| E for All's Into the Pixel features video game art
While the main focus of this week's E for All Expo in Los Angeles is to let gamers get their hands on hot new console and PC games, there's a different exhibit on the show floor that appeals to art fans. Called Into the Pixel, the exhibit features fine art created by artists who work in game design. Into the Pixel — an annual fixture at past E3 Expo events — is here at E for All, featuring 16 inductees selected by a panel of jurors. It's already been shown at the E3 Media & Business Summit in Santa Monica earlier this year as well as the Toronto International Film Festival. The artwork runs the gamut from Half-Life 2 Episode 2 to 300: March to Glory, Rayman's Raving Rabbids to EVE Online. For the most part, these aren't screenshots — this is fine art created by the same game designers who create the environments and characters that populate popular video games.
Intensely beautiful 'Willow Tree' is an Iranian gem
When Youssef (Parviz Parastui), a 42-year-old professor who has been blind for 35 years, discovers a tumor beneath his right eye, he promises to dedicate his life to God in exchange for a miracle. Following a biopsy that reveals the tumor to be benign, the doctor says there is a chance his vision might be restored through a corneal transplant. The operation is successful but, overwhelmed by the sensuality of the seeing world and driven to misery by his own self-pity, he forgets his vow and destroys the world that has sustained him through his handicapped years. .
Students eager to score some cash
Students eager to score some cash Teens back city plan to pay for improved test results Devon Thompson and Renieka Arnold of Mergenthaler Vocational-Technical High School and other city students sound off on the cash incentive plan. (Sun photo by Kim Hairston / January 23, 2008) .
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