Back to the Future: New Exhibition at BYU Museum of Art Explores Relationship of Nostalgia and Technology
(ContentDesk) November 4, 2005 -- At first glance, the terms nostalgia and technology make an unlikely, even incompatible combination. Technology invites change. Nostalgia resists. Technology looks to the future. Nostalgia clings to the past.
But for centuries, these adversarial ideas have been harmoniously fused together, facilitating the acceptance of change and innovation by appealing to the past. Nostalgia & Technology: Embracing the New through Art and Design, at the Brigham Young University Museum of Art from Dec. 2, 2005 through May 13, 2006, explores the role of art as a mediator in societys acceptance and use of new technologies through objects, art, and ephemera representing a selection of domestic technologies. From the scientific instruments that shared shelf space with art objects and taxidermy in the collections of 17th-century nobility to cabinet radios and televisions disguised as period furniture,
technology often enters the home with familiar company. Nostalgia & Technology is not devoted to the cult of the designer or to good design versus bad design, but rather to how design and artistry help us embrace the new, says Marc Olivier, BYU professor and guest curator of the exhibition.
Neither is the purpose of the exhibition to pay homage to the genius inventor or to present a chronology of technological history, but rather to meditate on the faces given to inventions as they are integrated into our homes. The practice of using the familiar to contextualize the new dates back to the Renaissance, when an increase in travel and exploration exposed people to a variety of new technologies and ideas. Noble travelers housed the objects they collected from abroad in cabinets of curiosities. These cabinets consisted of a room or rooms filled with natural history specimens, art objects, scientific instruments and curiosities from around the world. Cabinets of curiosities gave the noble collector a sense of mastery over the foreign, the alien and the new. They also allowed viewers to make connections between unrelated objects, uniting nature and art, antiquity and modernity in an overwhelming visual display.
The unsettling unknown placed alongside the familiar in the homes of the elite made possible the idea of discovery without disruption to the status quo. Visitors will experience a recreation of a 17th-century cabinet of curiosities at the beginning of this exhibition.Building on the themes illustrated by the cabinet of curiosities, Nostalgia & Technology highlights key moments in the development of new technologies, specifically those of the 19th and 20th centuries. The exhibition explores how nostalgic ornamentation and design have been used to facilitate societys acceptance of innovations such as, electricity, sewing machines, typewriters, point-and-shoot photography, radios, televisions, automobiles, space exploration, atomic energy and wearable technology. Nostalgia & Technology also presents a 20thcentury mirror image of the cabinet of curiosities that visitors encounter at the beginning of the exhibition, where 17thcentury objects have been replaced by their modern counterparts. A collection of decorative cell phone faceplates mirrors an arrangement of shells.
A Palm Pilot resembles a cuneiform clay tablet. A Magellan Roadmate GPS device looks back at a universal equatorial sundial. By juxtaposing contemporary curiosities with objects which seemed so foreign 300 years ago, visitors will begin to question their relationship with the new and how art facilitates interest in and acceptance of technological progress. Nostalgia & Technology: Embracing the New through Art and Design is sponsored by the George S. and Dolores Eccles Foundation, Bruce and Barbara Christensen, and the Robert and Amy Barker Foundation.
Admission is free..
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HDTV Antennas
HDTV televisions need special antennas to be able to catch the frequency. These televisions cannot receive the transmission from normal antennas used by any other brand of color television. Selecting the right HDTV antenna system is critical, and one should make use of a highly directional antenna designed for "Fringe Area" reception.? One objective that should be kept in mind while installing the antenna is that it should accept signals directly from the transmitting tower.
Some of the other considerations that one should keep in mind before buying the antenna is that one should check with the local homeowner's association, seeking permission to put up an antenna on the roof or any other exterior location.
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April Masini, 'The New Millennium's Dear Abby,' Releases A New Dating Book, “Think & Date Like A Man”
(ContentDesk) December 14, 2005 -- How many advice columnists would tell women that men would rather date a captivating and fascinating seductress than a sweet, inexperienced 'good girl'? One: April Masini. And she says it without apology. Masini recognizes that today's woman craves that type of frank advice. Today's woman wants brutal honesty and useful tips. Today's woman needs someone who can tell her -- once and for all -- how she can attract, date, seduceand keepthe man of her dreams.
And just in case that kind of advice isn't controversial enough, those tips are coming from April Masini -- 5'8", with full lips, long blonde hair, and 38-26-36 proportions."Think & Date Like A Man" (iUniverse, 0-595-37466-2) will take readers on a journey from whiner to winner and help women to think less like Princess Diana, and more like Camilla Parker Bowles -- the woman who didn't look like a princess but got the prince, hook line and sinker, at the end of the story.Learn what Masini...
April Masini, 'The New Millennium's Dear Abby,' Releases A New Dating Book, “Think & Date Like A Man”
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Hotels in Central London: History and Luxury
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Central London is where everything is: the history, the culture, the center of the UK's government, and the night life. For about a three-mile stretch between the Tower of London and Hyde Park, you'll find most of the London you're looking for: Piccadilly Circus, Big Ben, St. Paul's, London Bridge, Westminster, Trafalgar Square. It only makes sense, therefore, to find a great hotel to stay in that area. You can do this for a reasonably-inexpensive rate, or you can splurge and be treated like the Queen.
The most important thing, though, is to reserve your spot as early as you can; rooms, especially the inexpensive rooms, go quickly. If you're arriving by midday, many places will hold your spot without a deposit. Others can be expensive if you're forced to cancel.
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In the streets behind Victoria Station, you'll find colonies of budget Bed and Breakfasts. It's a nice area, not at all touristy, and you...
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OmniMD introduces Patient Portal Services with its Integrated Electronic Medical Record (EMR) Software
Tarrytown (NY) ? October 24, 2006 ? OmniMD, a New York based provider of HIPAA compliant healthcare practice solutions, has launched Practice Portal services for providers. The service will benefit physician and patient alike, by offering a two-way secure communication to enhance delivery of care.
Mr. Divan Da've, CEO - OmniMD says, "The aim to launch a Practice Portal is to bridge the gap between healthcare service providers and patients, by allowing physicians to offer high level...
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