This wasn’t “War of the Worlds”-level alarm, but in 2011, Steven Schlozman’s 2 a.m. interview about his zombie novel sent a lot of listeners over the edge of terror (and fury). Why? Well … the internet.
Author: ArtsJournal2
Auction Houses And Galleries Are Staking Out Positions In A New Art War
“The danger of auction houses muscling in on galleries’ turf was vividly illustrated last week at Christie’s when collector-dealer Charles Saatchi dumped 50 large sculptures from his collection, several by artists with little or no auction history, on the market.”
Science Fictiony Predictions Of The Day: You’ll Be Controlling Music Recordings With Gestures, And More
“Music will be mixed to create full 3D immersion over headphones long before 2050.”
Home Is The Place Where When You Go There, They Ignore You But Lock Their Car Doors
Poet Jose Padua: “It was one of the situations where I open the front door of a place, everyone’s smiling and laughing until they take a look at me, standing in the entrance looking, to them, like an uppity foreigner, an illegal alien, or maybe even a terrorist.”
Running Two Marathons At Once, Or The Theatrical Equivalent Thereof
Lisa Kron wrote the book and lyrics for the musical “Fun Home” at the Public Theater – and at the same time started rehearsals for a Brecht play opening down the hall.
This Week’s Edition Of ‘What The Selfie REALLY Means’
“We document everything we want to be true. We seed in subplots with two careful clicks and a Valencia wash. In saying: ‘I’m fine! I’m totally fine!’, aren’t we, sort of, asking: ‘Am I?'”
So, Is It Cool To Write As If You’re Actually Jesus?
“‘First of all, she doesn’t say that Jesus speaks to her,’ Ms. Bearss said. ‘I feel like she’s tried to be pretty clear about that in her book introductions. In no way does she believe her own writing is sacred or that she has new revelations.'”
Netflix May Make An End-Run Around Theatres For Big Movie Releases
The company’s chief content officer: “The reason why we may enter this space and try to release some big movies ourselves this way is because I’m concerned that as theater owners try to strangle innovation and distribution, not only are they going to kill theaters, they might kill movies.”
What’s The Role Of Fiction In Contemporary China?
Chinese writer Yu Hua: “The biggest problem facing Chinese literature is how to express today’s realities. Reality is more preposterous than fiction. It’s a difficult task to convey reality’s absurdity in a novel.”
Yes, Let’s Find The Deeper Meaning Of Spooky Stories Told ‘Round The Campfire
“There’s a lot of, I think, social and even moral messages that can come from ghost stories.”