“The Seattle Symphony and Opera Players’ Organization, Seattle Symphony and Seattle Opera have agreed to extend the musicians’ current contract through Jan. 31, the symphony announced late Friday night.” The idea is to allow additional time for negotiations on a new contract without enduring a strike or lockout.
Tag: 10.20.12
David Mitchell’s Rules For Adapting Novels Into Films
The author of Cloud Atlas, the unfilmable novel that has just been filmed (and earned the author’s seal of approval), offers his five pointers for “how a novel’s structure must be made ‘film-shaped’.”
Can Qatar Spend Its Way To Becoming A World Cultural Hub?
The kingdom “wants to be taken seriously as a cultural contender – not only by buying in artistic endeavours from around the world but also in home-growing fresh local talent from scratch in a pointed mark of difference to its flashy neighbours in the desert. … Never mind the social and political restrictions preventing criticism of the royal family or showing anything too controversial.”
Knight Foundation Invests $20 Million In Detroit Arts
“It comes at a crucial transitional moment for Detroit’s arts community as it regains its post-recession financial equilibrium. Detroit has earned a national reputation in recent years as a hotbed for urban creativity and as a haven for young artists. Culture has been a key driver in the revitalization of the city.”
Winning A Nobel Prize: How Does That Feel?
“‘I was walking in the street with my wife. I was just caught by … the call on my cellular phone. I saw the code ’46’ for Sweden … I could not believe it.’ – Quantum physicist Serge Haroche”
Modern China (Finally) Takes An Interest In Preserving The Past
During Beijing Design Week, “tales of demolition and rebuilding of vast swathes of the old city, with locals forced to relocate to make way for malls and high-rises, are common, but here an urban development experiment is aiming to revitalize old buildings for more innovative uses.”
Photography: Always Fake? And, If So, Is That Immoral?
“Is photography a way of documenting the world that has an inherent ‘truth-claim’ on the real? Or is it, as Steichen suggested, essentially graphic, a technique for creating a certain kind of image?”
Still Outrageous, Still Passionate About Art
Camille Paglia’s new book has some terrible moments (George Lucas as art god?), but it’s not bad, only obsessed: “If she is to be believed, pretty much every work of art since ancient Egypt has been about penises, vaginas and how ever the twain shall meet.”
From Whisky Warehouse To Artists’ (Potential) Paradise
“A decade after being left to fall into decline, the seven-storey warehouse at Speirs Locks, just off the M8, has undergone a dramatic transformation into what is claimed to be Britain’s biggest single creative industries hub.”
The Economy of Art Thieves
Art thieves are damn good at stealing – and terrible at selling what they’ve stolen. Oops.