“An upcoming Oculus Rift experience tracks a character’s recovery following a sexual assault – aiming to enable empathy, even therapy, for survivors and outsiders alike.”
Author: Matthew Westphal
Top Posts From AJBlogs 01.07.15
Picturing Mary: It Could Have Gone Another Way
AJBlog: Real Clear Arts Published 2015-01-07
Museum-Commercial Gallery-Museum: John Elderfield’s Head-Spinning Revolving Door
AJBlog: CultureGrrl Published 2015-01-07
Other Places: The Latest On Young Louis Armstrong
AJBlog: RiffTides Published 2015-01-07
We’re all wild about Harry: Paul Levy loves a Birtwistle masterpiece
AJBlog: Plain English Published 2015-01-07
Reflections on a Conference
AJBlog: Engaging Matters Published 2015-01-07
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Where Are The Greatest Dancers In The World Today? Some Of Them Are In India
Alastair Macaulay: “Who are the greatest dancers in the world today? Most of the contenders considered in the West for this category are the roving international stars of ballet. But many of today’s finest dance artists have been performing here [in Chennai] … Some – all women – have touched on the sublime.”
What To Wear To Symphony Concerts: Actually Useful Advice For Newbies
Sure, administrators and musicians so often say to wear whatever you’re comfortable in, we don’t mind, we’re just happy you’re here. But plenty of people who hear that just keep asking, because they don’t want to stand out or get dirty looks and they honestly don’t know what other people do. So Holly Mulcahy offers some practical help for those folks (and those of us who talk with them).
Thirty Art-Writing Clichés To Ditch In The New Year
Ben Davis: “It’s a new year, which is a fine excuse as any to ditch old bad habits. Here below, I have assembled a not-at-all exhaustive list of art-writing words that I could do without in 2015. I admit, I’ve been guilty myself of abusing some or all of them – but of course that’s what New Year’s resolutions are for.”
Gay Tours Of The Vatican’s Museums (Yes, They’re Real)
“Among the many ways that Pope Francis has changed the tone of the Vatican is with his seeming openness to groups that have long been shunned, from divorced Catholics to children of gay couples. His approach has inspire one Italian gay travel company, Quiiky, to look at the Vatican Museums’ vast art collections from a gay perspective.”
Is “Birdman” The Best Movie About Theater Ever Made?
Matt Trueman: “Theatre – and I write this with admiration and awe – is full of freaks and weirdos. Brilliant freaks and weirdos, yes, but freaks and weirdos nonetheless. Birdman totally gets that. … It nails that slippage between on- and off-stage, between fiction and reality; the way a play can bleed into an actor’s life … and appreciates the catatonic terror of stepping out in front of an audience.”
Whatever Happened To Helmut Lang? Sculpture Happened
“In 2005, the innovative designer walked away from fashion. Now, after quietly working for years on highly personal sculptures in the studio of his Long Island estate, he is making his debut at New York’s Sperone Westwater Gallery.”
Readibility? What Is It, Really? It’s A Myth, That’s What
So argues Noah Berlatsky: “‘Difficult,’ when applied to literature, generally refers to works that are hard to read, hard to get through, hard to finish. And for me, that describes Left Behind far more than it describes Atonement – the second of which I read twice in quick succession and would read again happily, while the first made me hate life and hope to be transported mid-sentence to another, better realm.”
The Jack Bauer Issue: Can Fictional Depictions Of Torture Make People More Willing To Condone It?
Many of us would like very much to think that the answer is no, but researchers seem to be finding otherwise.