“There was aching concern that lottery projects should be popular. The lottery was played by the people, and particularly poorer people, so its proceeds should go on things inclusive. Which at the same time had to be somehow cultural, improving or educational, to distinguish them from the theme parks, shopping centres and multiplexes that get built without public subsidy.”
Month: November 2014
Film’s Great Year, Crammed Into Two Months, Begins Now
“So many titles of preordained or hoped-for prestige compete for your time and attention in the same, few short weeks.”
How Ballet Changed Through The 20th Century – In Photos
“From Vaslav Nijinsky to Benjamin Millepied, Anna Pavlov to Sylvie Guillem, the collection of vintage portraits gives a mostly black-and-white glimpse into over a century’s worth of ballet greats.”
The History Of Digital Images Began With A Baby Picture (Because Caturday Hadn’t Been Invented Yet)
“The computer had plenty of important jobs to do, like, as Kirsch told the Oregonian later, ‘thermonuclear weapons calculations and things of this sort.’ But he was allowed to use it to solve other problems, too. And he wondered what it would mean to have a computer look at a picture.”
Arts Journalists Can Too Get Work – At The Arts Organizations They Used To Cover
“It’s an interesting balancing act, for sure, because on the one side you have all resources available to you, but you want to be doing journalistic work.”