“Dorsen has an answer, or many answers, depending on how you break down her thoughts on the intersection of computer technology and theater. … Her inspiration came while reading a 1950 essay by the English mathematician and computer scientist Alan Turing.” – Los Angeles Times
Tag: 09.25.19
Homecoming: Marina Abramović Has Her First Show In Serbia In 44 Years
“The artist’s return to Belgrade after nearly a half-century has been an event. … On Saturday, the day the show opened, her face was on the front page of nearly every national newspaper in Serbia. When you turned on the TV news, there she was again, being picked over by pundits with a zest that locals generally reserve for soccer and stories about political corruption.” – The New York Times
Al Franken Is Returning To Talk Radio
Twelve years after he left the (now-defunct) liberal radio network Air America, just under two years since he resigned from the Senate over disputed #MeToo allegations, and two months after a major New Yorker article cast doubt on those allegations, Franken is preparing to launch a new weekly talk show on SiriusXM. – Yahoo! (AP)
CEO Of Utah Symphony | Utah Opera Resigns
Paul Meecham is stepping down, effective next week. “During his three years with the [organization], Meecham worked to expand the Utah Symphony’s reach across the state, … spearheading ‘the Great American Road Trip’ — a 1,200-mile [concert tour] to Utah’s state parks and national monuments.” – Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
Record Low Ratings For Last Weekend’s Emmys – Here’s Why
Various production choices — no host (unless you count Homer Simpson), crummy disco music, a puerile announcer — are partly to blame. But the main problem is the award itself. The Emmys don’t mean much to the American public because last night’s big winners — “Game of Thrones,” “Fleabag” and “Chernobyl” — are done, off the air, out of production, kaput. Sure, you can go back and watch them on HBO on Demand or on Amazon, but you’re not likely to. – New York Post
Study: One Third Of Young People Globally Steal Music Online
According to the study, 34% of all 16-to-24-year-old music listeners surveyed admitted to using “stream ripping” apps or services to illegally copy music. When all respondents (ages 16 to 64) are factored in, the overall number of admitted stream rippers globally is 23%. – Variety
Noah Preminger Group: ‘Zigsaw: Music Of Steve Lampert’
Ever on the frontier of experimentation, the adventurous tenor saxophonist Noah Preminger is aided by the complexity of Steve Lampert’s composition Zigsaw. – Doug Ramsey
Meet This Year’s MacArthur “Genius Grant” Fellows
Along with inclusion on an illustrious list of past fellows — more than 1,000 in all, since the program’s first class in 1981 — each of this year’s grantees gets a $625,000 stipend, meted out in quarterly installments over five years with no strings attached. – NPR