Framing Cultures – Lan Su Chinese Garden

Ran Sheng & Kylie Fabre Animation and Video Installation "Framing Cultures" is an exploration of two experiences of collaborating artists from different cultural backgrounds. It takes the ideals of one culture and places them on another through our views of the Lan Su Chinese Garden. The space is meant to be experienced through interaction and... Continue Reading →

Cigarettes as a prop in Noir Films

Whether as a visual element or as an indispensable prop, cigarettes could be seen in almost every classical noir film, helps to depict and reflect character’s emotion, power, or desire. The erratic, mysterious smoke wreathing in a dark scene, hovering between man and woman, reflecting by dramatic lighting, all made a well-known symbol of film noir. It has almost become a signature of “noir style”.

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