“During this period, other women—like Peggy Guggenheim, Grace Nail Johnson, and Florine Stettheimer—also helped carve out the New York art landscape by establishing influential galleries and salons that fostered avant-garde art. Rarely, however, are these women heralded as the pioneers they were.”
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Turning The Famous Psychology Experiments Of History Into A Theatre Piece
Eric Grode talks to members of the company Improbable about how they put together Opening Skinner’s Box, an adaptation of the controversial book by Lauren Slater about studies such as Stanley Milgram’s infamous experiment with obedience (where subjects were told to administer electric shocks) and Elizabeth Loftus’s work on how memories can be shaped and altered.
The Finn Who Shaped American Midcentury Modernism
Yes, it was a Saarinen, but probably not the one you’re thinking of – and his influence was less through his own design than through the educational institution he founded.
Have Journalists Forgotten How To Write For Regular People?
“Despite the increasingly complex and crucial stories dotting the national landscape—health insurance policy, North Korea, immigration, Syria—many daily newspapers and wire services are failing to include even a sentence of background early in their stories to give readers the tools to slide further into a complicated issue… I’m not talking about “dumbing down” the news as much as making it more user-friendly, and journalists who fail to do the latter are squandering their brief but real chances to invest new readers.”
How The World’s Greatest Performance-Capture Actor Creates His Roles
Reporter Roslyn Sulcas talks to Andy Serkis, whose performances as (among others) Gollum in the Lord of the Rings trilogy and Caesar in the current Planet of the Apes series are so widely admired that fans have been agitating for him to be nominated for an Oscar.
Sata: The Shocking Gender Imbalance In London’s West End Theatre
“Research by The Stage reveals nearly nine out of 10 musicals had a book written entirely by men, with women credited for the script of just 12% of productions. The figures represent any time a woman was credited for either the book, music or lyrics of a show, and have been described as “shocking” by industry figures.”
The Arab States Blockading Qatar Are Demanding It Shut Down Al Jazeera – Here’s Why
Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Egypt have actually hated the news channel for its entire two-decade history – and now they think it’s finally in a vulnerable position. (includes audio report)
Cirque Du Soleil Buys Blue Man Group, Plans To Take It Global
“After the acquisition, Blue Man will be able to tap into Cirque’s worldwide access to theaters and marketers. In particular, both organizations have their eye on China, home to one of the most powerful and quickly growing entertainment industries in the world.”
Pierre Henry, Pioneer Of Musique Concrète And ‘Grandfather Of Techno,’ Dead At 89
“Henry, a trained composer who studied with … Olivier Messiaen, is known for establishing the GRMC (Groupe de Recherche de Musique Concrète) … along with his early colleague and radio professional Pierre Schaeffe. … Henry composed the first work of musique concrète to be used in a commercial film, his 1952 work Astrologie ou le miroir de la vie. Later, Henry would establish the first private electronic music studio in France, the Apsone-Cabasse Studio.”
Top Posts From AJBlogs 07.06.17
Janacek’s Vixen is re-thought and hunted down in the backstreets of London
The title, simply, is Vixen. It’s not The Cunning Little Vixen or Russ Meyer’s Vixen!, though it was closer to the former than the latter. And true to the foxiness of the title, you had to hunt it down. … read more
AJBlog: Condemned to Music Published 2017-07-06
Recent Listening: Kurt Rosenwinkel, Fanny Gunnarsson
Kurt Rosenwinkel, Caipi (RAZDAZ Records)
From his emergence in the 1990s, Rosenwinkel has been a relaxed guitar improviser even when negotiating the complex pieces that make him one of the most interesting … read more
AJBlog: RiffTides Published 2017-07-06
Great new jazz photography — Dee Kalea’s campaign
Dee Kalea of Creative Music Photography is old school, in that she’s created black and white images of jazz musicians in performance, closeup, usually one-to-a-frame. … read more
AJBlog: Jazz Beyond Jazz Published 2017-07-06