“Senators Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Marco Rubio (R-FL) are nestled in one another’s arms, sweat glistening on their muscled chests. They kiss softly and tenderly. It’s the middle of the night in a hotel somewhere on the campaign trail, and they are in love.”
“Since the 2016 election, as American political engagement has boomed … fan fiction scholars have noted a spike in stories featuring the U.S. Congress. … [And] the more I spoke to authors, the more congressional fan fiction began to make perfect sense as a response to our high-strung political moment.” – Longreads
Tag: 09.16.19
Why Can’t Most Theatre Performances Be ‘Relaxed’ Performances?
Events labeled “relaxed performances” are ones where it’s okay for the audience to move around, make noise, leave and return to the auditorium if you need to, etc.; there’s usually one per run of a show (if that) and they’re aimed at neuro-atypical people, children, and so on. Maddy Costa argues for “the possibility of all theatre performances being relaxed, with occasional ‘uptight’ performances being programmed to accommodate those who prefer to experience live theatre in a strictly controlled and rarefied atmosphere.” – Exeunt
New York City To Build Performing Arts Center Dedicated To Immigrants
“Last week, the city announced that it has committed $15 million to fund the design and construction of the Immigrant Research and Performing Arts Center in Inwood, the northernmost neighborhood in Manhattan. [Two municipal agencies] released an initial call for interest in the project, beginning the search for a non-profit to step in and manage the development and operation of the facility.” – artnet
Below The Line: Tales From The Behind-The-Scenes Pros Of TV And Film
“In this post and the series of corresponding profession-specific stories we’ve published, we’re going to be giving proper credit to those people whose work truly brings entertainment to life” — Foley artists, costume designers, visual effects artists, music supervisors, food stylists, location scouts, prop masters, animal trainers, stunt performers, and caterers. – Vulture
What Makes An Art Fair Successful?
Sometimes it’s a matter of establishing the upstart fair within a specific niche or by providing a new experience for collectors and gallerists. – Artsy
The Guardian Picks The Best New Architecture Of The Modern Age
Twenty-five projects make the list – from Tate Modern to housing in South America to New York’s High Line. – The Guardian
How Tate Modern Became An Iconic And Celebrated Building
“Twenty years on, the project is no less powerful. In fact, it seems eerily ahead of its time. The turn of the millennium was a time when “iconic” architecture was in its overblown prime, every city desperate for a piece of the “Bilbao effect”, following Frank Gehry’s thrashing titanium fish for the Guggenheim Museum. To take what seemed like a gloomy 1950s brick shed and strip it out, adding a bare minimum of new elements in raw concrete, glass and steel, was a deeply strange thing to do.” – The Guardian
British Council Urged To Clarify The Role Of Culture In International Promotion
“Artists should not feel like salespeople. There’s a real danger around [perceptions of] Empire 2.0 as a consequence of Brexit. They [the British Council] need to be very careful that UK PLC is not running the show, otherwise what UK culture is considered as becomes very reductive, and the subtlety of soft power gets lost.” – Arts Professional
Architects Explain How Those Super-Tall, Super-Skinny New York Apartment Towers Stand Up In The Wind
“As the wind goes around the building, it accelerates, and it creates vortices that alternate, causing the building to move from side to side. Sometimes we can use that phenomenon, cutting openings for the wind and converting it to energy with turbines. Here, we’re not trying to bring the wind through the building; we’re managing it, shaping the notches to optimize wind flow.” Justin Davidson talks with the designers of the 130-story Central Park Tower. – New York Magazine
Street Theatre With Giant Moles
“These tufty mammals are the stars of Philippe Quesne’s The Moles, which ran at N.Y.U. Skirball over the weekend and kicked off with a Friday afternoon parade through the West Village. A rock concert, a nature mockumentary, a collective hallucination and a goof on the idea of underground theater, The Moles welcomes audiences, wordlessly, to Caveland, a stalactite-studded subterranean lair that the moles invade and then enjoy, sometimes in the company of a neighborly purple teddy bear.” – The New York Times