conceptual and contemporary art were ’proper’ forms of art‚ even though it was established in the sixties. It made us think and challenge our own assumptions of what art should really look like. People didn’t understand the idea of cows cut in half (Damien Hirst)‚ wire mesh lockers (Mona Hatoum)‚ rubble (Richard Long) or rubbish (Tomoko Takahashi) being called art unless you could frame it nicely on your living room wall. The fact that this type of art didn’t fit neatly into people’s ideas of what art
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’’The power of Christ compels you! The power of Christ compels you! The power of Christ compels you!!! ...’’ Father Merrin&Father Damien Karras from the movie -The Exorcist- This quote had been said like 10 times in quick succession in the movie ’’The Exorcist’’ and may have the right to be the most influental and memorable quote of the movie. Of course in order to underline the variety of ’’exorcism’’‚ the director of the film William Friedkin had to feature this quote out‚ which is actually
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Patrick Jannings Yr 12 KEYS HOUSE English assignment 3A Q.4 Visual texts are always intertextual. Discuss this notion referring to your viewing experiences this year. Texts are never viewed in isolation as we always view it through the prism of our previous encounters. Producers of visual texts rely on the viewers experiences to consume themselves in the text. The famous writer Michel Foucault once said that “a text is caught up in a system of references to other books‚ other texts‚ other
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disabled and even after knowing this the West Memphis police still continued to interrogate him. Although he recanted his so called confession within hours after speaking to the police‚ it still played a major role in all three convictions of himself‚ Damien Echols and Jason Baldwin. I feel that Jessie was definitely coerced in making this confession. He failed to provide the correct details of the crime which included the cause of death‚ times the murders took place and the materials that were used in
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of the 1690s. The trials were held for the many men and women who were accused of performing witchcraft; those who did not confess to witchery were hung while those who did confess faced only jail time. Almost 300 years later‚ three teenage boys‚ Damien Echols‚ Jessie Misskelley‚ and Jason Baldwin‚ were accused for murdering three eight-year old boys as part of a satanic sacrifice in 1993 (Source E). Although the Salem Witch Trials took place many years before the West Memphis Three case‚ both events
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West Memphis Three Paradise Lost is a documentary that follows the trial of the Damien Echols‚ Jason Baldwin and Jessie Misskelley. They were accused of killing three 8-year-old boys in West Memphis‚ Arkansas. All three were convicted in 1994. Damien received the death penalty and the other two both received like sentences. These three teenagers would become known around the world as the West Memphis 3. The film Paradise Lost and the sequel‚ Paradise Lost 2‚ only covered this story up into the
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Damien Hirst is a 52-year-old British artist who is best known for his conceptual artworks in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Some of Hirst’s best-known artworks are “The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living” (1991)‚ “For the Love of God” (2007)‚ and “A Thousand Years” (1990). Regarding death‚ Hirst stated‚ “Every artwork that has ever interested me is about death” (#11). Throughout history‚ death has been a central theme in art. This is because it is an experience common
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The West Memphis Three were guilty. That’s the truth. On May 5‚ 1993‚ Damien Echols‚ Jason Baldwin and Jessie Misskelley (ages 18‚ 16 & 17 at the time) killed Michael Moore‚ Steve Branch and Christopher Byers (all age 8). They beat them with fists‚ then beat them sticks‚ hogtied them‚ sexually assaulted them‚ tortured Branch and Byers with a knife‚ cut off Byers’ genitals‚ then dumped their bodies in a ditch. The killers were arrested a month later and convicted in early 1994. Thousands of people
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I need all kinds of fruits in my basket! What does that mean? At Damien‚ this phrase completely defines us. Damien Memorial High School Is filled with a lot of different ethnicities and different backgrounds. Damien to everyone may seem like it’s a bad school or we suck at sports and just another small school‚ but we’ve got heart and strong support for our school. The question is what makes Damien different from other schools and what unites us. What makes us different is the brotherhood we have
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other despite our differences. It is one thing to have many best friends‚ however‚ here at Damien we have family instead. From prior experiences‚ I have come to the realization that school is a very competitive setting where relationships cannot be built if you lack common interests. However‚ Damien has taught me otherwise because at this high school‚ we do not allow our weaknesses to define us. Here at Damien‚ our strengths and our weaknesses bring us together rather than segregating us. When you
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