“While ‘turning on the faucets’ may humanize a politician, there still seems to be a lingering threat behind such outbursts. Perhaps we prefer it as a performance more than as a real display of feelings – cynically planned outpourings rather than spontaneous displays of emotion. There is, after all, something at stake for us in these moments: we have something to fear in a politician’s tears. But what?”
Tag: 03.19.16
When A Celebrity Accidentally Tags Himself In A Small Romanian Town, Things Get Wacky
Geotagging gone wrong – or right? “‘Snoop Dogg checked into Bogata, Mures, by mistake — but you don’t have to!’ the homepage reads, calling the village ‘the best place for chillin’ in Romania.'”
The Blurry, Bizarre Fascination Of Surveillance Photo Paintings
“Although the video frames are seemingly mundane, Betts abstracts and deconstructs the images further through his printing process, reflecting the inherent anxiety of ‘security’ cameras.”
As Spanish Officially Evolves, It’s More Latin American – And More English
“The last time the Diccionario was published, it contained more than 28,000 words of American origin — double the amount it contained in the previous edition.”
How Do You Dance When We’re Running Out Of Time?
“The first dance, focused on water conservation, will be performed by our junior company, who will make their own costumes out of recycled materials. The audience will visit a second site under a tree and our company dancers will give them a vision of what life might look like without water, using imagery of dehydration, cracked earth and disappearing plants.”
How Do Museums Attract New (And Younger) Audiences?
With events, says Cleveland: “For a museum trying to lure in a younger crowd, MIX provides the perfect atmosphere: Millennials mingling, DJs spinning, cocktails swirling. In the museum’s dimmed atrium, for example, visitors chat over drinks and dance in the roaming colored spotlights.”
Turkey Has Gotten So Terrifying For Journalists That Diplomats Had To Escort This One To The Airport As He Fled
“When I moved to Turkey three years ago — full of curiosity and interest — I could never have imagined that I would be forced to leave the country in such a fashion. Prior to my posting in Istanbul, I had reported for Der Spiegel and Spiegel Online from Pakistan. We thought Istanbul would be quieter than Islamabad, without the terrorism and with greater press freedoms. How wrong we were.”
This Poet Laureate Appointment Made Scotland Practically Giddy
“‘Her poetry achieves that joyful and rare thing,’ one literary commentator said last week. ‘It is of high literary merit and also accessible.'”