“Tired? Jaded? Lacking motivation and energy? Who better to provide you with a pep talk than cinema’s foremost exponent of positivity and general joie de vivre, Mr. Werner Herzog?!”
Tag: 02.04.15
If You Cry While Reading A Book, You Cry Alone (But That’s OK)
“All the analysis and theory in the world must finally bow before the incommunicable experience of reading literature.”
The Hot New Performance Space? Your Living Room
“Living rooms are just the best way to do that. It’s a space where a group of people can comfortably exist on its own terms – they can sit on chairs, if they want, or pig-pile on the carpet, which we prefer. People can clap when they want to, and play the air violin if they’re so inclined. There are no invisible institutional strictures that inhibit the way in which we want to participate.”
If Only The Rich Can Afford To Become Artists, What Does That Do To Our Culture?
“The question underlying the current posh war remains: are too many careers increasingly an option only for those with the backing of an affluent family? And what will Britain become if this continues?”
The Little Record Label That Could
“Manfred Eicher’s approach has changed the cultural conversation more than once, while making serious contributions to musical life. Why haven’t more companies replicated ECM’s model?”
Study: Going To The Theatre Is Scotland’s Favorite Live Arts Activity
“Theatregoing is the second most popular cultural activity in Scotland after the cinema, according to a survey that shows that 32% of Scots went to the theatre in 2013.”
How Can You Tell If An Author Is Being “Authentic”?
“Tackling an author who is new to us, it can be hard to tell whether the work is authentic or not. In which case, best to enjoy the perplexity of not quite knowing how serious our author is, weighing the arguments on both sides, reading another novel to see how it fits. This is part of the fun of reading, too, the attempt to get one’s mind round the work, accepting a long game played out over three, four, five books.”
Frank Oteri’s List Of The Ten Best American Symphonies
“Since we’re New Music USA after all, I thought I’d further up the ante with a list devoted exclusively to works by American composers. But since I’m also FJO, I couldn’t limit myself to one per number and even broke a few of the rules (as you’ll see)…”
Cultural Shift: The App Industry Is Now Bigger Than Hollywood Entertainment Industry
“To me, that the American app industry may eclipse the American film industry is more interesting for what it means culturally. There’s a growing sense that the products of the sector we usually call “tech” are attaining cultural primacy—the web is the new TV.”
Five Monets, £55M, One Hour – Just Part Of London’s Richest Art Auction Ever
“The evening auction on Tuesday raised an overall total of £186.44m, almost £50m over Sotheby’s estimate, and broke auction records for five individual works by artists including Seurat and Malevich as bidders from 35 different countries clamoured to get their hands on the many iconic works up for sale.”