“‘I say to them, I would like to make a levitation room, I would like to have a digital temple,’ Ms. Abramovic said of her conversations with the architects. ‘There will be a room for drinking water and drinking water in slow motion.'”
Tag: 05.06.12
A Passion Play At The Louisiana State Prison
The Life of Jesus Christ, a 3½-hour production with a cast of 70, “featured men from Angola and women from the Louisiana Correctional Institute for Women, who traveled an hour and 40 minutes by bus each morning from St. Gabriel to this 18,000-acre prison farm on the Mississippi River. Much of the cast was in rehearsal on and off for two years.”
Does The Internet Rewire Your Brain?
“The truth is that everything you do changes your brain. Everything. Every little thought or experience plays a role in the constant wiring and rewiring of your neural networks. So there is no escape. Yes, the internet is rewiring your brain. But so is watching television. And having a cup of tea. Or not having a cup of tea.”
Museum Wins (Well, Is Granted) Nearly Six Million Pounds From The Lottery
“A grant of £5.9m from the Heritage Lottery Fund has brought the Ashmolean museum a step closer to owning a painting of a wistful young woman in a shimmering white dress by Édouard Manet.The Oxford museum now needs to raise a further £908,000 by the 7 August deadline.”
Scottish Bagpipers Not So Thrilled With Bags Made In China
“Sheepskins were traditionally prepared by fellmongers in Scotland and elsewhere in the UK. But over the last decade rising costs and legislation to reduce pollution have seen fellmongery businesses close down or their machinery shipped to purpose-built joint-venture plants in China and Morocco.”
Afghan National Museum Highlights Country’s Buddhist Heritage
“Dating from the second century A.D., the original artifacts in the show were hidden – many of them in secret vaults outside the museum – and protected by museum staff through 30 years of conflict.”
Do U Wnt 2 C R&J 2Nite? Then Texting Won’t Really Do
22-year-old student Alex Edwards “has transposed the whole of Romeo and Juliet’s famous Act II, Scene II into text abbreviations and produced it as Were4 rt thou Rmo? It’s a flip-page book with the text versions alternating with Shakespeare’s actual words; currently a uni project limited edition, but hopefully more widely available soon. Interestingly, the point is not to celebrate or promote the world of texting, but to show newcomers to Shakespeare how beautiful and powerful the original writing is.”
DIebenkorn’s Family: We Warned Dealer About Fakes Almost Two Decades Ago Ago
In 1993, after Richard Diebenkorn died, his family went to Knoedler & Company to check out some drawings. “‘They didn’t look quite right, and we said, “The provenance is wacky and the story behind the provenance makes no sense,”‘ said Richard Grant, the artist’s son-in-law and the executive director of the Diebenkorn Foundation. “
Idea: Let’s Honor The Late Beastie Boy With Better Copyright Laws
“Good law should reflect and support quality artistic culture — not oppress the people who create that culture. In 1998, Congress passed a hideous law to honor mediocre musician Sonny Bono. It should use MCA’s passing as an occasion to correct that mistake and honor a truly great musician instead.”
PEN/Faulkner Prize Goes To Julie Otsuka For The Buddha in the Attic
Otsuka’s “slim prose poem about Japanese picture brides coming to America after WWI beat out works by literary giants Russell Banks, Anita Desai, Don DeLillo and Steven Millhauser.”