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For those who usually Find them
selves bored by classical music, Zorn
may be an answer. “In some sense,”
he has said, “it is true that my music
is ideal for people who are impatient,
because it is jam-packed with infor
mation that is changing very fast.”
Kronos’ second piece will be
“Already it is Dusk,” by Polish
composer H.M. Gorecki. The struc
ture of this piece is entirely based
upon an old Polish folk melody.
Gorecki is a man of fiercely national
istic pride, and has said that “folk
music is everything.”
The final piece before intermis
sion will be “Hunting: Gathering,”
composed by Kevin Volans, who
also created “White Man Sleeps.” A
portion of this song has been recorded
as the title piece to one of Kronos’
albums.
After the intermission, Kronos
and its tape players will come back
for the evening’s showcase piece,
“Different Trains,” by Steve Reich.
The piece will feature the live
performance of Kronos Quartet, aug
mented by taped sequences by the
quartet, as well as taped speech
samples.
“Different Trains” is based upon
the comparison between Reich’s own
personal childhood cross-country
train rides and the very “different”
train rides taken by Jews during
World War II.
Reich’s piece will conclude the
show, but Kronos is notorious for the
content of its encores, so it’s likely
the quartet members will reappear on
stage, and when they do, watch out
for Jimi Hendrix or Chuck Berry. Or
maybe even Frank Zappa.
The show is 8 p.m. tonight in
Kimball Recital Hall.
Oriental carvings on display at center
By Jeffery Engel
Staff Reporter
The Lentz Center for Asian
Culture, 304 Morrill Hall, recently
acquired two oriental carvings — a
Japanese wood carving,reportedlv
about 1,000 years old, and a Chi
nese ivocy carving.
The art is grounded in flamboy
ant tradition, but also is influenced
by quieter Buddhist ideologies.
The Japanese carving depicts
two groups of Samurai warriors
settling a dispute. An elderly war
rior holds a swaddled infant over
whom the Samurai vie for posses
sion. The legend represented by
the work is of a woman who at
tempted to commit suicide by
drowning herself and the child, a
young prince. The infant was res
cued by the Samurai.
The piece is physically linear
and depicts, in addition to the land
scape, nine color-tinted figures,
each with striking facial expres
sions and garments.
The work was donated by UNL
alumni Lois Eddy Alexander Stadt
and the late Dr. Norman D. Alex
ander of San Luis Obispo, Calif.
An excellent contrast both in
style and medium, the Chinese
ivory carving depicts one of the
Eight Immortals of legend - a
human figure possessing super
natural powers.
Emphasizing the strong tradi
tion of Oriental artistic symbol
ism, the intricately rendered, se
rene, bearded figure holds a staff
and flower.
The ivory carving was donated
by the estate of Harry L. Weaver, a
former assistant and associate
Dean of Arts & Sciences at UNL.
In addition to the two carvings,
a contemporary Hu-form cinnabar
vase also is displayed. It was do
nated a year ago by Han Xu, visit
ing ambassador from the People’s
Republic of China. The vase ech
oes the form of an ancient piece
already displayed in the center’s
permanent collection.
The pieces currently on display
date from periods as early as the
Tang Dynasty (A.D. 618-906), and
include a Persian * Kashan Rug
from the Middle East and an im
pressive, ornate Indian sitar, along
with other musical instruments
and various ceramics, original
prints and paintings, porcelains,
lacquers, and textiles.
The carvings are on display
with selected works from the
Florence Brugger Memorial Col
lection now through September
30.
The center is open from 10 a.m.
to 4 p.m. Monday through Satur
day and 1:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. Sun
day.
Classic shows stopped bullet
Engineering college gives photos to Sheldon
By Gretchen Boehr
Senior Reporter
A bullet is stopped the instant it
explodes through an apple. A golf
club is frozen in mid-swing for a
procession of exposures taken milli
seconds apart.
These photographs by Harold E.
Edgcrton, inventor of the strobe light,
use high-speed photography tech
niques he developed to freeze time
and motion.
Sixteen of Edgcrton’s original
photos were given to the Sheldon
Memorial Art Gallery by the Univer
sity of Ncbraska-Lincoln’s College
of Engineering and Technology.
The 86-year-old Edgcrton, a na
tive of Aurora, said he was pleased
with the display.
Edgerton originally gave these
photos to the UNL College of Engi
neering and Technology in April
1988.
Clarice Orr, communications
coordinator for the College of Engi
neering and Technology, said the
college gave the photos to Sheldon
for proper display.
“We wanted to make these classic
photos available for all the students
and people of Nebraska to see,” On
said.
The photos arc considered to be
classics of modern art and technol
ogy, she said.
“Through his photos, Edgerton
has been able to stop time and show
all of us the wonders of the natural
world.”
But Orr said Edgerton does not
consider his pictures art
“Basically I’ve lead a very dull
life, just silting around playing with
flashes all the lime,” he said.
Edgerton has earned international
recognition for his achievements in
ultra-high-speed photography. He
developed watertight cameras and
strobes for underwater exploration.
Edgerton received his under
graduate degree from UNL in 1925.
He went on to receive his masters and
doctorate degrees at the Massachu
setts Institute of Technology in
Cambridge, Mass, he joined the MIT
faculty in 1927.
Edgerton said his fascination with
underwater high-speed photography
has taken him to Loch Ness in Scot
land to assist in the search for Ncssic,
the Loch Ness Monster.
In 1953 he began his long associa
tion with French underwater explorer
Jacques-Yves Cousteau. Edgerton
and Cousteau explored and photo
graphed sea floors from the Mediter
ranean to Lake Titicaca in the Andes
Mountains.
Edgerton and Greek archaeolo
gists searched for ancient Hclicc in
the Gulf of Corinth. Hclice is a city
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Harold “Doc” Edgerton at MIT
that was submerged by earthquakes
and volcanic eruptions in about 373
BC.
Edgerton said underwater explo
ration was one of the highlights of his
work.
“There’s so much life under the
ocean,’’ he said. “The ocean is an
average of two miles deep and there
are some very strange animals who
live there ”
Edgerton explained that sonar
picks up echoes from the ocean floor.
“It’s all very mysterious, trying to
discover what is making the echoes,”
; he said.4 That’s what ocean explora
\ tion is about. You can sec a long way
\ in the water with sound.”
Edgerton said ocean exploration
always was amazing to him because
he grew up in Nebraska.
Orr said the Engineering College
received permission from Edgerton
to make copies of his original photos.
These reproductions will be dis
played at the Waller Scott Engineer
ing Center North on the second floor.
The photos were on temporary
display at Sheldon for a reception,
Orr said, and will be held in the gal
lery’s permanent collection. The gal
lery plans to exhibit the photographs
for a longer period at a later date.
The Engineering College, aided
by a grant from the Nebraska Com
mittee on the Humanities, has created
a travelling exhibit of Edgerton’s
photographs. It will be at the stale fair
in the Exhibit Building Sept. 1
through 10. Then it will travel to
communities in Nebraska upon re
quest Orr said Aurora will be the first
place the exhibit travels.
Edgerton has published many
books such as “Electronic Flash
Strobe,’ ’ which he wrote 20 years ago
and is in its third and fourth editions.
Another book, “Stopping Time,”
includes many of his photos and, he
said, a second book of photographs
might be on the way.
When asked if he still takes photo
graphs, Edgerton said, “I haven’t for
a few years but I’m beginning to
warm up again.” He retired from
MIT 10 years ago but continues to
work on projects at the college.
