“From 8 August, a host of comedians, authors and politicians, including Stewart Lee, Omid Djalili and Ian Rankin, are to stage a [non-stop] complete reading of Sir John Chilcot’s 6,000-page report on the Iraq war, invasion and occupation.”
Month: July 2016
How Great Visual Artists Have Staged Mozart’s ‘Magic Flute’
From Marc Chagall through David Hockney, Maurice Sendak, and William Kentridge to Jun Kaneko.
Al Jazeera Is Coming Back To America
“Al Jazeera English is in talks with cable carriers that carried the now defunct Al Jazeera America to make its live video stream available [digitally] in the U.S. starting in September … The move comes almost three months after it shut down its U.S. cable television network, Al Jazeera America.”
An Artist’s Nightmare: Thieves Steal An Entire Show On Its Way To The Gallery
Herr Nilsson lived the (bad) dream.
Top Posts From AJBlogs 07.21.16
You need a community, not a network
What’s the difference between a community and a network? Networks focus on getting, communities focus on giving. … read more
AJBlog: Field Notes Published 2016-07-21
Rural communities and the artists strengthening them
“Once a rural area hosts a population of artists, they can help the region attract non-artist residents who value the arts as an amenity, and they can engage all residents in relationship-building through cultural activity.” … read more
AJBlog: Field Notes Published 2016-07-21
Community on Community
It seems we’ve been here before. Yes, it is true, we’ve asked this question to Creative Community Fellows and many others throughout the years. This conversation is not new, but it is one that … read more
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Digital Comics Thrive As Art Form Flourishes
“Digital comics creators may fit their art to screen proportions or vertical strips. Artists and writers design for panel-viewing apps by making sure each chunk of the page works on its own, so you’re not left trying to remember who got Hulk so mad or what everyone’s looking at up in the sky — and they can use limited views to control pacing and create suspenseful reveals. Going further, formats such as Madefire’s Motion Books combine writing, animation and even sound. None of that invalidates the traditional art form, of course, but there’s always evolution.”
Why Are Classical Music’s Biggest Stars Lining Up To Perform In “Mozart In The Jungle”?
“The show’s ability to draw so many A-listers is both a testament to its growing success, and a reflection of the fact that there are now far fewer opportunities for classical artists to appear on television, which is still an important medium for reaching, and appealing to, new audiences.”
What Do America’s Opera Directors Think About The Impact Of HD Opera In Movie Theatres?
David Devan, Opera Philadelphia: “I think it’s raised the game in terms of people’s aesthetic and performance expectations. If you can go to a movie theater and hear a great singer with a great orchestra with a gazillion-dollar set, that raises the bar for everybody. It did help me raise money to improve the quality of what we put on in the Academy [of Music]. This isn’t about my ego; this is about the necessity of doing work that people will come to. That means there’s a higher standard of care that we must meet.”
What Happened To Great Composers (Do We Have Any Today?)
“The truth is, it’s over. The confident forward march in British music that handed us a lineage of great composers – Britten, Tippett, Maxwell Davies, Birtwistle – has shattered. Given that all the obvious “isms” have been exhausted, composers now face an existential crisis over where music might head next; and, anyway, our culture has decided to privilege ephemeral celebrity over anyone who cares enough about the future to utter anything difficult or challenging. And clued-up composers realise that.”
Turkey Bans Travel By Academics After Coup Attempt
“As you surely know, universities have always been crucial for military juntas in Turkey, and certain individuals are believed to be in contact with cells within the military.”