I. A. Richards called the book “a machine to think with”, yet it is curiously resistant to technological standardization. That point escapes many digitizing technologists, who are not perhaps the anti-book boors as sometimes portrayed.
Tag: 02.23.11
What’s The New Economic Model That Will Save Orchestras?
“Philanthropy is the only solution, and there are signs it’s stretched pretty far. New young philanthropists have to be developed to replace the ageing ones, but it’s not clear that classical music is attracting new wealth. It’s not a pretty picture.”
Last Ring-Bearer Author on Why He Re-Imagined Middle-Earth
Kirill Yeskov: “I wrote The Last Ring-Bearer … strictly for my own enjoyment and that of my friends; … It is meant for skeptics and agnostics brought up on Hemingway and brothers Strugatzky, … What’s important is that while the world of a sequel is a reproduction that adds absolutely nothing to the original, the worlds of the canonical and the apocryphal works can ideally make a ‘stereoscopic pair’ that adds ‘depth’ to the former.”
Stamps, The Musical
Britain’s Royal Mail has launched a new set of stamps celebrating seven decades of UK stage musicals.
The Normal Heart Jumps Onto Broadway
The production, which opens one day before the Tony Awards’ deadline, “has its roots in an acclaimed staged reading of the play in October on Broadway, at the Walter Kerr Theater, which raised $150,000 for charity.”
James Franco and Gus Van Sant Rework My Own Private Idaho
An upcoming exhibit at Gagosian Gallery in Beverly Hills “features two films, Endless Idaho and My Own Private River, created by Franco using dailies and other footage that Van Sant shot for his 1991 movie My Own Private Idaho.“
Arizona’s Mesa Amphitheatre, Once-Hot Concert Venue, Now a Hot Mess
Revenues plummeted by 85% over the past four seasons, with the number of bookings (mostly rock acts) falling from 23 to three. The performers’ backstage area isn’t even air-conditioned. Part of the problem seems to be that the Amphitheatre is run by Mesa’s parks department rather than its arts and cultural department, which runs the city’s four-theater fine arts center.
Carlos Acosta: ‘I’m Already Preparing for the Afterlife’
Of his career, that is. “I would like to create a company, because I would like to try [to create new ballets]. Especially in Cuba, there are so many great artists who would be willing to collaborate. Finding choreographers is the main problem. There are many great ones, but they don’t seem to do narrative.”
Why Did Mubarak Cross the Road?: Humor in the Egyptian Uprising
“The steady stream of comedy flowing throughout [Tahrir Square] functioned much as Twitter and Facebook did: to build community, strengthen solidarity, and provide a safe, thug-free outlet for Egyptians to defy the regime.”
Mini-Golf as Artistic Medium
“[M]iniature golf – that kitschy trope of suburban life – has become a medium of choice for [some] contemporary artists. … Curators say the chance to play with art brings visitors who would never dream of going to a typical museum exhibit. Artists see an opportunity, too; many never imagined showing their work to such large – or enthusiastic – audiences.”