Spring Break
Cage Gallery displays Over-the-Rhine project
Hope Norman
Issue date: 11/9/07 Section: Campus
Other exhibitions emphasize the difference that the Over-the-Rhine students experienced and the one the media shows.
"It is one of the most real places (I) have ever been … People see this place as a slummy neighborhood with guns and drugs," junior Marisa Rendina says in her journal entry. "I see it as a metropolis full of life and love."
Located in a small area with an especially crowded feeling and surrounded by wooden boards, the only open space is by several cloth flowers in glass 40-ounce malt liquor bottles filled with tea. The smell of spray paint lingers in the air.
On the far side of the exhibit is a wall covered in wallpaper, which participants are encouraged to rip down. According to Drapac, the tearing of the wallpaper has literal, figurative and symbolic meaning.
The wallpaper, she said, literally represents the renovations done to housing in Over-the-Rhine and the striping of the walls. Figuratively, it shows how the views of the neighborhood were torn down within the students' perceptions. Symbolically, it portrays how the media's portrayal of the area needs to be stripped clean and redone.
Students milling around read each poster and seemed to enjoy the eclectic nature of the gallery.
"The exhibit really seems to capture the feel of the experience these students had," said senior Krista Van Wassen. "This is definitely one of the better exhibits that have been in the cage."
The diverse opinions shown in the gallery can be summed up by one statement in Chris DeLuca's poster: "I know what needs to be done and I have no problem doing it."
Applications for the fall 2008 program are still being accepted. Any interested student should contact Tom Dutton at duttonta@muohio.edu.
"It is one of the most real places (I) have ever been … People see this place as a slummy neighborhood with guns and drugs," junior Marisa Rendina says in her journal entry. "I see it as a metropolis full of life and love."
Located in a small area with an especially crowded feeling and surrounded by wooden boards, the only open space is by several cloth flowers in glass 40-ounce malt liquor bottles filled with tea. The smell of spray paint lingers in the air.
On the far side of the exhibit is a wall covered in wallpaper, which participants are encouraged to rip down. According to Drapac, the tearing of the wallpaper has literal, figurative and symbolic meaning.
The wallpaper, she said, literally represents the renovations done to housing in Over-the-Rhine and the striping of the walls. Figuratively, it shows how the views of the neighborhood were torn down within the students' perceptions. Symbolically, it portrays how the media's portrayal of the area needs to be stripped clean and redone.
Students milling around read each poster and seemed to enjoy the eclectic nature of the gallery.
"The exhibit really seems to capture the feel of the experience these students had," said senior Krista Van Wassen. "This is definitely one of the better exhibits that have been in the cage."
The diverse opinions shown in the gallery can be summed up by one statement in Chris DeLuca's poster: "I know what needs to be done and I have no problem doing it."
Applications for the fall 2008 program are still being accepted. Any interested student should contact Tom Dutton at duttonta@muohio.edu.
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