“It’s very difficult to talk about surveillance until something happens like the Edward Snowden revelations,” said Barbara Jones, director of the ALA’s Office of Intellectual Freedom. “A lot of people had not thought about these things, but librarians tend to be thoughtful people. People assume we’re protecting their privacy, and we have to tell them that has now been compromised. And that’s very sad.”
Tag: 05.06.15
Natalie Portman’s Directorial Debut Is A Movie Shot In Israel And Entirely In Hebrew
“She’s been fearless in proclaiming her Jewishness, even though she now lives in a country where anti-Semitism is terrifyingly on the rise. I ask if Portman feels nervous about being Jewish in Paris. ‘Yes,’ she says, ‘but I’d feel nervous being a black man in this country. I’d feel nervous being a Muslim in many places.'”
Henry Moore Foundation To Artist: Do Not Use Moore’s Work To Make A Political Statement – Not Even In Photoshop Mockups
“Three years ago, Kansas City-based artist A. Bitterman proposed moving a vacant, dilapidated house, located in one of the city’s poorest neighborhoods, to the lawn of the Nelson-Atkins Museum … In place of the house, Bitterman suggested, the museum should install its prized Henry Moore sculpture Sheep Piece (1971–72). The house and the Moore lie on opposite sides of Troost Avenue.” The proposal recently resurfaced in the press, and Moore’s people are having none of it.
The Chinese Art Of The Choreographed Crowd
No country, not even North Korea, is better than China at staging precise movements by huge numbers of people. “Whether the subject is military parades or world-record attempts, mass exercises or enormous performances, the images are frequently remarkable. … (Note: a few of these images can create a dizzying effect when viewed while scrolling, which is fun, but could be surprising.)”
Jerry Saltz Shares A Dozen Stories Of Sex In Museums
“Museums are incredibly sexy spaces to me, but I have never had sex in a museum. Over the years, though, I’ve heard from those who have. … So I asked people on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram if they’d send their stories or reports of sex in the museums. Here’s just a few of the stories I got back.”
Lost Songs From “My Fair Lady” To Be Performed For First Time Since 1956
“The numbers were removed from the Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe musical after the show’s first preview in February 1956 on Broadway. They were discovered, alongside a ballet penned for the musical, in boxes at the Library of Congress.”
Millepied’s L.A. Dance Project To Play Cannes Festival
“When the luminaries of world cinema convene at the Palais des Festivals next week to open the annual Cannes Film Festival, they will be treated to a performance by a dance company from Los Angeles.”
Baltimore Symphony Enlists Designers To Reimagine What Musicians Wear On Stage
“If all now goes according to plan, four or five student designs of women and men’s garments will be presented to Baltimore Symphony players this summer. The design school has already taken the BSO musicians’ measurements with a 3-D body scanner. According to Gabbi Asfour, a fashion designer who leads the Parsons effort, once the musicians choose their garments, production will take about four months.”
The Keeper Of The Grammar
“‘Whom’ may indeed be on the way out”, she writes, “but so is Venice, and we still like to go there.”
Orchestra Ditches Its Sheet Music And Opens Up New Relationship With Music And Audience
“I had the feeling if we didn’t have music stands we would be forced into a new relationship and that, at a performance level, it would just bump us up. It is not that I think the audience is ADD and needs bells and whistles to enjoy the music. A lot of the music we do is storytelling.”