“There is a growing perception among publications of all kinds that it is no longer necessary to have full-time or professional or paid theater journalists (be it critics, reporters, or feature writers). Full-time writers are replaced with freelancers, and freelancers are replaced with interns, or no one at all.”
Tag: 06.21.16
How Christo Built His Floating Walkway
“The spectacle part is easy—the floating paths almost compel visitors to try them out, and [the town of] Sulzano expects about 40,000 people a day. But making them work was tricky.”
Buckminster Fuller – Genius Or Fraud?
“Peeling away the myths that Fuller and his acolytes applied to his life like so many layers of fertilizer is no easy task. It’s not for a lack of historical sources. Fuller consciously, even obsessively, documented his own existence, referring to himself as an experiment.”
Top Posts From AJBlogs 06.21.16
This Week In Audience: Is Text Slipping Away As We Go More Video?
Looking for diverse audiences? Here’s where they are. … But orchestras are still struggling to be relevant. … Turns out attention might be a muscle we have to use or we lose it. … FaceBook wonders if it will be all-video in five years. … And libraries get into loaning e-books. … read more
AJBlog: AJ Arts Audience Published 2016-06-21
Storm Warnings: The Future of Orchestras
Our orchestras are facing a perfect storm moving at high velocity. How fast can they adapt? The most adaptive orchestra I know is … read more
AJBlog: Unanswered Question Published 2016-06-21
What You Can Leave Out
Knowing what’s essential as opposed to valuable or even “nice” is a critical skill in jazz. … Organizational function often demands spontaneous improvisation in the face of change or unforeseen emergencies. At such moments, an awareness of what’s essential … read more
AJBlog: Engaging Matters Published 2016-06-21
You Are Not Alone
Jane Comfort has a formidable history as one who attacks with an intellectual cleaver subjects that most choreographers avoid: … read more
AJBlog: Dancebeat Published 2016-06-21
Prelude to Wagner
Sir Anish Kapoor’s sets, Stuart Skelton and Heidi Melton demonstrate that the moon is not made of cheese, but mashed potato. … read more
AJBlog: Plain English Published 2016-06-21
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This Week In Audience: Is Text Slipping Away As We Go More Video?
Looking for diverse audiences? Here’s where they are… But orchestras are still struggling to be relevant… Turns out attention might be a muscle we have to use or we lose it… FaceBook wonders if it will be all-video in five years… And libraries get into loaning e-books.
Does “Devouring” A Book Prove You’re Superficial?
“Two hundred years ago, describing someone as ‘devouring’ a book would have been an act of moral censure. The long, turbulent relationship between reading and eating is invisible to modern eyes, yet in our media-soaked culture, it is more pertinent than ever. The unexamined language of ‘devouring’ idealises one kind of reading at the expense of others, leaving readers impoverished.”
A Big New Tate Modern – Is Bigger Really Better?
“The Tate vaunts these statistics with the pride with which the Kremlin used to announce an increase in tractor production. But, the footsore visitor might wonder, can there be too much of a good thing? And how good are the things in Tate Modern?”
Arts Enrollment Is Plunging In UK Secondary Schools
“This year’s loss is more than five times the size of the loss in 2015 … According to official statistics published by exam watchdog Ofqual, the number of GCSE exams being taken in art and design subjects, design and technology, drama, media film and TV studies, music, and performing/expressive arts have all fallen since last year.”