The announcement follows a study comparing arts in London, Shanghai and New York. “Figures reveal that London has 55 major theatres, compared to New York’s 39 and Shangai’s 19, and stages 17,285 theatrical performances annually – nearly 5,000 more than New York. The capital also presents 10,000 more music performances each year than the American city, with a total of 32,292, and hosts 200 annual festivals.”
Tag: 03.11.08
Virtual Child Gets Smarter
“A virtual child controlled by artificially intelligent software has passed a cognitive test regarded as a major milestone in human development. It could lead to smarter computer games able to predict human players’ state of mind.”
Chicago Revitalizes Its Jazz Scene
“Chicago has continued to nurture generations of innovative musicians. The latest wave bridge the gap between avant-garde jazz and avant-garde or art rock to create a music of unusual texture and power.”
How An Audio Version Can Help Make A Book
Not just in sales. But in the appreciation of it. “In this age of multimedia exploitation a book doesn’t go just once. It goes many times and in many different ways – through the heads of translators, into audio or film, chipped on to metaphorical and literal plaques in the halls of fame.”
Tom Krens: A Bilbao Project For Manhattan’s Hudson Yards?
“Another great museum in New York should not be out of the question. I’m not sure if it could or would be a Guggenheim. There are tremendous resources out there, tremendous collections. Where will they all go?”
Wall Street Tycoon Gives NY Public Library $100 million
Stephen A. Schwarzman jump-starts a $1 billion expansion of the library system with a guaranteed $100 million of his own. “The project, to be announced on Tuesday, aims to transform the Central Library into a destination for book borrowing as well as research.”
The Art Of War – Good Wars? Bad? Who Gets It?
“Does it matter whether booty comes from good wars or bad ones, from evil owners or helpless ones, from public places or obscure corners and rich men’s vaults? In principle, the answer should be, ‘No, it doesn’t matter.’ But Germany in World War II stole art from its victims; the Soviets then looted Germany when their troops overran Berlin. In Germany’s case, it’s considered a war crime. Russians insist their actions were just revenge.”
Recession? Movie Biz Says Bring It On
“Even as evidence mounts that people are tightening up on other expenses, movie attendance this year has been running ahead of 2007 numbers. Domestic box-office revenue went up in five of the past seven recession years dating back to the 1960s, according to research compiled by the National Association of Theatre Owners.”
JK Rowling Vs. The Encyclopedia (The Bigger Issues)
“Warner Bros and Rowling argue that the publication of the Lexicon infringes Rowling’s copyright and that she has openly and repeatedly expressed her interest in publishing an encyclopedia covering all seven of the Harry Potter books, whose profits would go to charity. RDR argues that there is a long history of publishing secondary reference works and that the Lexicon falls within accepted definitions of ‘fair use’.”
UK Cuts Youth Theatre Assoc. Funding Even As It Promotes Arts Ed
The National Association of Youth Theatres was set up in 1982 as a development agency for youth theatre practice in England. Officials at the organisation claim the cut could not come at a worse time, considering that only last month culture secretary Andy Burnham pledged to ensure that children participated in five hours of arts each week.”