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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9 2008
"There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs."
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The first permanent photograph was made in 1826 by the French inventor Joseph Nicéphore Niépce, who built upon the discovery that a silver and chalk mixture darkens under exposure to light.
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Performance exhibit closes today
BY BRANDY ENTSMINGER
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Two performance artists sat in front of a microwave outside the Spencer Museum of Art fighting over popcorn Thursday. A recording naming the symptoms of addiction played in the background.
The artists, Anson Stancliffe and Lauren Howard, were promoting Fluid Art 2008, a gallery of work from the "Performance Art" class. The exhibit is open in the Art and Design building gallery for the final day today.
Performance art brings together a variety of media such as music, dance and video. Stanciffe, Lawrence senior, said performance art was unique because one piece could never be repeated or sold.
"It's more about memory." Stancliffe said, "creating a moment for people that can never be redone perfectly."
Fluid Art 2008 features 10 videos of the students' strongest pieces from the semester and 10 music video projects. The videos play on a loop.
Amber Hansen, Alton, Iowa, graduate student and assistant for the class, said the students' performances were more humorous this year because the performers approached their subjects in a more lighthearted manner.
One assignment for the class was to create a piece inspired by addiction. Stancliffe said the goal for his piece was to show the absurdity of addictions through an obsessive desire for popcorn.
senior, submitted her project from the re-creation assignment for the gallery as well.
Collar's piece features five photographs of her as different characters in a moment when their social identities change.
The music video project was new to Fluid Art this year. So Yeon Park, an assistant professor of art who taught the class, said she wanted to give the students an opportunity to learn the technical side of performance art through a medium the students were interested in.
Although Stancliffe and Howard performed the popcorn piece when the gallery opened, he chose to display his piece from the re-creation assignment. Stancliffe's piece features a burial procession celebrating death.
Natale Collar, Kansas City, Kan.
Students chose a song for the assignment and then worked to make it their own with their voices and choreography. Park said the other goal of the music video project was to help improve students' self-confidence and self-
awareness.
One of Collar's photos focuses on a homicide and the idea that murderers will be remembered only as murderers, despite other aspects of their lives.
Stancliffe wrote his own song for the project and said he was inspired by folk songs about men obsessed with women, such as a song called "Ohio River" about a man who killed his girlfriend because she wouldn't marry him. His song tells the story of a man who murders his daughter after people come to take her away.
Park said performance art gave artists more freedom because they didn't have to use traditional materials to convey their message.
With dance, the message comes through movement and with music it comes through sound. Park said performance art appealed to all five senses.
Fluid Art 2008 is open in the Art and Design building today from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
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Curt Garman and Richard Looke hold hands as they look for a quiet spot to hold their wedding at City Hall in San Francisco last June. On Wednesday, supporters of same-sex marriage across the country are being encouraged to stay home and call in "gay" to work to protest the massacre of Proposition 8.
Gay marriage supporters to 'call in gay'
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SAN FRANCISCO — Some same-sex marriage supporters are urging people to "call in gay" Wednesday to show how much the country relies on gays and lesbians, but others question whether it's wise to encourage skipping work given the nation's economic distress.
Organizers of "Day Without a Gay" — scheduled to coincide with International Human Rights Day and modeled after similar work stoppages by Latino immigrants — also are encouraging people to perform volunteer work and refrain from spending money.
Sean Hetherington, a West Hollywood comedian and personal trainer, dreamed up the idea with his boyfriend, Aaron Hartzler, after reading online that a few angry gay-rights activists were calling
for a day-long strike to protest California voters' passage last month of Proposition 8, which reversed this year's state Supreme Court decision allowing gay marriage.
The couple thought it would be more effective and less divisive if people were asked to perform community service instead of staying home with their wallets shut. Dozens of nonprofit agencies, from the National Women's Law Center in Washington to a Methodist church in Fresno collecting food for the homeless, have posted opportunities for volunteers on the couple's Web site.
specializes in the gay and lesbian market, published a study this year that estimated that gay and lesbian consumers spend $700 billion annually.
"We are all for a boycott if that is what brings about a sense of community for people," said Hetherington, 30, who plans to spend Wednesday volunteering at an inner-city school. "You can take away from the economy and give back in other ways."
Bob Witeck, the firm's chief executive officer, said it would be difficult to measure the success of Wednesday's strike since gay employees occupy so many fields. And rather than suspending all consumer spending for the day, gay rights supporters would have a bigger impact if they devoted their dollars to gay-friendly businesses year-round. Witeck said.
Some organizers of the street demonstrations that drew massive crowds in many cities last month have been reluctant to embrace the concept, saying that it could be at best impractical and at worst counterproductive to "call in gay."
Hetherington said he's been getting 100 e-mails an hour from people looking for volunteer opportunities, and that his "Day Without a Gay" Web site has gotten 100,000 hits since mid-November.
"It's extra-challenging for people to think about taking off work as a form of protest, given that we are talking about people who may not be out (as gay) at work, and given the current economic situation and job market," said Jules Graves, 38, coordinator of the Colorado Queer Straight Alliance. "There is really not any assurance employers would appreciate it for what it is."
Join The Impact, the online community that launched protests last month over the passage of gay marriage bans in California, Florida and Arizona, has urged people to withdraw $80 from their bank accounts Wednesday to demonstrate gays' spending power, and to devote the time they might otherwise spend watching TV or surfing the Internet to volunteer work.
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"Our community leaders who are running book stores, newspapers, flower shops, coffee houses, bars and many, many other things are hurting right now, so paying attention to their needs during this hard time is an effective form of activism," he said.
Hetherington said he has been careful to design A Day Without a Gay so no one feels excluded.
He has specifically urged high school students not to walk out of their classes and assured college students they won't be disloyal to the cause if they take their final exams. He also has listed opportunities — ranging from writing letters to members of Congress about gay rights legislation to spreading the word on social networking sites — to gay marriage backers who cannot miss work.
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Chancellor Hemenway's 14-year tenure is third longest in KU's history. Ernest Lindley was chancellor for 19 years, from 1920 to 1939, and his predecessor, Frank Strong served 18 years, from 1902 to 1920.
Simpson trial co-defendant Clarence "C.J." Stewart remained Monday at the Clark County Detention Center, jail records showed.
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