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Tuesday, April 24, 2018

Accessing Fresh Mark Morris After He's Dead - Make Some Work For The Vault by Artsjournal

The way to document the finished works hasn't been completed yet, but each will be accompanied by extensive musical notes, Labanotation " a method for recording dances " interviews with danc…

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:18PM[SHARE]

How Did Dance Tutus Become Runner Chic? by Artsjournal

I've run a handful of races per year since my first 5K in 2008, and have done enough theme/costume runs to be used to seeing women (and occasionally men) in fluffy statement skirts"sometimes…

SOURCE: The Atlantic Subscription at 06:18PM[SHARE]

This Isn't The First Time We've Had A Fake News Crisis. Here's How We Fixed It Last Time by Artsjournal

Even though the technologies are new, the horror and despair of the current informational carnage are not unprecedented. Since the beginning of the Internet, the unintended consequences of i…

SOURCE: The New Yorker Subscription at 05:12PM[SHARE]

What The Tech Giants' HQ Buildings Tell Us About How They See The World by Artsjournal

If we can't rely on what they say to get a clear sense of how Facebook et al see themselves and the way they are reshaping the world, then what clues do we have? The biggest and most concret…

SOURCE: www.dezeen.com at 05:12PM[SHARE]

We've Become Obsessed With Measuring Performance With Numbers. Uh Oh. by Artsjournal

I've termed it 'metric fixation'. The key components of metric fixation are the belief that it is possible " and desirable " to replace professional judgment (acquired through personal…

SOURCE: aeon.co at 04:12PM[SHARE]

Hollywood Studios, Amazon, Netflix, Sue Streaming Service For Piracy by Artsjournal

Amazon, Netflix and multiple Hollywood studios (including Disney, Fox, Sony, Universal and Warner Bros.) have sued SET Broadcast over allegations its SET TV service is used expressly f…

SOURCE: www.engadget.com at 03:06PM[SHARE]

We're Watching The Death Of The Professional Songwriter by Artsjournal

"One thread to keep in mind again is songwriters used to be able to rely on a steady stream of sheet music sales, and then it was album sales, and then it was download sales. As those have d…

SOURCE: psmag.com at 03:06PM[SHARE]

Augmented Reality Is Transforming The Museum Experience by Artsjournal

Museums have long dealt with unauthorized augmentations of their exhibitions, such as unofficial tours, but technology has opened up new possibilities for activists and art enthusiasts eager…

SOURCE: www.wired.com at 02:04PM[SHARE]

For The First Time In Years A Trove Of Books, Music, Films Will Enter Public Domain by Artsjournal

It's the first time since 1998 for a mass shift to the public domain of material protected under copyright. It's also the beginning of a new annual tradition: For several decades from 2019 o…

SOURCE: The Atlantic Subscription at 12:54PM[SHARE]

A New Streaming Platform For Theatre To Launch This Summer by Artsjournal

A producer and former performer will lead the launch of a new streaming network devoted to theater and theater-related content this summer, bowing a free version before a subscription tier t…

SOURCE: Variety at 11:48AM[SHARE]
Monday, April 23, 2018

How Popular Culture Is Still Screwing Up Our Body Image Conflicts by Artsjournal

Amy Schumer's "I Feel Pretty" movie suggests that the only thing holding back regular-looking women is their belief that looking regular holds them back at all. That attitude puts the onus o…

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 07:06PM[SHARE]

Why Haters Gotta Hate On Writing Programs? by Artsjournal

Writing, like anything " from athletics to nuclear physics " depends on a basic degree of talent, which can be cultivated through training. So let's stop pretending that devoting a year or t…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:04PM[SHARE]

Art As Leadership Tool by Artsjournal

Without ever intending it, experienced leaders often allow what they know to limit what they can imagine going forward; their knowledge can actually get in the way of innovation. Which is wh…

SOURCE: hbr.org at 04:54PM[SHARE]

Data: Books By Women Are Chronically Priced Lower Than Books By Men by Artsjournal

In a groundbreaking study of more than two million books published in North America between 2002 and 2012, scholars found that books by women authors are priced 45% less than those of …

SOURCE: www.fastcompany.com at 04:54PM[SHARE]

European Organizations Declare Music Is A Human Right by Artsjournal

A new policy document " the European Agenda for Music (EAM) " stresses that music plays an important societal role around identity and inclusion, and recognises music's "important" con…

SOURCE: www.artsprofessional.co.uk at 03:42PM[SHARE]

You Know What Taste Is? An Algorithm by Artsjournal

Philosophers in the 18th century defined taste as a moral capacity, an ability to recognize truth and beauty. "Natural taste is not a theoretical knowledge; it's a quick and exquisite applic…

