“Through history the class of enslaved humans has so frequently included women, enslavement taking many forms and varying degrees. Really, only in my own time have women had the freedom to create art on anything remotely approaching an equal basis to men.”
Tag: 09.09.11
How Copyright Fucks Up Poetry Criticism
“American poetry criticism faces a major problem, one that has nothing to do with poetry, or readers, or anything remotely literary. The problem is that a critic who wants to quote a poem in a book has to face a permissions regime that ranges from unpredictable to plain crazy, as I discovered while working on a guidebook to modern poetry for general readers. The permissions took months to compile, and the initial estimate was nearly $20,000.”
Tate Modern To Build Giant Lunar Landscape In Tanks
“The opening of the enormous and atmospheric oil tanks in the former power station on the banks of the Thames will provide flexible, subterranean “lunar” spaces and form the foundation for a further expansion of the world’s most visited modern art museum. The expansion will also include a new 64-metre high building and is set to be completed in 2016.”
Why Wim Wenders’ Pina Bausch Film Had To Be In 3D
“Pina’s contribution to modern dance is unique. I needed a medium that would interpret dance through her eyes, using her language, and the more I looked through the history of dance film, the bigger my problem became. There’s a whole dimension missing in conventional film: space.”
Europe Likely To Extend Copyright Term Next Week
A European Union official who asked not to be named said on Friday: “Although some countries are opposed, it seems likely an extension of copyright protection to 70 from 50 years will be agreed.”
Hamlet-As-Pedophile
“A small American press has been swamped with complaints after publishing a version of Hamlet by the science fiction author Orson Scott Card in which King Hamlet is a gay paedophile.”
Rare Silent Film Found
“Of all the films made in the silent era, no more than 20% are extant, and even fewer of those are available to be seen by the public. But happily, that isn’t the end of the story. Those missing reels have not all been burned, re-used or left to rot. New discoveries are being made all the time.”
To Audition You Have To Buy A Ticket?
“Essex-based Bruce James Productions is offering auditions at an as yet unspecified autumn workshop to qualified and professional performers who send their Spotlight/agent details to the company, along with the ticket stub from a previous show.”
Michael Hart, 64, Founder Of Project Guttenberg
“He kept Project Gutenberg going on a shoestring, begging and borrowing equipment; using home remedies rather than paying to see the doctor; and building computers from discarded components. As he did not own a car for many years, he carried equipment around on a cart attached to his bicycle.”
How Many Different Ways Can TV Look At The 9/11 Anniversary? (Too Many.)
“Some specials are so niche-sensitive that they almost sound like humor-magazine parodies: CNBC, which has a series called American Greed, came up with American Greed: 9/11 Fraud, about the scams and profiteering that followed the disaster. Showtime offers The Love We Make, about Paul McCartney’s journey through New York after Sept. 11. (Bravo, thankfully, did not try to wedge its Real Housewives formula into the mix.)”