A new report says that Scotland spends less than a half per cent of its public funding on the arts. A review of the government’s arts funding is underway.
Tag: 05.10.04
More Than Words Can Say
It’s not enough for authors to just get up and read, anymore. They have to entertain. “Once confined to libraries, bookstores and concert halls, these events have migrated to bars, with writers appearing in a new type of urban entertainment. On the reading circuit audience members drink cocktails and socialize, while readers work to entertain them. There are often a dozen readings a night in New York City, far more than the dozen or two in a month 10 years ago.”
Video Game Music Makes The Concert Stage
Video game music is finding its way onto the concert stage. “A decade ago it would have been difficult to imagine that the beeping and whirring that accompanied most video games would have been worthy of the concert hall. But with the introduction of high-powered video-game consoles like Sony’s PlayStation2 and Microsoft’s Xbox, games could finally play on cue large audio files containing recordings of acoustic instruments instead of cheesy synthesized sounds. And as the game industry grew into an annual business of more than $7 billion, having high-quality music provided a competitive edge.”
Gagosian To Open London’s Biggest Gallery
New York dealer Larry Gagosian is building the biggest gallery in London. “The sheer scale of the new space – 1,400 sq metres of it – is a significant statement, and, crucially, will allow the exposure of a raft of monumental work never before exhibited in London.Charles Saatchi says it is ‘magnificent and beautiful’, and it could change the way the London art world operates for ever.”