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Gopher Gary:
Today's Google Doodle is Veterans Day 2023
Today’s hand-crafted, annual Veterans Day Doodle was created by Puerto Rican guest artist Lindsay “Bones” Cordero, U.S. Air Force veteran and mental health advocate. The Doodle artwork focuses on the importance of peer-to-peer support across the veteran community, representing individuals from each branch of the military and across the five generations of living veterans today.
Gopher Gary:
Today's Google Doodle is Dr. Victor Chang's 87th Birthday
Dr. Chang is remembered as a humanitarian and pioneer of cardiac and transplant surgery. One of his most impactful contributions to medicine was the development of St. Vincent's artificial heart valve which was significantly cheaper than previous models, making it globally accessible for use in lifesaving procedures.
Gopher Gary:
Today's Google Doodle is Thanksgiving 2023
This Thanksgiving, we gathered many hands around our table to help assemble the Doodle artwork. Many will gather around their own tables today to give thanks and share a meal with family, friends, and community members.
Gopher Gary:
Today's Google Doodle is Celebrating Agnès Varda
This Doodle celebrates Belgian-born French photographer,director, and artist Agnès Varda, who is widely considered a pioneer of French New Wave movies. On this day in 2014, the European Film Academy presented her with an honorary Lifetime Achievement Award for her work.
About the Doodle:
Varda was born in Brussels on May 30, 1928, with the name Arlette. The family moved to Sète, France when she was 12, and she studied art history and photography before starting her career taking pictures for magazines and the Théâtre National Populaire.
Some of her photos inspired Varda to make cinematic works, including her first film in 1955, La Pointe Courte, which balanced fiction with documentary-style discussions. Varda continued to make films. As a self-taught director who had not studied filmmaking, she had freedom from industry standards allowing her to break norms and help usher in the French New Wave. The New Wave movement was characterized by the rejection of traditional filmmaking conventions in favor of experimentation. She was one of the only female New Wave filmmakers.
In her vast cinematic career, Varda directed over 40 films including shorts, features, and documentaries about the complexities of humans. Some of her most notable works include Cleo from 5 to 7, Vagabond and The Gleaners and I. A self-described feminist, she featured women’s stories in many films. Varda advocated for women’s choice in the 1977 movie L’Une chante, l’autre pas, which she describes as a “feminist musical.” She partook in advocacy for women even outside of her films — notably, she signed the Manifesto of the 343 with other Frenchwomen, declaring publicly that they had abortions in the past and pushing policy makers to legalize them.
Varda continued her creative endeavors in new formats — she started video installations in 2003. Her immersive art installations have been displayed worldwide in cities such as Ghent, New York, Beijing, and Paris.
Varda's varied career can be appreciated today through her films, photographs, artworks, and books. Along the way, Varda earned several awards including a Lumières Award and an Oscar nomination for Visages Villages (Faces Places), a César Award for Les Plages d'Agnès (The Beaches of Agnés), a Golden Lion for Sans toit ni loi (Vagabond), an Honorary Oscar for her lifetime achievements in cinema and many more.
Agnès Varda charted her own path by self-producing her films, embodying the true spirit of artistic independence and creative resilience. Thanks for staying true to yourself, Agnès. Your unique perspective has and will inspire artists for years to come!
Gopher Gary:
Today's Google Doodle is New Year's Eve 2023
3… 2… 1… Happy New Year!
This Doodle brings some sparkle and shine to start off New Year right! As the clock nears closer and closer to midnight, people around the world are planning their new year’s resolutions and wishing for success, love, joy, and everything in between.
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