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Arts ©Entertainment Wednesday, October 26,1994 Page 9 Minority artists discuss roles in mainstream art By Paula Uvlgw Senior Reporter Three minority artists defined main stream art and their role within it Tuesday during a panel discussion and slide presen tation at the Richards Hall Gallery. “Minority Artists in the Mainstream” centered on a visit by Linda Anfuso, an American Indian artist. Anfuso’s visit is sponsored by the College of Fine and Per forming Arts’ Curriculum Advantage Pro gram. Anfuso was joined by Peggy Jones, an assistant art professor at Peru State Col lege, and Littleton Alston, an associate art professor and sculptor at Creighton Uni versity. Karen Kune, a University of Nebraska Lincoln assistant art professor, moderated the discussion. She asked the panelists for their interpretations of mainstream art. Jones supplied the panelists with a dic tionary definition of mainstream. “It’s the prevailing current or direction of activity and influence,” she said. “But who defines mainstream? “What is mainstream? Is it ‘90210?’ Is it ‘O.J. Simpson! O.J. Simpson!’?” She said mainstream differed from art ist to artist and that it was disconnecting to individuals. Anfuso took a more economic look at defining mainstream. “Mainstream is where dollar signs start multiplying,” she said. “As an artist, I want the opportunity to show my work to the “Mainstream is where dollar signs start multiplying. As an artist; I want the opportunity to show my work to the audience I want to see it. ” m LINDA ANFUSO American Indian artist audience I want to see it.” She said she encountered difficulties while finding a place for her art at galleries and corporate settings, because people con nected her art with ner appearance. When galleries receive herslides, they’re interested in her work. Anfuso designs nonrepresentational art made of paper and fabric dipped in plaster. She paints designs on top of the media. Her work strays far from the stereotypical Ameri - can Indian art of feathers, Indians and horses. “When they meet me in person, they say, ‘Oh, well, we don’t deal in Indian art, ’” she said. But sometimes galleries see her and want her art — until they see her slides. - See PANEL on 10 Gerik P«fmeJ«/DN Kart Rolnhard, a Uidvorslty of Nobraska-Uncoln assistant profsoaoroT anthropology, sits undortho lights of a BBC film craw Tuosday for an Intorvlow In Boosoy Hall. BBC documentary to feature anthropologists in Nebraska By J*ff Randall _ Staff Reporter For most Americans, the British Broad casting Corporation has been a provider of old episodes of “Monty Python’s Flying Circus” and “The Benny Hill Show,” but the BBC actually provides a lot more for viewers than slapstick comedy and politi cal satire. Danielle Peck and Alex Seaborne, pro ducers for the BBC, are in Nebraska to film a documentary on the subject of repatria tion and its effects on the scientific commu nity. “There really is no more important sub ject concerning anthropologists today,” Seaborne said, “and we thought it would be fantastic to produce a documentary on this topic.” Dr. Karl Reinhard, professor of anthro pology at the University of Nebraska-Lin coln, and Dennis Hastings, an anthropolo gist with the Omaha Tribe Council, have been working together for the last four years in this area and will spend this week in front of Peck and Seaborne’s cameras. Repatriation is the return of the remains of a people to their native land. This prac tice is a controversial subject among Ameri can Indians and modern scientists who have recently been dueling over who has the rights to the skeletal remains of Ameri can Indians. Reinhard and Hastings caught the pro ducers’ attention because they had been able to bring the two opposing sides in this matter to an agreement. MWe have managed to cooperate where others haven’tbeen able to do so,” Reinhard See BBC on 10 Courtesy of Geffen Records Pictured Is the main screen of the Geffen Records and Jasmine Multimedia CIHKOM game “Vld Grid,” which plays 10 different videos. CD-ROM game perfect for music video lovers By Jo#l Strauch1 _ Senior Reporter It’s nothing special to see Metallica, Jimi Hendrix, Soundgarden or the Red Hot ** Chili Peppers jammin’their videos on a TV screen, but imagine seeing them rockin’ and rollin’ on your computer screen. Geffen Records and Jasmine Multime dia recently released “Vid Grid,” the first CD-ROM game that has been produced by a record label. The rules of the game are simple. The player has to piece together a jumbled video that is mixed up into nine, 16, 25 or 36 individually moving pieces before the video ends. But the visual effects represented by the constantly shifting images add to the com plexity and the enjoyment of playing the game. The game has nine complete videos, featuring songs like “November Rain” by Guns NrRoses, “Sledgehammer” by Peter Gabriel and “No More Tears” by Ozzy Osbourne, and it offers a 10th bonus song if the players get good enough. The songs on the game mostly fall on the thrashin’ side of rock. “We’re a rock label,” Roy Hamm, a publicist for Geffen, said. “We’re keeping in our genre of music.” But Geffen was given rights to use popu lar videos from different labels for the game. Epic Records provided Ozzy Osbourne’s hit song “No More Tears,” and Elektra *' :d “Enter Sandman” by Metallica. game was produced by Norman Beil, the head of new media for Geffen Records. “Beil came up with the idea for the game,” Hamm said. “We’re a pretty loose company. If somebody comes up with some thing, we’ll run with it.” And run they have. Although “Vid Grid” has been released only recently, it is quickly gaining popularity. “Computer stores don’t have sound scans, which keep track of how many cop ies have been sold,” Hamm said. “But we’ve had some large reorders, so we know it’s selling well.” Plans are in the works for another ver sion of “Vid Grid” that would appeal to a different audience. “It’s called ‘Kid Vid Grid,’” Hamm said. “It’ll be with cartoons and other stuff, and it will be out next year.” “Vid Grid” won the Innovations Award for Best Multimedia Software at the Con sumer Electronics Show in Chicago in June, and it is selling at $34.95 in head-bangin’ computer stores everywhere. “Vid Grid” is available on IBM. Plans are being made to have a Macintosh ver sion by April 1995. Halloween season releases carve a poor, boring face By (terry lalti Staff Reporter Blech! The one good new video release this week cannot onset the number of bad flicks coming out at the same time. It's time for Halloween, so the pick-of-the-week sec tion will be devoted to Halloween-related flicks. Sadly, the entertainment industry re ceived a double blow in the last week with the tragic deaths of Burt Lancaster and Raul Julia. Some of their films are listed below as well. “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs** (G) — Disney's animated classic has been restored to its full glory and is available for rental or purchase. Witches, poisoned apples, spells — you all know the story. For young or old, the film is a classic. “The Cowboy Way" (PG-13) — Yet another “good guys out of their element” flick, “The Cowboy Way” teams up Woody Harrelson and Kiefer Sutherland to chase kidnappers in the Big Apple. It’s a fun flick that the kids will probably enjoy, but the adults will be in the kitchen reading about O.J. Simpson’s fanatical, subconscious love of cribbage. “Guarding Tess** (PG-13) — Shirley MacLaine plays a presidential widow who could frustrate Gandhi into picking up a pair of brass knuckles to punch her lights out. Nicholas Cage is assigned to protect her, much to her chagrin. Hoorah. Cage’s character is a twit, but MacLaine provides some laughs. This one will appeal more toward the older crowd. “Jimmy Hollywood** (R) — Ewwww! See NEWVID on 10