“While the Korean women speak basic English, the in-depth dialogue of rehearsals required an interpreter, Ben Chon. ‘I felt like I had to be the most obnoxious mime,’ Mr. McIntyre said with a laugh, ‘and over-articulate to show what I was trying to get at.’ Mr. Chon ‘has kind of turned into a ballet master. He really has to get in there and demonstrate’.”
Tag: 11.11.12
How The Classical Music Recording Business Is Reinventing
“Today, cushy record contracts for classical artists are all but extinct, more and more artists are self-financing their recordings, and Naxos, offering significant brand recognition and the biggest international distribution network in the field, suddenly looks like a pretty good deal.”
Du Bois ‘n The Hood: Choreographer Kyle Abraham’s Pavement
“For [the piece], he went back to 1991, to reimagine the film Boyz ‘n the Hood, about gangs in South Central Los Angeles, which was released that summer. … He also wanted to look at the history that had preceded the strife represented in [that film] and found a pertinent source in The Souls of Black Folk, the 1903 book by W. E. B. Du Bois.”
Crowdsourcing An Understanding Of Hip Hop
“While rap lyric sites are not new, Rap Genius distinguished itself by adding a Wikipedia-esque twist, allowing anyone to annotate lyrics with words, photos and videos. More than 250,000 people have submitted explanations to date, with contributions vetted by 500 editors, many of them high school or college students.”
Sorry, But The Patent System Isn’t What’s Broken
“We are actually witnessing fewer patent suits per patent issued today than the historical average, according to economic historian Zorina Kahn. The rate of patent litigation was twice what it is today compared to some decades in the mid-19th century.”
Celebrated Abroad, Afghan Artist’s Livelihood Dries Up At Home
“Since Mr. Hamdard had sold mostly to foreigners, who were usually just passing through, he was little known and recognized in his own country, said Mr. Khosravi, who now manages to keep his Bamiyan Gallery open only by subsidizing it with a travel agency business. ‘His work has gone to the four winds, that’s the problem,’ he said. ‘In Afghanistan, people don’t care about art.'”
Valerie Eliot, Widow Of T.S. Eliot, 86
“After T.S. Eliot’s death in 1965, Mrs. Eliot became his executor, editing his poems and letters for publication and steadfastly refusing to cooperate with would-be biographers, in keeping with the poet’s last wishes.”
The Porn Wars Are Back! Except They’re Kind Of Over
And porn mostly won.
Who Are The Next Great Architects?
Neuroscientists, of course.
Commemorate That Wedding With An Instant … Painting?
Live-event “artwork appears to be the visual equivalent of a vinyl record or typewriter: a throwback that is treasured precisely because it has been eclipsed.”