“Protest as Mann may, her work belies the distinctions she insists on—between Eros and sex, emotional worldliness and sexual innocence, safety and danger, fiction and reality. In the photographs the children are both knowing and naive, their bodies whole and violated. They are innocent and erotic—and sexually alluring—all at once.”
Tag: 04.29.15
More Former Students Allege Ballet Instructor Took Nude Photos Of Them
“It is strange how we all sorta knew what was happening – and knew it was not right – but did not understand how wrong it was.”
Retiring MOCA Curator Alma Ruiz Talks About Everything, Including The Deitch Years
“We were short-staffed, I think that is acknowledged by everyone, but we were all trying to do our best. We also knew that the situation had to be temporary, and were looking forward to a resolution that would bring the museum back to its former self. There were low moments.”
Facebook Is Eating (Has Eaten?) The Internet
“Increasingly, Facebook is America’s news editor. Only it’s an editor with a vague and amorphous set of value—news judgment that is tailored to every reader’s own behaviors and likes.”
‘Abortion,’ ‘Miscarriage,’ or ‘Untitled’? A Frida Kahlo Lithograph’s Complicated History
The personal history behind the images may be (as so often with Frida) yet more complicated.
How The Sacramento Symphony Is Being Reborn
“Against all odds, the Sacramento Philharmonic & Opera is coming back with a series of small, free concerts beginning on May 5. The schedule includes 10 to 20 “arts invasion” concerts held in bars, coffee houses, schools, streetscapes, museums, and possibly the airport.”
Social Media Is Driving New Interest In Vintage TV Shows
“You know that if you re-release a cult show like the X-Files that the big fans of those shows are going to tweet that … And all of a sudden you’re getting all this kind of free publicity that’s aimed at exactly the audience you need.”
In Syria, A Cynical Ploy To Rebuild Ancient Sites
“Though the war is still raging, the government has already established a Ministry of Reconstruction in Damascus that has allegedly begun selling property. It has also burned land registry offices and deleted title entries, presumably to keep people from reclaiming their houses and businesses after the war ends (more than half of Syria’s citizens have fled the country).”
How Did The “Happiness Industry” Get To Be A Thing?
“Children may soon be taught “happiness” in schools. Being miserable is no longer socially acceptable. There are now computer programmes designed to influence the way we feel. Face-reading software will soon be able to identify moods. Global firms have “chief happiness” officers.”
The Rules For Being In A Public Space Together Are Changing
“Perhaps we are entering a new age of radicalism individualism, in which the very idea of enjoying public space together is giving way to something more anarchic and carnivalesque.”