As someone who never really “got” art, Darren’s talk was a liberating experience for me. Speaking as a member of the artistic elite, he reminds us that art is supposed to be something unique to every individual; not just in the creation, but the viewing as well. Thanks to our “there’s only ever one right answer” educational system, we forget that some things are meant to be subjective and to force...

Continuing on with a dance theme, we have Geomantics performing “Surveillance”. It’s an interesting piece that is a physical representation of the scariness, the oppression and the creepiness of society being so aware of everything people do now. Why is it news that Tiger Woods had an affair? You’d think it would really only matter to his wife and kids, but every Joe Schmoe has an opinion about it. Curtis Stedge,...

A lot of TEDx talks, I’ve noticed, have revolved around the changes in society most notably the education of the latest generation of students (tentatively dubbed “Gen M” for “Media”). These are kids who grew up with technology and their lives revolve around it. They use it, they multi-task with it, they understand it. But beyond that, the old paradigms of teaching them are failing because they’re not...