“Welsh artist Michael Bosanko uses coloured torches and a digital camera with the shutter left open on a long exposure to create these ‘light graffiti’ photos. His work is like an advanced photographic version of writing your name with a sparkler on Bonfire Night.”
Tag: 01.18.11
Ford Fdn. Creates $50M Fund for Documentaries
“Documentarians, rejoice! The Ford Foundation on Tuesday announced a five-year plan to pour $50 million into documentaries – defined broadly, including online-only efforts – that are focused on social issues.”
Wesleyan Launches Grad Program in Curating Performance Art
“With performance art increasingly entering the museological mainstream – along with the mainstream mainstream, courtesy of one James Franco – it was only a matter of time before an art school launched a performance-art curating program.”
2010 Was Tough, Challenging Year For Entertainment Industry
“Broad swaths of the entertainment business declined in 2010. DVD sales were off 13%. Music CD purchases plummeted 19%. Video game sales as well as concert and theater attendance also fell. Even the turnout for America’s favorite pastimes — baseball and NASCAR — was down. And swift changes in technology will make it difficult for Hollywood to capture pre-recession levels of revenue.”
Beyond the Book-Signing: How Authors Are Marketing Their Own Work
“Excruciating it may be. Nonetheless, authors are becoming more and more involved in the nitty-gritty of moving the merch” – working Facebook, of course, but also running giveaways and sometimes performing onstage.
Louisville Orchestra Musicians Form Separate Entity
“The organization, called Keep Louisville Symphonic, has tax-exempt status and will implement a fundraising initiative the musicians had proposed to the Louisville Orchestra last fall before it filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy.”
NY City Ballet Chief Cops Plea in DWI Case
“[B]allet master in chief Peter Martins on Tuesday admitted driving while ability impaired. … The 64-year-old Martins was arrested New Year’s Day at a police checkpoint near his home in Irvington, a village just north of New York City.”
How Mega-Musicals Are Like McDonald’s
“These are the shows in which liveness takes second place to smooth reproducibility. When a new production of Cats or The Phantom of the Opera or The Lion King opens, it’s not really a new production at all. The new opening will be a faithful reproduction of the original, all the way from the choreography to the lights, from the costumes to the merchandising.”
102-Key Piano Developed in Australia
“The Stuart and Sons grand piano has 14 more keys than most, which means its lowest and highest notes live very much on the edge. … The extra notes might lend themselves to great feats of acrobatics, but they’re not exactly musical. So why have them. For color, Stuart says, and resonance.”
England’s Newest Dance Facility Opens in Leeds
“The £12m structure, at Quarry Hill, has been described as the largest purpose-built space for dance outside London. … The six-storey building includes seven dance studios, a 230-seater studio theatre along with wardrobe facilities, meeting rooms, a hot tub, sauna and physiotherapist facilities.”