“The real cue for eye-rolling is the Music Genome Project and the idea that you can break down music into 450 component descriptive parts, however precise; the Britten example might illustrate just why this doesn’t work.”
Tag: 08.02.13
Why Is Phoenix Losing Its Arts Leaders?
“During the past few months, leaders at the Arizona Opera, Children’s Museum of Phoenix and the Arizona Theatre Company have announced their departures. The Heard Museum and Phoenix Symphony were both recently led by interim leaders for more than a year, and the symphony’s principal conductor recently presided over his last performance.”
Want Proof That Alfred Hitchcock Loved Dance? Watch His First Film
“It shouldn’t come as a surprise that the British filmmaker had a soft spot for dancers. Think of his nonverbal finesse, his precise and fluid way of blocking scenes and isolating gestures, as in a work of dance-theater.”
‘Painterly’ Art Probably Has A Big Future, At Least If You Go By Peter Doig’s Success
The artist “seems to champion traditional painterly values – colour, texture, space – while bringing to them a sense of unease” – and that has earned his paintings record-setting sales.
Novelist Claire Messud Explains Why Likable Characters Aren’t That Interesting
“All of us are going around with an entire story of our lives, completely different from the story of our lives that anybody else would tell. So much of our lives never breaks the surface.”
Just Let Go Of Books (Well, Some Of Them. Well, Not THOSE Books)
“Sometimes, my husband and I try to select books we want to jettison — otherwise how can we buy more? I mean, a house is for living in, right?”
The Essay Movie: It’s A (Much Bigger) Thing Now
The wandering, chaotic films “are attracting ever more sizable audiences, especially younger people who have been weaned on cheap editing software, platforms such as Tumblr and the archival riches at YouTube and UbuWeb.”
After Price-Fixing Trial, Department Of Justice Recommends Crackdown On Apple
Apple is supposed to end its relationship with the five big publishers and let users buy in-app books from Amazon and Barnes & Noble – but in addition, “the government wants to use its victory to discipline Apple in other markets where it does business, like movies, music and television shows.”
CBS Blocks Its Own Shows For, Uh, ‘Revenge’ On Time Warner
“When trying to access a full episode of any CBS show, like Elementary or Two and a Half Men, those with Time Warner Cable internet will see an attack ad instead of their normal programming.”
Can Sydney’s Museum Join The Ranks Of World-Class Institutions?
The new director sure hopes to transform the place with a capital campaign and expansion – and the effort, in what seems a nod to the Tate, is called “Sydney Modern.”