“There is a percentage of photographers who hate photography. They do not appreciate photography. They do not consume photography. They don’t look at photo books or photo magazines. They hate the guy with the iPhone taking Instagram shots. They hate the guy who just bought the D4 because they don’t have one. They hate people using digital because film is what real artists use. They hate photographers who embrace social media because images should stand on their own.”
Tag: 02.24.12
Questioning India’s Grand Master Art Narrative – And Coming Up With New Shows
Curator Gayatri Sinha: “Given India’s current economic condition and its very engaged political scene, I think the time for minor narratives has come. The artists’ works I am interested in now are intense, edgy, ironic, witty, and sensuous. I want these kinds of voices to travel outside India.”
Don’t Even Realize You’re Missing Women? That’s A Problem – And Now A Festival
What do theatre directors miss when they don’t include women playwrights? It’s hard to tell if you don’t even look at what you’re doing. The Forum Theatre thinks it might be time to step up.
The Oscars Save The Movies For Grown-Ups, And We Heartily Thank Them
“Of all the endangered species in Hollywood, perhaps the most overlooked might be the adult drama — the kind of mid-budget, modestly scaled, smartly written movie that seemed to be so common in the 1970s.” And without the Oscars, we’d never see them again.
Do We Expect Too Much From The Oscars?
“I want to be entertained. I want to laugh. I want a certain number of spontaneous, surprising, human moments. And I want the whole think to be brisk, not overly indulgent of the stars, and come in more or less on time.”
Using The Help (Imperfect As It Is) As A Call For Change
Though the Oscar-nominated and much-awarded film The Help is far from perfect in its depiction of history, “the film provided a rare portrayal of domestic workers in ways that allowed them complexity, humanity and individuality, and further related very closely to the portrayal of the relationship between workers and the children they raised.”
Howard Kissel, 69, Theatre Critic For The Daily News
“A friendly, often bemused and droll man whose silver curls and precise, deliberate manner of speech made him indelible to anyone he met, Kissel was chief theater critic at the News for 20 years. … Kissel was the only person to chair both the New York Drama Critics Circle and the New York Film Critics Circle — reflecting the fact that even in the sometimes tense world of high culture, he got along with everyone.”
How To Green Up British Theatre – Strings, And Water Conservation, Attached
“Arts Council England is to incorporate eco-friendly clauses into its funding agreements with national portfolio organisations, making it the first arts funding body in the world to have environmental sustainability as a requirement of subsidy.”
What Was Naughty, Or At Least Vulgar, In 1811? Ask The Internet
Britain’s Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, first published in 1811, is back – for free, online, and wildly popular.
Globalization Saved India’s Block-Printing Artisans, But The Environment Now Threatens Them
“Centuries ago, block-printing washers settled in Sanganer because of its flowing river. Today the river is choked with sewage; washers have moved to man-made washing areas on roadsides. Wells are running low.”