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DIA DE LOS
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THERE ARE DOZENS OF DIFFERENT DÍA DE LOS MUERTOS EVENTS HAPPENING ACROSS EUGENE AND SPRINGFIELD OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS. THEY INCLUDE ART EXHIBITS, PIÑATA AND ALTAR MAKING TUTORIALS AND VIRTUAL TALKS AND CELEBRATIONS.
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VOL. 122, ISSUE NO. 21
Throughout Eugene and Springfield, colorful and artistic celebrations of Día de los Muertos – also known as Day of the Dead – are bringing the community together both virtually and in person. The community-oriented celebrations honor long-lasting traditions, the Mexican culture and the lives of deceased family members. Maude Kerns Art Center’s 27th Annual Día de los Muertos Exhibit For years the Maude Kerns Art Center has put together a vibrant, eccentric and colorful exhibit that features dozens of traditional skeletons in celebration of Día de los Muertos. The collection combines the art of local artists and celebratory traditional altars created by various community members. The altars on display are touching and personal, including family photos, personal items and cultural artifacts. There is even an altar dedicated to Maude Kerns. This exhibit is on display in person and online through Nov. 2, and the museum is open to the public Monday to Friday from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and Saturday from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. The suggested entrance donation is $3 per person and $5 per family. “In spite of all the challenges and hardships this year that everyone has faced we have a fabulous presentation of artwork and altars that are touching, exciting, colorful and creative and that speak to the cycles of life and death in a meaningful and hopeful way,” Sarah Ciampa, the exhibition coordinator for Maude Kerns Art Center, said in an email.
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Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art’s exhibits and celebrations For 39 years the JSMA has hosted a Día de los Muertos celebration featuring an altar viewing, dancing, music and poetry online and in person. It will host an outdoor altar viewing in its courtyards where visitors can see various celebratory altars on Nov. 1 and 2. The rest of its traditional programming will take place virtually on its YouTube channel. The JSMA also has two exhibits on display, “Entre Mundos: Memory and Material” as well as “Nuestra Imagen Actual: Our present image: Mexico and the Graphic Arts 19291959,” that celebrate Mexican culture and artists. “Entre Mundos” follows an Aztec myth and other connections between culture, consciousness and economies of power. “Nuestra Imagen Actual” holds the artwork of the printmaker José Guadalupe Posada that captures historical events in breathtaking pieces. “Nuestra Imagen Actual” will be on view through Feb. 14 and “Entre Mundos” will be on view through June 6. The JSMA is open to members of the UO community and JSMA members on Fridays from
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“Que Se Proclama” by Mavis Leahy in the Maude Kern Día de Los Muertos exhibit. (Kimberly Harris/Emerald)
“Disfruta el Viaje” by G.C. Khalsa in the Maude Kern Día de Los Muertos exhibit. (Kimberly Harris/Emerald)
11 a.m. to 5 p.m. and for the general public from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays. Tickets are $5 for adults, $3 for seniors and free for UO students, staff and faculty. Tickets must be reserved ahead of time and will be timed. “José Guadalupe Posada rekindled the cult of the dead through his calaveras, witty, satirical images of skeletons that remind the viewer that rich or poor, powerful or powerless, we all come to the same fate, in death we
We have a fabulous presentation of artwork and altars that are touching, exciting, colorful and creative and that speak to the cycles of life and death in a meaningful and hopeful way.” - Sarah Ciampa are all equal,” Cheryl Hartup, JSMA’s curator of academic programs and Latin American and Carribean art, said in an email. The Springfield Public Library and the Springfield History Museum The Springfield History Museum and Springfield Public Library have teamed up to put on a Día de los Muertos celebration for the community. It will include a community altar on display at the museum, a community altar competition, make-your-own-altar kits, a community procession and virtual artist workshops. The community altar will feature items from various community members. The museum and library will accept donations of items to be included in the altar through Oct. 30. The community altar competition allows for any members of the community to submit a photo of their own altar for online voting through Nov. 4. The community procession will take place on Nov. 2 and will go from Springfield City Hall to the Springfield History Museum. It will feature music by El Taller de Son Jarocho. Día de los Muertos reunites families with their departed loved ones in a wonderful celebration of life and culture dedicated to those who have passed on. Through beautiful altars, colorful displays of culture and long lasting traditions, the holiday comes to life in Eugene.
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‘THE SOCIAL DILEMMA’ IS AN UNFRIENDLY REMINDER OF SOCIAL MEDIA’S DANGERS BY SAMMUEL ANTHONY “The Social Dilemma,” one of Netflix’s newest includes Tristan Harris (a former Google design documentaries, made waves last month when it was ethicist), Justin Rosenstein (a former Facebook released on Sept. 9. The documentary/film hybrid, engineer who helped build the “like” button), Tim directed by Jeff Orlowski, takes a close look at social Kendall (the former president of Pinterest) and Jaron media, exploring both the short-term and long-term Lanier (one of the pioneers of virtual reality). consequences of society’s addiction to it. The diverse group of experts are all surprisingly For most people, the “docudrama” will candid and likely just be a refresher of the hundreds human, giving of warnings they’ve received about the a realistic and dangers of social media and technology intelligent look from parents, teachers and experts that into where they’ve then proceeded to ignore. What they believe makes the film different, however, is the social media We’re the product. concise and engaging way it was created, and artificial Our attention blending film and documentary styles intelligence are together to make something interesting headed. The fact is the product and original. that they’re so being sold to The film takes aspects of a open and honest advertisers.” documentary, like interviews and realis what makes it JUSTIN ROSENSTEIN world facts and statistics, and then truly terrifying. Facebook engineer who combines them with a mini-film that’s “We’re the helped build the “like” built into the movie. This short film product. Our button centers around a family struggling with attention is the realities of social media addiction in a the product realistic and thought-provoking way. being sold to Vincent Kartheiser, one of the lead actors in “Mad advertisers,” Rosenstein said Men,” plays the role of the artificial intelligence at one point in the film. behind social media, giving the audience an “It’s the gradual, slight, imperceptible change extremely simplistic and easy-to-understand look in your own behaviour and perception that is the into the thought process and algorithms AI uses to product,” Lainer said to expand upon that idea. keep people on their phones. While many conceded that social media has While the film style is what makes it an enjoyable benefits — like pressing a button and having a car watch, it’s the experts who were interviewed that show up, or creating matches for kidney transplants — make it a memorable learning experience. The list they all echoed the same sentiment: humans have not
evolved to deal with the effects social media has on our brains. The algorithms companies use to addict people to social media will continue to evolve much faster than we will. The docudrama does a surprisingly good job of dipping into a wide range of topics such as data mining, surveillance capitalism, social media addiction and political polarization through conspiracy theories and echo chambers – all while remaining focused around social media as a key central point. While it might not be full of (Eleanor Klock/Emerald) shocking new information or eye-opening realizations, “The Social Dilemma” is certainly a welcome reminder of the dangers of social media. The experts’ fear is real and contagious, and by the end of it you’ll be wishing it was 1998 again.
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