“Right now, Ottink is focused on the article for the word res, which roughly translates to ‘thing.’ Just like ‘thing’ in English, it is a very common word in Latin. And here’s the thing — its meaning hard to pin down, because it appears in all kind of idioms. Ottink did not volunteer for this word. ‘No one volunteers for res,’ she says, a little ruefully. Still, she’s been plugging away at it, on and off, since 2009.”
Tag: 05.14.16
Remember ‘Cop Rock’? It Wasn’t A Disaster, It Was Ahead Of Its Time
The 1990 prime-time series was “a high-profile failure that has become the stuff of television legend. It was an effort to tell a cop-shop story with the tools of a Broadway musical, an idea that generated a smattering of admiration but a whole lot of ridicule that remains to this day.” Yet, argues Neil Genzliger, “what immediately strikes a 2016 viewer is how current the story seems.”
What RuPaul’s Drag Shows Teach Us About Performance And The Self
“This rhetoric of self-love as a form of self-care has always been essential in the world of drag.”
Women Writers Swept Science Fiction’s Nebula Awards
“The science fiction world has had its share of drama with the Hugo Awards as various slates have worked aggressively to push against the growing numbers of women and people of color appearing on award ballots.”
So, With A New Mayor In London, That Whole Garden Bridge Thing Is In Serious Trouble
“The new mayor’s intervention could derail a project that has attracted considerable criticism. The proposed bridge has secured vast sums of public money despite being initially promoted as entirely private-funded. It has recently been bedevilled by accusations that its designer was selected before the actual tender process began.”
What Billionaires Do With Their Sometimes Huge Pieces Of Contemporary Art
“Faced with putting paintings in storage or donating artworks to museums, which rarely exhibit them, a solution — especially for collectors in cities like Los Angeles, land of rolling lawns — has become the backyard museum, complete with high-tech lighting, humidity controls and 25-foot ceilings.”
What’s London’s Smallest Theatre? (That Depends On Your Real Question)
The answers include basements, pubs, barges … and petite commercial West End spaces as well.
One Of Comics’ Great Creators Just Died, Rather Young And Very Quickly
“Though [Darwyn Cooke] wrote extremely well, he was best-known for his art, filled with clean, thick lines; dynamically smooth action; and evocative simplicity.”
When Big Data Goes Way, Way Wrong (Yes, This Is About OKCupid)
“There are serious ethical issues that big data scientists must be willing to address head on—and head on early enough in the research to avoid unintentionally hurting people caught up in the data dragnet.”
Google Asks Artists To Turn Its (Relatively Ugly) Data Centers Into Canvases
“Data centers are boring places. Even Google’s massive facilities — with all the colorful walls and pipes inside — can get a little stale and repetitive. So to liven up the vibe a little bit, the company has invited artists to create murals at several of its data centers.”