In 1910, each person in Britain sent on average an extraordinary 116.7 items of mail. What we think of as a 21st-century phenomenon – social media – is rather “a return to the way things used to be”
Tag: 10.18.13
Brooklyn Philharmonic May Be Near Collapse
“Since August, visitors to the Philharmonic’s website have been greeted with a ‘closed for maintenance’ message. Music director Alan Pierson’s contract expired in June and hasn’t been renewed. The administrative staff has left. An orchestra source, who declined to speak on record, says the group is experiencing severe financial difficulties due to a drop in fundraising.”
Christo Battles On For Colorado Project
An opposition group, Rags Over the Arkansas River, has filed a lawsuit in federal court, saying the project will be too disruptive to wildlife, traffic, fishing and river rafting businesses.
Were Campuses (& Buildings) Designed To Prevent Riots After The 1960s?
Probably not. So why do the rumors persist?
Yes, Music Still *Is* Pretty Damn Cool
“Outside of the established and growing circles of performers and ensembles that specialize in contemporary concert music, there is still a vast, untapped population that not only is able to enjoy listening to new music but that enjoys playing it as well.”
Saving ‘Graffiti Museum’ 5 Pointz: Is It Possible, And Will Banksy Help?
“The Wolkoffs own the building and artists put graffiti on it. Over the years, the developers have allowed the graffiti to continue, asking only that it include no pornography, profanity or political messages. It’s an uneasy partnership, but it has lasted for 20 years.”
What’s It Like Being The Youngest Composer Ever To Be Commissioned For The Metropolitan Opera?
Nico Muhly, whose “Two Boys” opens at the Met on Monday: “I’ll send a million emails and call a million people and type something stupid on my phone, but dispatching a blog post isn’t about enlisting hundreds of fucking people. This opera calls upon almost a thousand people.”
Interactive Storytelling Is So Hip And New! (And Also Rather Ancient And Traditional)
“The shift began in the 18th century when the old patronage system–by which artists were supported by members of the royal court–gave way to the marketplace economy, and artists began being paid by printers and booksellers.”
How Do Humans Learn From Social Network Rejection?
“It reorients our attention and says, okay, if I’m being rejected from a group, how do I need to change my behavior or what I say or think in order to not be excluded or rejected from that group? It teaches me lessons about how to behave differently in the future.”
The Great Drama That Is The Detroit Institute Of Arts’ Current Struggle
“Can art’s value be measured in terms of what it would fetch at auction, or does it provide something far greater if less measurable to a community, particularly one desperately seeking a rebound? Is it appropriate to discuss art as a balance-sheet asset, or is this controversy yet another sign of a money-obsessed culture?”