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Philosopher's cabaret
Creativity displayed by student performers in the Great hall during club hosted event
Lindsay Martinez / Roundup
The Pierce College Philosophy Club hosted the Philosopher’s Cabaret in yesterday in the Great Hall
The event combined a variety of digital video, live spoken word and live performance, while highlighting the creative exploration of philosophical ideas.
Student’s created and presented performances of up to five minutes on the theme ‘perspective’ on either artwork, photography, music, poetry or movies.
Performances included original songs, skits, videos,and poetry.
The musical performances ranged from 1920’s stylistic tones to contemporary rock and new age.
Guitarist Raul Whitfield performed a song expressing the opposing ideals on happiness of the philosophers Aristotle and Plato.
“My goal is to be happy, and to be happy is to play music,” said Whitfield. “I cannot make music without this guitar and this guitar cannot make music without me, it creates a bond.”
Student Bill McGary gave an informal presentation on the way the human brain processes its sensory input based on the different way each individual perceives visuals.
“Our minds, as great as they are, do have short comings said McGary. “Because we all see things in different perspectives.”
The Cabaret generated a strong audience turnout and each and every performance was applauded at its conclusion.
