...performance by the French composer, performer, and music producer, Jean Michel Jarre. The concert was an event offered to the public, open to all without restrictions, and free in this natural arena which was the massive Port Hercules located in North Monaco. The audience was standing on the docks in front of a 650 foot long stage, which included 6 huge rectangular shaped projectors held next to each other. A high-tech visual extravaganza above the 650 foot-long stage was synchronized to Jean Michel Jarre's music and includes state-of-the-art light and HD video effects featuring lasers and pyrotechnics. The performance was filmed in HD by 18 cameras for live feeds on Euronews and via Ustream online. It was a two hour show. There wasn't a specific dress code actually; the audience wore what they wanted because it was a public event. The style of music Jean was playing was very different than any other style I've ever seen. The performance included styles or genres like Ambient, New Age, Electronic, Trance, and Progressive rock, all combined to make various beautiful melodic pieces. I found out that the audience in the concert was interacting with the style of music performed, although it's not that common around the world. This happened because Jean at that time was the most successful live performer in France, and mostly in the world. So eventually the audience was familiar with the pieces of music that Jean performed. Jean came with his band which was composed of him, and 2 other guys...
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...Jean-Michel Basquiat was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1960. As an early graffiti artist, he expressed his frustration at his environment and surroundings in his graffiti and also the poor circumstances and neighborhood in which he lived. However, by the power of his art, he was able to emerge from being just a graffiti artist to one of the most celebrated artists of this century. Described as Neo-Expressionist, Basquiat’s work is based on American Punk which reflected the emerging “hip-hop” scene of the time. His graffiti and later his paintings reflected his submersion in counter-culture and he described frustrations about the ghettos of New York in his art. His frustration at the narrow streets and their citizens living in dark places, together with the potential threats that he saw living in...
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...Martina Brooks Cole Art 1 24 October 2014 Is Fame Really Worth It All? When it comes to the life of an artist, or anyone famous for that matter, it is almost always a daily struggle for them trying to fight with what comes with that fame. The main reason is the thought of always having to live up to high expectations from their fans and the people they work with. Once they have a certain signature, they are always expected to reciprocate that and are ostracized when they don’t give it. Because of that, they either go to a means of substance abuse to momentarily get away from it all, or they just give up. In Jean-Michel Basquiat’s case, he did both. An artist’s major fault, I believe, is forgetting who they are and where they came from once they reach that fame stage; sometimes they want to win it all, and that is what ultimately ruins their life. Winning is not worth any price at all, because you could end up losing everything you worked so hard for in the beginning. Friendships, relationships, family; all of that can be gone in an instant and you believe that what you gained as an outcome is far better than what you had before. Personally, I would never choose fame over my friends or family because fame is momentarily, but friends are almost forever. If I ever did become famous off of something I’m great at doing, I wouldn’t become someone I wouldn’t like myself. I would stay humble just because of the fact that I came from humble beginnings, just like Basquiat did....
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