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Art and everyday objects, art and everyday activities

by Natalie Kopp | Jun 17, 2015 | CURI Summer 2015

  While watching the 1924 ballet, Le Train Bleu, with the rest of the CURI team the other day, I was surprised at how light-hearted, playful, and funny it was. Particularly after watching Ballet Mécanique and other 1920s art cinema, Le Train Bleu was certainly a...

Ballet Mécanique (observations from a cinema newb)

by Natalie Kopp | Jun 12, 2015 | CURI Summer 2015

  Modernists, cubists, Dadaists, the many new and radical artistic moments from the early 20th century experimented and took advantage of the new and the old. One new art form they grabbed hold of was cinema. I just watched Ballet Mécanique, a highly influential...

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