Words & Pictures
The 2001 Festival probed the power of Words and Pictures and the relationship—often symbiotic, sometimes strained—between them. What can one do that the other can't? Is our media-saturated culture making us more visual, or simply less literate? Can words and pictures be harmful? How is technology changing the way we use them?
Notable Presenters:
Art Spiegelman
Houston Baker
Leonard Nimoy
Louis Menand
Neil Gaiman
William Gaines
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