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"In The Land Of Summer" is a fictional piece written by Marzia Dessi. Created during the Youth Media Project's Summer Intensive collaboration with the Santa Fe Art Institute. The radio poem follows the fate of Sunville, an infinite place of summer and sun and green grass and smiles and the infamous magican Mr. Summer. Marzia's land of the summer can be seen as an allegory for growing up or the environmental degradation our world is experiencing. Enjoy Marzia's creative work and dive into this fantastical world maybe not so unlike our own...
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"In The Land Of Summer" is a fictional piece written by Marzia Dessi. Created during the Youth Media Project's Summer Intensive collaboration with the Santa Fe Art Institute. The radio poem follows the fate of Sunville, an infinite place of summer and sun and green grass and smiles and the infamous magican Mr. Summer. Marzia's land of the summer can be seen as an allegory for growing up or the environmental degradation our world is experiencing. Enjoy Marzia's creative work and dive into this fantastical world maybe not so unlike our own...
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Hopi High SchoolThis was a very interesting piece. I try and influence my fellow peers to conduct such pieces as this. The tone and message was very clear. The way it was like a poem with a more "flavor". The background music topped everything off. Very nice. Keep up the good work. |
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Surprising, mysteriousWe usually think of youth-produced features as news, commentaries, vox pops, or public affairs pieces, so Marzia's story is a refreshing change. I loved the juxtaposition of her reading with the sound effects and background music. Marzia's vocal delivery lends a formal tone to a story that seems lighthearted at some moments, dystopian at others. music. Unexpected turns of phrase like, "What is the place you want so much?" surprised me and kept me listening through to the end. But I couldn't shake the feeling that the underlying message of the piece was something very, very dark. |
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Darin Johnson
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 06:02 PM | Permalink
Hopi High School
This was a very interesting piece. I try and influence my fellow peers to conduct such pieces as this. The tone and message was very clear. The way it was like a poem with a more "flavor". The background music topped everything off. Very nice. Keep up the good work.