“Done well, interactive theatre is extraordinary: engaging, exhilarating and transcendent. All too often, however, so-called ‘interactive’ shows are sloppy and ineffective. They feel loose – anarchic even – when they actually demand a rigorous approach.”
Month: January 2013
What Is An iPad Doing On A Pedestal In A Chinese Art Museum?
Performance artist Li Liao “got an assembly-line job making iPads, and forty-five days later he used his wages to buy one. As an exhibit, he put the iPad on a pedestal, tacked up his uniform and badges, and framed his contract. The effect, on a white gallery wall, is a strangely addictive ready-made tableau about the intersection of money, aspiration, and technology.”
Paul Krugman Vs. Estonia’s President: The Opera
“A Twitter feud in June between the Estonian president and New York Times columnist Paul Krugman who questioned the impact of Estonia’s austerity measures, is being turned into an opera, [said] US composer Eugene Birman.”
Pole Dancer Excluded From Exhibition On Women In Sport
“Zahra Stardust says her sport empowers women. Casula Powerhouse sees it differently, and has banned a photograph of the pole dancer from a coming exhibition on women in sport” at a municipal gallery in suburban Sydney.
Pop Violinist Wants To Ski For Thailand In Winter Olympics
“Vanessa-Mae, 34, has been training in Zermatt, Switzerland, for the past three years. She has the aim of competing in at least five internationally recognised events to qualify for the giant slalom and possibly the slalom at the Sochi Winter Olympics in February 2014.”
The New Opera – It Rocks
“It’s hardly a new concept–during World War I, Stravinsky wrote Histoire du Soldat as a multimedia petit spectacle that could tour on the cheap–but technology and the popularity of black-box theater have given it a fresh jolt of energy.”
The Next Big Thing (And Its Business Model?)
“Facebook is struggling to increase its ad revenue. But the social network also has more than a billion members. If you argue that such a network of people (and the data they upload) doesn’t constitute a valuable thing on its own, you haven’t understood the impact of the digital revolution.”
Can British Columbia’s Once-Thriving Movie Industry Be Saved?
“It’s been clear for some time that the production industry in B.C., worth $1.18-billion in 2011, was heading for trouble. As the Canadian dollar rose, Ontario and Quebec improved their tax credits. B.C. did not keep up.”
The Movie That Began As A Reddit Post
“Unless you’ve been following the story of the in-the-works movie Rome Sweet Rome on Reddit, the social news site, the genesis of the film may surprise you.”
The Bizarre Bolshoi Intrigues
With the acid attack on artistic director Sergei Filin on Jan. 17, the company reaches a violent low, comparable to the bloody fictions of “Black Swan.”