ARTICLES
Breaking the Fourth Wall: A Look at the Photography of Michael Otley
The city of Richmond has a history all of it’s own. It grows in so many different directions. These directions can be musically, politically, socially or artistically. What really can make or break an image capturing any of these moments is the humanity of it all. If you witness a memory that invokes something in you but the picture doesn’t maintain the poignancy of that instance, the point or purpose may be lost on us all. Michael Otley’s photography allows these moments to be truly captured with their hearts still intact.
Photographer Spotlight: Scott Elmquist
Scott rolls into Ellwood Thompson’s wearing jeans and a white shirt, tucked in, and smiles promptly.
RVA meets Shakespeare...kinda.
Recently RVA Mag’s John Reinhold met with Richmond Shakespeare Festival actor, Philip Brown, to talk a bit about his training, filmmaking, Shakespeare, and acting here in Richmond, VA. We met up in the fan and just chatted it up like two old buddies. Philip has a great love for stage and screen, and it shows in everything he does. He reprises his role in Henry V at Agecroft Hall through the end of June.
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Social Media Club: RVA's Ian M. Graham vs. Tobacco Avenue's Jeff Kelley (in a World Series of Love)
Our own New Media Maestro, Ian Graham, Jolie O'Dell of ReadWriteWeb and Jeff Kelley of local satirical blog, Tobacco Avenue, discuss such topics as traditional journalism vs. online media, satire as a believable source, consumer habits, the death of the daily paper and more.
Check out ReadWriteWeb for the full spectrum or just watch the below video:
Sylvia Plachy: The Captured Moment as Record
Sylvia Plachy seems to see the captured moment as record, as something to be reexamined and perceived within the context of every surrounding, as insight into the human condition and a lasting documentation of the world as it is variously perceived. It is an instant to be juxtaposed with everything to come before and after. She is not simply perpetuating an individualistic perspective, but using her art to feel out those places that universal understanding intersects the unique and personal. She reveals not only her experience of a situation, but that of her subjects as well.
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A Chaotic Descent into a Post-Apocalyptic-Tropical Sound: An Introduction to Bermuda Triangles
In the Richmond musical community, Jason Hodges may be as active as you get. Not only does he currently participate in the bands the Amoeba Men and Suppression, but he also runs locally based record label CNP Records. Hidden in the shadows of late-night sessions was his solo-moniker: Bermuda Triangles. Led by a desire to create a style of music that quenched his thirst for the percussive side of life, he put out two seven-inches with the groups Tickly Feathers and Yoko Boner. The genre, as described by Hodges, is “post-apocalyptic-tropical.”
PAYIN DUES Live Hip-Hop Karaoke at Gallery5
Here's your chance to blow up like you thought you would!
Film Review: The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 is a film that has two sides. On one hand, it is a very well performed thriller. Denzel Washington and John Travolta, two proven actors, keep the tension high and the audience on the edge of their seats as they converse over the radio. On the other hand, the film is a ridiculous action movie with frantically cut car chase sequences and collisions that send automobiles literally flying through the air. You have to take the bad with the good, of course, so if you are able to ignore the absurdity, you will enjoy yourself.
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