November 2022 – Page 2 – despardes.com

How Killing Sparrows Led to Great Famines in China (VIDEO)

DPstaff November 9, 2022November 9, 2022

In 1958, Mao Zedong ordered all the sparrows to be killed because they ate too much grain… Read more here. Honorary contributors to DesPardes: Adil Khan, Ajaz Ahmed, Anwar Abbas,

Continue readingHow Killing Sparrows Led to Great Famines in China (VIDEO)

Why Aesthetic Value Should Take Priority Over Moral Value

DPstaff November 8, 2022November 8, 2022

Aesthetic value is a catch-all term that encompasses the beautiful, the ugly, the sublime, the dramatic, the comic, the cute, the kitsch, the uncanny, and many other related concepts. It

Continue readingWhy Aesthetic Value Should Take Priority Over Moral Value

Rana Begum’s Public Artwork: Interplay of light, form, nature, architecture

DPstaff November 2, 2022November 2, 2022

The ambitious, site-specific installations No.1187 Mesh and No. 1193 Mesh by Rana Begum (born 1977 in Sylhet, Bangladesh), commissioned by the Moody Center for the Arts, push the material and

Continue readingRana Begum’s Public Artwork: Interplay of light, form, nature, architecture