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COVER STORY
Teen Art
In a culture that caters to teenagers and their wallets,
young artists sometimes find it hard to be heard. Kurt Andersen and young
writer Ned Vizzini talk about music, novels, and movies by teenagers.
 Look-Look
A magazine called Look-Look publishes paintings, photos,
poetry and prose by teenagers. The contributors are full of passion, and
their work feels fresh, but the magazine is published by Look-Look, Inc.,
a company that gathers data
about young people and sells it to corporations that market to youth.
One teen who designed an ad for the magazine boasts, "we're selling
Pepsi to ourselves." Does Look-Look provide a space for teen expression
or does it exploit its young contributors for market research?
 Go
to the website for Look-Look Magazine
Go
to the website for Look-Look, Inc.
Go
to the skateboarder and artist Victor Timofeev's website
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to Go to the website for the MeDiA Activism Club at the Bronx High School
of Science
Raperos Delight
In Cuba, the communist regime has set up the Cuban
Rap Agency— which is exactly what it sounds like. The state chooses
which hip hop musicians become stars and pays their salaries. Shana Bromberg
met up with one certified Cuban rap producer at his studio outside Havana,
where he discussed the strangely familiar plight of provocative artists
trying to be heard inside the artistic mainstream.
Go
to an recent CBSnews article with a photo of Doble Filo
Go
to an article about Cuban hip hop with photo of Pablo Herrera
Rimbaud
Live
Born in 1854, poet Arthur Rimbaud was every inch a
modern punk star. There was the same love of drugs, cigarettes, long hair,
perfectly grungy clothing and contempt for the bourgeoisie. But most of
all, there was the poetry – reams of it, which began appearing when
Rimbaud was fourteen: rapturous, hallucinogenic, pyrotechnical, and unlike
anything anyone had ever heard before. Now, courtesy of playwright David
Ives, we miraculously have a sound recording of one of Rimbaud’s
poetry readings in Paris from the very night his masterpiece "A Season
in Hell" was published. Produced by Jonathan Mitchell.
Go
to a fan's website
Go
to the Art Rimbaud project website
Radio
Rookie
Like many 18 year olds, Judith Rudge had trouble fitting
in. She wrestled with her identity until she discovered a powerful new
vehicle of expression: the poetry of hip hop. With the help of the Radio
Rookie program at New York Public Radio that trains teenagers how to become
radio producers, Judith tells the story of how she found her voice.
Go
to Judith's page
Go
to an article about Judith at Transom
 SPECIAL
GUEST
Ned Vizzini
While still in high school, Ned Vizzini began publishing
his essays in a weekly New York newspaper. Now in his early 20’s,
Vizzini has two books under his belt. His novel Be More Chill is about
a tiny computer teens can swallow that teaches them how to be cool.
Go
to Ned Vizzini's official website
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Audio Help
To listen to audio from this site, you will need
RealPlayer.
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to instructions for downloading
Caio
Fonseca
This month, the Corcoran Gallery in Washington DC
opened an exhibit of the abstract paintings of Caio Fonseca. In his work,
Fonseca combines layers of rich, sensuous color, rhythmic geometric shapes
and textured lines. The result is old-school but refreshing at the same
time; a painterly virtuosity lead by a singular vision. Studio 360’s
Benjamin Shaw toured the exhibit with Fonseca on opening day.
Go
toCaio Fonseca's official website
Go
to the website for the Corcoran Gallery
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