![]() What’s so special about Studio Ghibli and Hayao Miyazaki movies? Is it the gorgeous animation? The lovingly drawn food? The unique, otherworldly creatures and immersive locations? Or, could it be the music? Those iconic piano scores that, while unique unto themselves, practically scream Ghibli when you hear them? We often underestimate the importance of sound and music in film. Stephanie Rudig Saturday: Candlelight: The Best Anime Soundtracks From Joe Hisaishi at Miracle Theatre Courtesy of fever 27 at the Kreeger Museum, 2401 Foxhall Rd. Sandwiched between a room of African sculptures and a room of some modern art stars, it shows a line for how museum’s can evolve their collections and make them more representational. A sculpture by Lionel Frazier White III, titled “one for the dead,” is an assemblage of doors, candles, and bottles, recalling the tradition in Black communities of pouring one out for the dead. Madeline Stratton has a selection of brightly colored and interestingly shaped paintings that take their forms from elements of the building’s architecture, and the colors are more vibrant, neon hues of colors drawn from the Claude Monet paintings that surround them. Some works were created specifically for this particular space or were selected to critique the collection in some way. ![]() Amber Eve Anderson has created a video of the turning pages of a book featuring photos of beds overlaid with wave sounds fittingly enough it sits on a shelf in the library, surrounded by books. Joey Enriquez has a clay monoprint, a form of printmaking that uses designs etched and painted onto clay slabs to transfer an image onto paper, hanging around the corner from a Wassily Kandinsky painting that has sand mixed into the pigment. Rather than be cordoned off in their own gallery, the works of the Hamiltonian artists are interspersed throughout, creating interesting connections and commentary. The Kreeger’s permanent collection has always hosted a mix of modern art masters as well as exemplars of D.C.’s own art scene such as Sam Gilliam and William Christenberry, but for the past year their The Collaborative guest artist series has spotlighted local talent and D.C.-based arts organizations, and this exhibit is particularly thrilling. That feeling is magnified in Unexpected Occurrences, an exhibition featuring the current cohort of Hamiltonian Artists fellows. Taking in the setting and the artworks at the Kreeger Museum’s somewhat out-of-the-way location always feels like stumbling upon hidden gems. Processing… Thursday: Unexpected Occurrences at the Kreeger Museum
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