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Use this room when you already know the kind of cultural terrain you want to inspect. For guided orientation, open the Field Map or begin with a pathway.

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Now showing — The Prepared Piano · 5 works

  • The Wire Television · 2000s

    Baltimore's institutions examined season by season. The novel as television.

    PowerSurveillanceNature
  • Drukqs Music · 2000s

    Drukqs is a studio album by the British electronic music artist and producer Aphex Twin. It is a double album that includes a variety of contrasting styles, from meticulously programmed beats inspired by jungle and drum and bass, to classical-style, prepared piano, ambient, and electroacoustic pieces. It features th...

    IdentityPowerAfter-hours
  • The Sopranos Television · 1990s

    A New Jersey mob boss in therapy. The show that invented prestige television.

    PowerSurveillanceUrban isolation
  • The 400 Blows Film · 1950s

    A troubled Parisian boy's struggle against family and school. The iconic final freeze frame.

    After-hoursLongingUrban isolation
  • The Godfather Film · 1970s

    The Corleone family saga. Power, loyalty, and the corruption of the American dream.

    PowerAfter-hoursLonging
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  • Drukqs Music
  • The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill Music
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Bring interpretation forward so the route reads with more clarity, pressure, and argument.

  • The Republic Essays
  • The Souls of Black Folk Essays
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  • The Sopranos Television
  • The Wire Television