“According to a new study, the people who most strongly believe that the political system is dividing into two extreme camps with little to say to each other themselves have relatively extreme views. It’s an interesting form of projection: You don’t think the other guy necessarily agrees with you, but you think he shares your own degree of partisanship.”
Tag: 05.03.12
$2 Billion Of Art Sold In New York This Week?
“The Art Newspaper has calculated that art worth as much as $2bn has been brought to the city for sale through fairs, galleries and auction houses. This number could suggest that the confidence shown in the art market in the mid-2000s is returning at speed. The union teamsters and Occupy protesters seem to think so–but is it really the case?”
Wht Digital Rights Management Is Bad For The Book Business
If all DRM did was drive legit customers to pirate downloads, that would be bad enough for publishers. But that’s just the most obvious way that DRM is bad for business.
Top Ten Most-Expensive Auctioned Art Works Of All Time
To get to number 10 you have to go back to 2008. Recession? What recession?
Court Prevents German Artist From Strangling Puppies On Stage
“Titled Death and Metamorphosis, the performance was to take place this week at a small theatre in Spandau. The artist – who has not been identified – planned to use cable ties to strangle the dogs, followed by a brief meditation accompanied by funeral procession music and a giant gong.”
Toronto Theatre Company Amends Mike Daisey’s Apple Piece And Turns It Into Piece About Daisey
It’s Daisey himself who made the production possible. After his This American Life episode became the most popular podcast in the program’s history, with almost one million downloads, he decided to post a version of The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs online, inviting groups and individuals to perform the transcript royalty-free and allowing them to amend it “in any way that furthers the needs of your particular production.”
Just What Is It About Reality TV That Makes Us (Well, Not Me) Watch?
“The young don’t read newspapers, but absorb tons of information about celebrities. The definition of “celebrity” is so elastic that some nitwit on a reality-TV show for six hours is very famous indeed. Nobody is sure what is acceptable behaviour and what will get you shunned by civilized society.”
Dancers Want Action On Dealing With Eating Disorders
The director of the Royal Ballet has said that any dance company director who claims never to have worked with an anorexic performer is “lying”.
NY University Needs To Grow. But This?
“Nothing about this plan speaks to the way the university will nurture the city just as the city nurtures it. There’s no physical expression of the future of education, which is in flux thanks to online learning and collaborative research that is dissolving ossified departmental boundaries.”
Orchestras Working On Innovation
“Even the largest ensembles are looking to innovate, whether it’s preconcert happy hours, performances in unorthodox spots like grungy warehouses or collaborations with rap, jazz and blues singers.”