“London audiences have a rare opportunity this week – to attend the first public screening of a film that so incensed its funders they wanted it incinerated.” Loach talks about the 1969 film – and the controversial work he’s created since then.
Author: ArtsJournal2
Making Books Look, And Feel, Lived In
Geoff Dyer: “These days, unless I find myself in very unusual circumstances, I’m reluctant to read a book that shows any sign of prior occupancy. Mainly but not exclusively cosmetic, this aversion has proceeded in tandem with an increasing unwillingness to take other people’s readings — their opinions of what they have read — at face value.”
Budget Cuts Hitting Hard? Quick, Hire Some Consultants
When the Tate galleries’ budget got slashed by £750,000, the director called in two external consultants for help. But some Tate staffers don’t like anything about their advice. “We call it neurofascism. It’s just a load of Californian psychobabble.”
Clawing Its Way Up, With A Little Help From No. 1’s Problems
Texas theatre isn’t just about Houston and the Alley anymore. Instead, everyone’s talking about the Dallas Theater Company. “‘I don’t feel like the ugly stepsister to Cinderella anymore,’ said Kevin Moriarty, the company’s artistic director.”
No, Judgment’s Not Just A Matter Of Opinion – Especially With Book Prizes
“Often one senses in such pronouncements that rush to judgment – it’s crap! – so typical of immature reading, lazy and disrespectful – qualities frequently fostered by the instant response culture of the internet,” says Rick Gekoski. Booker Prize judges must do better than that.
Can London’s Institute Of Contemporary Arts Escape Its Crises?
“Institutions like the ICA are always under crisis. Certain crises are useful. It’s good to be at the edge. And then again certain crises aren’t useful, just time-consuming. We are trying to push it towards some useful crises,” says artist Roger Hiorns.
Live In A Community? Time To Evolve
Communities, just like species, can evolve, says evolutionary biologist David Sloan Wilson, but it takes a lot of awareness and work.
June Wayne, 93, Who Revived Printmaking In The U.S.
June Wayne, who died Tuesday at the age of 93, took on a quixotic task: Reviving lithography and printmaking in the aftermath of Abstract Expressionism. And she succeeded.
Can Novels Do Justice to 9/11? Defining A Decade
Despite works such as Jonathan Safran Foer’s Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, the decade since 9/11 might not have captured the decade. “The novel which comes to define the 9/11 era may have nothing to do with the event itself – at least in terms of plot.”
Wait! Don’t Kill Off Publishers – Writers Need Them
“A novelist without a publisher is like a singer without a microphone – mouth going, arms waving, nothing coming out – frankly, an embarrassment to herself and everyone else,” says writer Jane Rogers.