The mere existence
of a cultural artifact from a previous era does not imply that it is itself significant for the present culture in which it occurs.
Her work also prompted reflection on historical episodes of book burning and censorship, devastation wrought during the Holocaust, and the present - day
destruction of cultural artifacts amid Middle East conflicts.
In 2014, help George Clooney's film The Monuments Men sought to bring attention to the brave Allied soldiers who were sent to prevent the destruction
of cultural artifacts during the waning days of World War II.
Not only have students used the computers to write, illustrate, animate, and publish, but they have also created an
archive of cultural artifacts, published an anthology of student work each semester, performed dramas interpreting Lakota legends, composed and sampled electronic music, and filmed and edited digital videos.
In an effort to reduce the
trafficking of these cultural artifacts, the United States Embassy in Belize and Belize's National Institute of Culture and Heritage have joined together and signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that «solidifies the collaboration between the United States and Belize to combat looting and trafficking of cultural objects in Belize.»
For Wanderlust, Issa presents the sculpture Heritage Studies # 10, a five - foot - long copper cylinder, part of her ongoing work «Heritage Studies» begun in 2015, which includes formal
reinterpretations of cultural artifacts drawn from various historical and museological sources.
A bewitching group show organized by Aaron Moulton takes themes of the supernatural and the quasi-religious and uses it to Cuisinart a staggering
array of cultural artifacts — from paintings and costumes from the space - alien obsessed Unarius Academy to a video installation by Diana Thater, a contemporary video artist who recently had a one - woman show at LACMA.
Teschner is a sculpture major and gives this description of her work: «Let me not mistake my objective at least, which is to excavate everything — to be the
archaeologist of cultural artifacts that do not yet exist or have not yet been unearthed.
In 2006, the museum acquired Dion's Providence Cabinet (2001)-- a curiosity
cabinet of cultural artifacts collected from one of three New England Digs — for the collection.
The world that has receded behind layers of computed and projected image and layers of explanatory scienti c simulacra and
layers of cultural artifact and linguistic virtuality.»
Posts discuss cases dealing with the purchase, possession, import, export and
smuggling of cultural artifacts, both in the United States and internationally.
Featuring works by 134 artists from 31 different countries, along with a diverse
collection of cultural artifacts that range from traditional Korean funerary dolls to an archive of 3,000 photographs of people with teddy bears, the exhibition is a sprawling, multifaceted investigation of the ties that bind people to images and images to people.
Going behind enemy lines across Europe between D - Day and V - E Day in a race to prevent the
destruction of these cultural artifacts will be the impressive cast of Daniel Craig, Matt Damon, Bill Murray, Cate Blanchett, John Goodman, Jean Dujardin, Hugh Bonneville (Downton Abbey), and Bob Balaban.
Its anti-style actually works greatly in its favor — it manages to accurately reflect the banalities of childhood, the fluid nature of memory, the flashes of recognition we have
of cultural artifacts from a previous time, and our struggles to redefine our relationships with our parents and friends as we change and grow right along with them.
The «owners»
of cultural artifacts are not the people who happen to live in the same geographical area 2000 after the culture that created them.