Reconstructivist Art: The Warriors
The Warriors (1979) by Walter Hill and David Shaber as an example of Reconstructivist Art A cult classic movie, The Warriors traces the adventures of a multiracial New York street gang battling to make...
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Reconstructivist Art: Y Tu Mama Tambien
Alfonso Cuarón’s Y Tu Mama Tambien (2001) as an example of Reconstructivist Art Acclaimed Mexican film director Alfonso Cuarón (later to win a Best Director Oscar for Gravity) returned to his native country in...
Reconstructivist Art: Man of La Mancha
Man of La Mancha (1965) by Wasserman, Leigh and Darion as an example of Reconstructivist Art The ground-breaking and seminal seventeenth-century Spanish novel Don Quixote attracted a number of prior attempts at theatrical adaptation,...
Reconstructivist Art: The Neverending Story
Michael Ende’s The Neverending Story (1979) as an example of Reconstructivist Art Michael Ende’s international bestseller found an audience among children and adults alike, due to its psychologically rich exploration of a hero whose...
Alt Classical – The Innovators
This week brings a new installment of my series on alt-classical music –music that combines the instrumentation, elegance and sophistication of classical music with the vitality of newer and more modern approaches to music....
Top 10 Best Independent Songs of 2014
Here’s the new music I found most exciting this year. Much of it was from the free record samplers they distribute on Amazon (one of the web’s best kept secrets, full length anthology albums,...
Plexr Escape Walkthrough
This post is the second one about my original logic-based “escape” game, Plexr. It’s very difficult to solve, so I’m including this following walkthrough. Don’t read it unless you’ve already done your best to...
Plexr 2
I just published an all-new version of my first and only video game, Plexr, designed for people who like giving their brain a good mental workout. Play Plexr 2 A complex logic puzzle involving...
Reconstructivist Art: Mona Lisa
Wyclef Jean’s Mona Lisa as an example of Reconstructivist Art Mona Lisa was a little noted deep-album cut from hip-hop impresario Wyclef Jean’s multiplatinum album The Carnival (1997). A radical reinvention of the remixed...
Reconstructivist Art: Dr. Horrible
Joss Whedons’ Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog (2008) as an example of Reconstructivist Art To avoid crossing picket lines during the 2007 Writers’ Guild Strike, writer/director Joss Whedon kept busy by producing a fully independent,...
Reconstructivist Art: Kehinde Wiley
Artist Kehinde Wiley as an example of Reconstructivist Art. Kehinde Wiley is an African American visual artist, known primarily for his lush, full-scale portraits of young urban African American men in contemporary clothing, but...
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