“It does not matter whether the new machines never achieve full human-like consciousness, or even real intelligence, they can almost certainly achieve just enough to do your job – not as well as you, perhaps, but much, much more cheaply.”
Tag: 08.29.14
So Who *Is* The New President Of The Kennedy Center? Meet Deborah Rutter
Says one former colleague, “She has great skills at bringing people together, keeping conversations at a very, very high strategic level, and not getting bogged down in the weeds. She has a wonderful graciousness about handling divergent points of view.”
Bram Stoker’s Great Grandnephew And A Dutch Nude Art Photographer Say They’ve Found The Site Of Castle Dracula
They’re serious. (They’re even working on a Dracula travel guide.)
A Rebellion At The Venice Architecture Biennale
“As a result of this unanticipated and welcome rebellion, this year’s Biennale offers an unforgettably wide-ranging, if scattershot, survey of modern and contemporary architectural history that will forever demolish the popular notion of what modernism in architecture was.”
Where Will The Arts Be In 20 Years? Michael Kaiser Predicts …
“We are at the beginning of a major change in the way people receive their arts, and I believe online will become the source and a major competitor to live arts. And it appears to me that we will see a bifurcation of arts organizations, with the large ones, who will make revenue based on selling performances online, and local organizations who service the community. I am very nervous about the midsize regional organization.”
How Heiner Goebbels Got Harry Partch’s Insane Magnum Opus Onto The Stage
“Partch’s masterpiece is the bizarre 1960s music drama Delusion of the Fury. It is outlandish and magnificent and … if it is hardly ever staged that’s because it can’t be: it requires its very own orchestra of hand-built instruments, each one specially invented by Partch to play his unique microtonal music.” But Goebbels – who has created a few insane music-theater spectacles of his own in his day – pulled it off.
Are Experimental Films Elitist? (Nope)
“British experimental film has a long tradition of engagement with political and social issues and this goes against a common misconception: that the art form is irrelevant to mainstream audiences. … BBC Culture’s Rebecca Laurence discusses trends in British experimental film with the London Film Festival’s Experimenta programmer, Helen de Witt.” (video)
UK Government Hopes Tax Relief Will Revitalize Touring Theatre
“The major new tax relief scheme was confirmed by the government earlier this year and means that from Monday, touring shows can apply for 25% relief and non touring productions will be eligible for a 20% tax credit on qualifying production costs. It will apply to plays, musicals, opera, ballet, dance and circus shows and is expected to bring in up to £120 million for touring and commercial productions in future years. It is expected to benefit around 250 production companies a year.”
Today’s Pop Musicians Think Classical (And Think Nothing Of It)
“What isn’t so radical any more is the notion of a rock or pop artist composing so-called serious music. Beethoven no longer rolls over in his grave. Rather, he’s propped up on one elbow listening to Radiohead.”
A Celebrated Young Playwright Deals With The Pressure By Succeeding
“But when you’re young, gifted, gay and black and the theatrical world is toasting you as the next great one, it makes sense to proceed with caution. You never know when the fickle star-making gods will turn on you.”