“The mind behind iconic projects as the Guggenheim in Bilbao, the Dancing House in Prague, the Experience Music Project in Seattle, the Cinematheque francaise in Paris, and the Strata Center in Cambridge, is turning his attention to making a warming hut along the Forks skating trail this winter.”
Tag: 09.15.11
Conceptual Art Goes Surreal With Abramovic Video Game
“It’s not a game in the truest sense of the word, considering it’s surprisingly realistic and not a lot of fun.”
Music In The Mountains: Deep In The Heart Of Colombia’s “Sistema”
“In the words of its director, Juan Antonio Cuellar, ‘Social action is the mission; music is the tool.’ Cuellar describes taking a plane across a remote area of the Andes, driving to the end of the only road, taking a boat to a small town … and finding the children singing songs and working in recorder ensembles exactly as they do in downtown Bogotá.”
Museum Wants More For Admission? It’s Not Necessarily Evil
“Museums’ pricing structures aren’t a question of universal morality. They’re a question of mission. Mission first.”
CIA Pitches Movie Scripts To Hollywood
“Ironic, you say, that an organization known for secrecy is doling out helpful hints to Hollywood? The CIA doesn’t think so. For them it’s all about image control. And they’re just the start of it. The Department of Defense and just about every branch of the military has an entertainment industry liaison similar to the CIA’s.”
Novelist Dumps Publisher At Her Own Book Launch Party
At the launch for It’s a Man’s World – the final title in a three-book deal with Avon, the women’s-fiction imprint of HarperCollins – Polly Courtney announced that she was breaking with the publisher for marketing her books as chick-lit, with “condescending and fluffy” covers.
Vancouver’s Scotiabank Dance Centre Is Busy, Prosperous, And Paid-For
The rehearsal and office complex, which opened in 2001, operates at 80% capacity, holds showcases for presenters, commissions new work, and – no small thing in the dance world – is solvent, with the mortgage having been paid off four years ago.
Move Over, Sydney And Melbourne: Brisbane Aims To Be Oz’s Next Arts Capital
“Queensland Premier Anna Bligh is determined to break the Sydney-Melbourne arts corridor as the state invests millions of dollars into driving cultural tourism. Queenslanders are not seeing enough of taxpayer-funded national companies such as the Australian Ballet and Opera Australia, she says.”
Why Shouldn’t Classical Music Stream Everywhere?
“I dream of a future when, like our two Glyndebourne operatic webcasts this summer, you’re able to watch great classical music events live from around the world, for free, as often as possible.”
Court Allows Artist To Appeal Copyright Case (Big Implications)
“In a closely watched visual-arts copyright case, a federal appeals court ruled on Wednesday to permit an appeal by the artist Richard Prince, who was found in March by a lower court to have unlawfully used images by a French photographer to create a series of collages and paintings.”