“What you need to bring to this party, as choice multiplies upon choice, is discretion. You become not what you own but how you choose: You live in the moment, you are what you click.”
Tag: 03.06.11
Finally – A Movie That Treats Dance Well
Dance fans, rejoice: If you were among those guffawing through the implausibilities of “Black Swan,” if you have despaired of Hollywood ever losing its adolescent view of dancers, “The Adjustment Bureau” is a film to lift your spirits. Dance is handled extraordinarily well in this.
Are We Getting Some Gender Parity In Design?
“Why should the gender split in design be different to the rest of the global population? But it has been. How many female designers do you see in design history books? Not many. Have things changed? Yes and no. One significant shift is in numbers. Most top design schools now have a majority of female students.”
Early Music Goes Mainstream
“The early-music revolution, which began on the fringes, can claim to have triumphed. It has also evolved: the very term “early music,” which originally denoted a repertory (pre-Classical, later pre-Romantic) and the instruments appropriate to it, has come to stand more broadly for a performance aesthetic, an approach to music in the context of its time that has been carried into 19th- and even 20th-century repertory.”
Digital Music Industry Blooms
“Nurtured by a constant supply of engineering and musical talent, these companies range from big consumer-oriented outfits like Rhapsody, Pandora and Apple’s iTunes to start-ups that work on mobile karaoke, make apps for musical instruments and create multi-user playlist management systems.”
DVDs Are Almost Done – So What’s Next?
“The DVD isn’t dead yet, but it’s definitely looking a little peaked, at least in the eyes of the home-video industry. Sales continue to decline (volume is down about 40 percent from this time last year for the Top 20 titles.”
Germaine Greer Tells Us What Art Is
“What is art? Art is anything an artist calls art. An artist is someone who makes or does something she or he thinks of as art. Making pictures can be called graphic art, but it is quite likely to have nothing to do with art whatsoever.”
London’s Royal Opera House – A House Transformed
“Ten years ago, London’s home of the high arts was broken and almost bankrupt. Now, with high-risk shows and queues round the block, it’s all swagger.”