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Sally Rand’s Fan Dance

Posted on June 9, 2010 by

(watch to the end to see the fan dance) “Among the entertainment at the fair [Chicago 1933-34], the most controversial was Sally Rand and her fan dance, a revealing act that tested the moral scruples of midwestern fair officials and … Continue reading →

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Arctic Girl’s Tomb of Ice

Posted on June 9, 2010 by

I’ve been reading about the history of various World’s Fairs and am excited about the amount of footage (both amateur and professional) that is available online. The amusements are more revealing than I first suspected. “Clad in an abbreviated bathing … Continue reading →

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Salvador Dalí’s Living Pictures

Posted on June 8, 2010 by

“Surrealism is the most modern form of French art and is derived from a study of the secrets hidden in the subconscious mind. In a series of living pictures, executed in three dimensions, famed and lively Salvador Dali explains some … Continue reading →

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projections

Posted on March 20, 2010 by

Using 14 simultaneous projections, Ray and Charles Eames exhibit (Think!) at the 1964/1965 World’s Fair in New York, bombarded the audience with a multimedia presentation that explained human experience as computational. Housed in the IBM Pavillion, the theater’s architecture raised … Continue reading →

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