ART REVIEW | ‘Spectacle’ causes headaches
Upon entering the art gallery inside the School of Art’s 32 Edgewood Ave. Gallery, viewers should be cautious: Sirens, jarring beats and screams will ring through your ears for the duration of your stay.
The pulsing music, which is featured in the new exhibit “Infinitesimal Eternity: Images Made in the Face of Spectacle,” is one of many installations designed to thrust the viewer into a world known as “The Spectacle.”
The Spectacle, an idea put forth by the Situationist International art group in the mid-1960s, describes the transformation of everyday life into a constant attack...
