“A lot of people are saying this is showing that AI is prejudiced. No. This is showing we’re prejudiced and that AI is learning it.”
Tag: 04.13.17
Scientists: Creative People Physically See The World In A Different Way
People who are open to new experiences can take in more visual information than other people and combine it in unique ways. This may explain why they tend to be particularly creative.
In Poland Artists Went On Strike To Protest (Did It Do Any Good?)
“There was a huge amount of publicity. It was a symbolic act. We could explain to journalists that the situation for artists is really poor, that we’ve not done well, that we are outside the system.” The mission of those striking was to raise awareness that “most cultural producers are poor,” and “remain outside the system of pension and health insurance.”
Audience Brawl Breaks Out At Michael Flatley’s ‘Lord Of The Dance’
Police were called to break up an eight-person fistfight in the stalls at the Manchester theatre where the production is playing before beginning a tour of regional England.
How An Unemployed Actor Pursued JD Salinger (Much To Salinger’s Displeasure)
The Catcher in the Rye, which spent thirty weeks on the New York Times’ best-seller list, had generated immeasurable publicity and adulation for Salinger, who wanted none of it. Among his new suitors were such Hollywood bigwigs as Samuel Goldwyn and David O. Selznick, both vying for the screen rights to Catcher. They failed to secure Salinger’s approval, as did many others, in turn—but that didn’t stop Bill Mahan, an unemployed former child star and devoted fan from Los Angeles, from giving it a shot. In the early sixties, he resolved to claim the film rights himself, even if it meant disturbing Salinger at home.
Which Is More Harmful To The Arts: Elitism Or Populism?
Liesl Schillinger: “Those of a populist mind-set attack so-called elitist art forms as boring; those of an elitist mind-set attack so-called populist art forms as facile and unworthy. But in either case, it’s usually the mind-set, not the work itself, that raises hackles.”
Adam Kirsch: “The truth is, however, that few writers ever make a conscious choice between elitism and populism, difficulty and accessibility. Writers write as their minds and fates compel them to.”
Theatre Criticism Needs A ‘Diversity Upgrade’ – And Here’s A New Program To Give It One
“While U.S. theatres have a long way to go in terms of equity, diversity, and inclusion, they are a multicultural utopia compared to the narrow demographics of those who write about the thea¬tre … That’s why American Theatre is proud this year to help administer an arts journalism track as part of the Rising Leaders of Color Program.”
Christine Goerke – How A Mozart Soprano Overcame A Vocal Crisis And Became Everyone’s New Favorite Brünnhilde
“[It was] a challenge akin to a top pitching prospect’s deciding to become an outfielder. … She struggled through lean years without much work as she reinvented herself, taking on credit card debt for the first time as she and her husband raised a family in suburban New Jersey.”
Michael Ballhaus, 81, Cinematographer For Scorsese And Fassbinder
“Much of the visual dynamism associated with Fassbinder and Scorsese must be credited also to Ballhaus. There are the complicated but elegant compositions in Fassbinder, for example, where closeups, reaction shots and the simultaneous movement of actors are often incorporated into a single frame without recourse to cutting … There are the accelerated zooms and dolly shots in Scorsese’s films, where the camera rushes toward a face or an object to afford it special emphasis.”
Jamie Bennett: Some Hard Thinking About Integrating Artists In Communities
“I have come to believe that affordable housing efforts need to always be inclusive of artists, but should never be exclusive to them. By not connecting these still too-often siloed conversations, we are doing a disservice to both artists and the housing sector itself. “