SOURCE: www.racked.com at 02:36PM[SHARE]

The Fascinating (And Enduring) Conspiracy Industry Around Leonardo Da Vinci by Artsjournal

A vast quantity of Leonardo's notes and manuscripts survives, filled with his thoughts on such themes as the motion of water and human anatomy. But there are no intimate letters; there is no…

SOURCE: www.spectator.co.uk at 02:36PM[SHARE]

The Key To Understanding Complexity? Scale by Artsjournal

"The history of each branch of science can be divided into three phases. The first phase is exploration, to see what nature is doing. The second phase is precise observation and measurement,…

SOURCE: The New York Review of Books at 02:36PM[SHARE]

Canada's Local News Problem - A Role For Public Broadcasting? by Artsjournal

I believe the CBC should make a big push to fill the yawning gaps in local news and cultural production created by the decline of private sector providers. I think it should do so even thoug…

SOURCE: ipolitics.ca at 01:33PM[SHARE]

The Museum Test: Amazon's Second HQ City Must Have A Great Museum by Artsjournal

You can't help noticing the correlation. Of the 238 cities and counties that applied for consideration, plenty have the population (over a million), the pleasant environs and the basic infra…

SOURCE: Washington Post at 01:33PM[SHARE]

How The World Turned Off Mid-Century Architecture by Artsjournal

Buildings long deemed passé and unsuccessful can suddenly seem fresh and intriguing to a new generation, just as yesterday's tacky decorative designs can become tomorrow's next cool thing. …

SOURCE: The New York Review of Books at 12:24PM[SHARE]
Friday, April 20, 2018

CBC Is Digitizing, Then Destroying Eight Decades Of Audio/Video Archives by Artsjournal

The Canadian Broadcast Museum Foundation says the public broadcaster's English service earlier this month began destroying acetate transcriptions, as well as audio and video recordings that …

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 06:36PM[SHARE]

The Technological Take On Expressing Ourselves by Artsjournal

"More and more of us now express our emotions through the devices and software we rely on in our everyday lives. E-mail, text messages, social media, video chat"each platform demands of us d…

SOURCE: www.iasc-culture.org at 05:42PM[SHARE]

Philip Glass Talks About His Life In Music by Artsjournal

When I do concerts I often give talks to students. They get them together, and I talk to them in the afternoon, and we talk about music. Not too long ago one young fellow, he said, "Tell me …

SOURCE: The Atlantic Subscription at 05:42PM[SHARE]

Was The Orpheus Model Of Flattened Orchestra Hierarchy A Success? by Artsjournal

Asked whether the principles of the Orpheus Process had any resonance these days, Stanford business professor Jeffrey Feffer replied in an email, "There are various movements that have tried…

SOURCE: www.sfcv.org at 04:33PM[SHARE]

Facebook Wants To Make Its User Data Available To Social Scientists. Should It? by Artsjournal

In partnership with the non-profit Social Science Research Council, Facebook's social-science program will put out a call for university scientists to apply for grants to stud…

SOURCE: psmag.com at 04:33PM[SHARE]

Does Literature Matter? by Artsjournal

Only in America do we ask our writers to believe they don't matter as a condition of writing. It is time to end this. Much of my time as a student was spent doubting the importance of my wor…

SOURCE: www.theparisreview.org at 04:33PM[SHARE]

Netflix Considers Buying A Movie Theatre Chain by Artsjournal

Although no cinema deal has materialized, the idea of Netflix buying a theater chain would mark a new phase in the company's rapid ascent to become one of the most powerful players in the en…

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 03:24PM[SHARE]

NYC Will Move "Fearless" Girl" Off Wall Street by Artsjournal

The statue known as "Fearless Girl" will soon be moved from its spot at the southern tip of Broadway to a spot facing the New York Stock Exchange, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced on Thursday.…

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:54PM[SHARE]

In A Florid Suit, Collector Sues Jeff Koons For Not Delivering by Artsjournal

In the 53-page complaint that includes lines that reference Shakespeare ("Something is rotten in the state of Denmark") and that are almost Dickensian, New York litigator Aaron Richard Go…

SOURCE: www.artnews.com at 12:48PM[SHARE]

Ohio Arts Funding ED Steps Down In "Challenging" Climate by Artsjournal

Cuyahoga Arts and Culture CEO and executive director Karen Gahl-Mills has resigned, effective June 7, according to a press release sent this morning, April 18.  In a challenging atmospher…

SOURCE: canjournal.org at 11:36AM[SHARE]

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