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David Levine's Students Perform The Best New Work at the Harvard Art Museums

April 18, 2024
Students from David Levine's Performance Criticism seminar will perform an iteration of The Best New Work. The students "will drift through the galleries and open spaces of the Harvard Art Museums, performing their essays as though on an endless loop. The performers’ attitude, delivery, affect, and mood will shift with their location, their audience, and time of day." Various works from a range of writers including Karl Marx, Nikola Tesla, and bell hooks, will be presented. 

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