

It's a new world, Ms. Davis - you're not the only multicultural, pop songstress anymore. While you hit it big in 1997 with "Thirty-two Flavors," there is more competition now; a catchy pop chorus just isn't enough.

November 13, 2001