Bussell’s return could give a much-needed boost for British dancers who, she claims, suffer from a lack of confidence. “We’ve got all the talent, the ability and the facilities. I don’t believe it’s impossible for us to feel confident.”
Tag: 07.28.12
What Britain’s Olympics Opening Ceremonies Say About British Culture
“So what was projected, through this ceremony, of British artistic achievement? At the outset, it was all about the density of British literary brilliance.”
Data Can Increasingly Predict Success Of Creative Work
“Not that long ago such a pursuit would have been considered utter folly and best left to soothsayers and astrologers. Thanks to the sheer scale and quality of data that’s now becoming available, and to the development of better algorithms through events such as this, it is now not only quite feasible but rapidly becoming a way of doing business in many industries.”
Can You Make A Living In The Arts?
“Is it possible, in the current economic climate, for someone working in the creative arts to make a living from it? Unless you have the good fortune to be a Damien Hirst or a JK Rowling, the answer increasingly seems to be no.”
China’s Private Museum Mogul
“Private museums built by wealthy individuals have been cropping up all over China. But the museums founded by 55-year-old Sichuanese developer Fan Jianchuan stand out for their sheer scale.”
No, Not Everyone In London Is Happy With The Olympics, Says Writer Iain Sinclair
“When you’re close, it actually becomes an invaded city. We have armed helicopter gunships flying overhead to shoot down any planes that come within. And where are they going to crash? We’ve got surface-to-air missiles put on top of occupied blocks of flats. We’ve got more troops in place now than have been used in the whole of the Afghan campaign.”
Marina Abramovic Is Going To Do Whatever She Wants
“Why not do something strange and different for once? Artists can do whatever they want! I’m really open to seeing what will happen and what consequences it will have.”
Another Classical Music Store Bites The Dust (Wait, There Still Was One Somewhere?)
“What! No more wandering up and down those creaky-floorboard aisles tucked below the high-octane din of Music Millennium’s bigger, brassier boom of sound next door? Entering Classical Millennium was – is – like tumbling into a particularly inviting rabbit hole, with rarefied attractions so exotic and alluring that you might not reemerge for hours. And when eventually you do, you’re likely to be ever so slightly, and fortuitously, changed.” But not after September, when the Portland, Ore., institution folds into its parent company.
Do We Really Want Books To Last Forever?
“If the internet is a medium of memory, what does it mean to forget a book? One of the advantages of ebooks might in fact be that they are easier to move on from, to delete, to forget, preventing us from getting bogged down in bad books and past selves.”
Walter Pichler, 75, Austrian Architect And Artist Who Walked Away From Fame
“Pichler was a sculptor and illustrator whose works included a white, torpedo-shaped helmet with a television inside it (Portable Living Room), a rusty bed frame supporting a humanoid form divided by sheets of jagged glass, and numerous drawings and models of fantastical structures, among them floating cities and underground buildings.”