This past Thursday, sculptor John Powers presented excerpts of his ambitious project “Star Wars and Modernism: An Artist Commentary.” Accompanied by composer R. Luke Dubois and Columbia Art History Fellow and Triple Canopy senior editor Colby Chamberlain, who provided editorial assistance, the film is an original and provocative look at Star Wars not merely as a Hollywood blockbuster and mythic narrative, but as an art object.
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Zachary Adam Cohen is a social media strategist and consultant working with businesses and brands in the hospitality, technology, and arts sectors. His work has appeared in the New York Times and The Huffington Post. He writes a social media blog and his personal essays on art, music, politics and general culture can be found here. He also tweets. A lot.