Two years ago the National Arts Centre decided to add a company devoted to indigenous theatre to its french and english theatres. But the Canadian government has turned down a $3.5 million funding request and the plan is now in jeopardy. – Toronto Star
Author: Douglas McLennan
Marjorie Perloff: It’s Not A Great Time For Poetry Right Now
Why? “I’m not eager to write poetry criticism right now because the current scene strikes me as pretty unchallenging vis-a-vis, say, fiction or documentary. It’s just not a great moment for poetry.” – Tablet
Museums Are Having An Existential Moral Crisis
Protests over the sources of money that funds them. Calls for repatriation of plundered artifacts. Demands for cultural diversity and inclusion. Running a museum these days is a never-ending string of moral decisions. – The Economist
Recorded Music Revenues Up For Fourth Year In A Row, Soar To Global Record
Streaming revenue grew by 34.0% and accounted for almost half (47%) of global revenue, powered by a 32.9% increase in paid subscription streaming, according to the report. There were 255 million users of paid streaming services at the end of 2018, with paid streaming accounting for 37% of total recorded music revenue. Growth in streaming more than offset a 10.1% decline in physical revenue and a 21.2% decline in download revenue. – Variety
New Design Thinking: Accessibility Is A Design Issue
Traditionally, what people get through mass production is something designed for an abstraction of an ideal male body. Customarily, those whose bodies did not fit the standard, who were not spry or male, had to make do. Designers didn’t account for variations of the human body. – Aeon
Theatre Critic Nancy Pelosi: Broadway’s “Mockingbird” Is A Play For Our Time
“In this play, we learn something so important: decency. In our country right now there’s a craving for decency, and this play is about that,” Pelosi said at an event at the Library of Congress hosted by the Educational Theatre Association. – The Hill
Ralph Rugoff On The Venice Biennale He Has Curated: All About Ambiguity
Why? “We process information in two different styles: we have a very rapid, intuitive style and a more analytical and considered style. Behavioral economists have studied this, and they find that, in contrast to classical economic theory, which talks about a rational homoeconomicus, most decisions are actually made completely irrationally—they are made out of greed and fear.” – Artnet
Neuroscience Explores How Our Brains Link Movement And Motion
The tendency to supplement communication with motion is universal, though the nuances of delivery vary slightly. In Papua New Guinea, for instance, people point with their noses and heads, while in Laos they sometimes use their lips. In Ghana, left-handed pointing can be taboo, while in Greece or Turkey forming a ring with your index finger and thumb to indicate everything is A-OK could get you in trouble. – Quanta Magazine
A Case For How Blockchain Might Democratize Art
Frankly, we’re still dubious, but here’s a claim by an expert: “Today, thanks to digital art, we have the opportunity to make art truly democratic, which meets both a real economic demand and a moral goal if we believe in the importance of art in life.” – The Observer
Rise Of The Women Choreographers?
By some estimates, about 90 percent of choreographers at major companies are male. Even though ballerinas have been the focal point of dance. Now though, there seems to be a new generation of women choreographers getting attention. – BBC