Barney Sherman: “I was more surprised than I should have been when I looked at other contemporary arts and saw how off-kilter they can be.”
Tag: 05.24.14
As Courts Look On, Online Comments Are Under Threat
“One of the great questions for the future of the net is: to what extent this extraordinary freedom will be allowed to remain in the hands of the people, and to what extent will it be limited and regulated? If a recent ruling by the European Court of Human Rights is anything to go by, perhaps we should expect more of the latter.”
Dancer-Choreographer William McClellan Dead At 36
“He danced on the tables at his grade school. … As an adult, he used his credit cards to co-found a dance troupe … [and] danced and choreographed for a decade with Ohio’s Dayton Contemporary Dance Company.” He had been continuing with a promising career in choreography and teaching when he began a struggle with limbic encephalitis.
The Original Artisanal Hipsters?
“The Pre-Raphaelites – that dreamy, incestuous, awkward group of Victorian artists, writers, and aesthetes – are back.” (Does this mean that Gilbert & Sullivan’s Patience was the original Portlandia?)
All Of The Winners – Predicted And Surprise – At Cannes
“Many were sceptical that the film – a Chekhovian drama about an isolated actor dealing with marital breakdown in the mountains – would make it past a number of other strong contenders to finally claim the top prize.”
Without HBO’s ‘The Normal Heart,’ Would Any Millennial In The U.S. Remember AIDS?
“Here’s a story about a people, against all odds, when no one seemed to care, who came together, to save their lives.”
The Groundlings At 40: Still Making Los Angeles A Comedy Hotbed
“Students work through five levels over roughly five years before gaining a shot at joining the Sunday company, which itself is a steppingstone to being a Groundling. Only the best are voted in. Though close to 1,000 students are enrolled in the program, there are only 30 Groundlings at any one time — and they write and perform without pay while collectively serving as the company’s artistic director.”
We Can Use Smartphones To Connect More Fully With Each Other – And Ourselves
“The phone has partly taken over the role of the baby blanket as a transitional object mediating between the self and the world.”
Protesters Urge Guggenheim To Protect Workers In Abu Dhabi
“As about 40 protesters spread through the multilevel museum, a voice boomed across the open rotunda: ‘No justice, no art.'”
Eva Marie Saint, On Acting In ‘On The Waterfront’ – And Now
“People say how, when you watch a film, how do you feel about it? What do you remember? And do you like watching the film? Well, after it’s been several years, many years, it’s almost another person up on the screen.”