It’s kind of calling-for-immediate-attention bell that invites a sharp smack with palm or finger, and drives Basil Fawlty to the very verge of derangement. Ping! It’s a comedy device – an indicator of short-fuse entitlement, an enhancer of retro-farce chaos. It retains its comic tinge in Amsterdam, which is unnerving, given the context. – David Jays
Tag: 09.17.19
£1 Billion Investment In London To Create Cultural Events Centre
Investment includes plans to include a 1500-seat theatre, a 1000-seat performing arts venue, a four-screen cinema and a 670,000 square foot creative co-working space, as well as two hotels, shops, cafes and a “jazz-club style restaurant and venue”. When completed in 2023, the site is projected to attract up to £9m in consumer spending and 10 million visitors to the borough each year. – Arts Professional
Kentridge, Hatoum, Mutter, Bando, And Williams & Tsien Win Praemium Imperiale
The 2019 laureates for the ¥15 million ($141,000) award, created by the Japan Art Association as a sort of Nobel Prize for the arts, are William Kentridge (painting) Mona Hatoum (sculpture), Anne-Sophie Mutter (music), Tod Williams and Billie Tsien (architecture) and kabuki master Tamasaburo Bando V (theatre/film). – Deutsche Welle