“Somewhere in the latest issue of Badiou Studies, a multilingual, peer-reviewed journal dedicated to the thinking of the philosopher Alain Badiou, lives an article entitled, ‘Ontology, Neutrality and the Strive for (non-) Being-Queer.'”
Tag: 04.19.16
ISIS Destroys Two City Gates In Nineveh
“National Geographic has received exclusive photographs that appear to confirm the destruction of the Mashki and Nergal Gates by the Islamic State (ISIS) at the ancient site of Nineveh in Iraq.”
A Competition For Robot Artists – With $100K In Prize Money
Thirty-one teams from North America, Europe, the Middle East and Asia are competing in the 1st-Annual International RobotArt Competition. Votes from the public will help select the winner.
Is Recreating The Palmyra Arch Really A Good Idea? Opinions Differ – A Lot
Generous initial offer to help in reconstructing the ruined city, or empty gesture of solidarity? Public educational endeavor, or merely another selfie magnet? And the questions don’t stop there.
U.S. Appeals Court Rules That Musicians In Freelance Orchestras Are Employees, Not Contractors
The 3-0 opinion from the D.C. Circuit of the U.S. Court of Appeals upholds a finding by the National Labor Relations Board against the management of the Lancaster (PA) Symphony Orchestra, which maintained that its musicians were independent contractors and thus had no right to unionize.
The Internet Changes Everything, And Nothing
“Napoleon would be trapped in the amber of time, in a big glass case, if not for one thing: Access to information.”
How Did The Pulitzer Bump Fare This Year?
“The Sympathizer: A Novel by Viet Thanh Nguyen — which tells the story of a Vietnamese undercover communist agent in Los Angeles and the fall of the South Vietnamese government in 1975 — won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction Monday, and soon after began winning a very different kind of award: cold hard cash.”
There Are Secret Rooms Hidden In The Abandoned Manholes Of Milan
“Throughout the Lodi district of Milan, Italy, artist Biancoshock has transformed abandoned manholes into miniature subterranean rooms. Beneath the pavement, in vacant maintenance vaults, a cupid painting in a gaudy frame hangs in a tiny pink living room; a boxy kitchen is stocked with pots and pans; and a blue-tiled bathroom is complete with shower and towel.”
Foreigners Like Shakespeare More Than Brits Do: Study (They Understand It Better, Too)
“A survey of 18,000 people in 15 countries reveals, for example, that 88% of surveyed Mexicans like Shakespeare, compared with only 59% of British people; 84% of Brazilians said they found him relevant to today’s world, compared with 57% in the UK; and 83% of Indians said they understood him, far more than the 58% of Britons.”
Seeing The Most Iconic Works Of Art Is Now A Nightmare, And There’s No Good Way To Make It Better
“The Louvre’s audience-control issues aren’t unique to that institution; at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, you have to work your way up to Rembrandt’s The Night Watch through the crowds of people clustering around … So what’s to be done?”