“The director’s 18th-century epic is legendary for the hardships imposed upon its cast, with 150 takes for a single shot not uncommon. But, four decades on, the film’s stars remain united in praise of this beautiful, slow-burning masterpiece.”
Tag: 07.14.16
Stirling Prize 2016 Shortlist Revealed
Three of the six finalists are educational buildings, one is a housing estate, one is the gallery for Damien Hirst’s personal art collection, and one is called “the Outhouse” – it’s actually a private residence, the first up for a Stirling Prize in 16 years.
Why Are There So Few Pokémon Go Locations In Black Neighborhoods?
Pokemon is also heavily tilted toward cities, not small towns and rural areas. But why? Turns out history is the reason.
This Woman Squatted At James Baldwin’s House In Order To Save It
“To clean the floor of James Baldwin’s guest room would take 32 disposable cleaning wipes. I figured this out on my hands and knees, estimating the square footage of the terra cotta tile surface. There were 40 wipes in the package. If I used one wipe per roughly two square feet, I’d have enough.”
The Second Coming Of Harry Potter (And J.K. Rowling)
“With the rollout of the new work, publishers, retailers and fans are preparing for an explosion of all things Harry Potter reminiscent of the series’ heyday more than decade ago.”
Modern Ballet Dancers Can’t Just Do The Same Old Gravity-Defying, Dazzling Repertoire (Says A Dancer)
“Where a classical dancer would have, in the past, said ‘no that’s not for me, I don’t want to push myself into that field or roll around on the floor in mud’, with all those things you have to be much more open.”
The Man Who Elevated Choral Standards In The U.S. But Also Championed New Work
“Mr. Smith founded the Gregg Smith Singers in 1955, when he was still a graduate student of music at the University of California, Los Angeles, and led it for more than 50 years, maintaining its reputation as one of the finest and most adventurous professional choruses in the United States.”
Great Artistic Directors – Like Christopher Haydon Of London’s Gate – Know When To Step Down
“An AD is only ever a custodian, and a publicly funded theatre should never be a personal fiefdom. Every theatre that is genuinely interested in serving artists and audiences must undergo constant reinvention, and sometimes that will include the need for new blood.”
Shadow Dancing: A Sidewalk That Responds To Your Movement
“A project called Mesa Musical Shadows, by Montréal’s Daily Tous Les Jours studio, is doing just that. It’s a public installation that turns a chunk of pavement in Arizona’s Mesa Arts Center into a giant game of Dance Dance Revolution that you play by moving your shadow.”
How Rembrandt Got His Paintings So Perfect (Optics?)
“In a paper published Wednesday in the Journal of Optics, Francis O’Neill lays out a theory that Rembrandt set up flat and concave mirrors to project his subjects — including himself — onto surfaces before painting or etching them.”