Helga Davis: “That was the hardest part for me. There’s nothing for you to grab on to in the way that we need logic to communicate. There’s nothing. It was maddening. … [But] when we got into rehearsal, the language got attached to movement, and suddenly I didn’t have any problem at all. Connecting the text to the body was the key.”
Tag: 09.27.12
The Sharpshooter In The Museum (Is This A Good Idea?)
“Cincinnati Art Museum is planning an unprecedented art project that involves shooting a bullet from a rifle mounted on a stand through the middle of the Schmidlapp Gallery and into a block of bronze placed in the center of the museum’s Great Hall.”
Ai Weiwei Says He Won’t Pay $1 Million Fine
“Activist artist Ai Weiwei said he does not intend to pay $1.1-million demanded by Beijing tax officials after he lost a final appeal in the case on Thursday.”
Nicholas Serota: Arts Need To Be Central To Our Curriculum
“There is a real risk that fewer and fewer schools will provide learning opportunities in the arts. The UK’s leading edge in creativity may be lost. We cannot deprive an entire generation of children of the cultural skills that they will need.”
Viewing Data From Olympics Shows How Viewer Habits Are Changing
“The findings of the studies, shared with The New York Times, revealed vast shifts in the way people watched the Games this year compared with the Olympics in Vancouver in 2010 and in Beijing in 2008, and they offered insight into how television will further evolve into a multiplatform experience.”
Move Over Milan! London Is The New Capital Of Design
“Ounce for ounce, bloke for bloke, Britain produces better designers and design impresarios than anywhere else.”
Bikinis And Chinese Opera – Innovation Or Disrespect?
“A stage performance by bikini-clad women wearing headpieces styled after traditional Peking Opera has sparked debate in China after photos were made public this week, highlighting divided views on how to preserve the country’s traditions.”
A Second Mona Lisa Unveiled
The Zurich-based Mona Lisa Foundation said before the unveiling that it would present “the stunning portrait of Lisa del Giocondo,” along with results from 35 years of research and scientific tests indicating that “it was indeed executed by Leonardo approximately a decade earlier than its famous sister in the Louvre.”
Americans Once Considered Images Of Jesus Blasphemous
Many Americans simply don’t comprehend the rage some Muslims feel over visual images (even flattering ones) of Muhammad. “The confusion stems, in part, from the ubiquity of sacred images in American culture. God, Jesus, Moses, Buddha and other holy figures are displayed in movies, cartoons and churches and on living room walls.” But that wasn’t always the case.
Why Men And Women Respond Differently To Fictional Characters
“The impulse to sympathize with a fictional character seems to be triggered in different ways for males and females.”