“In five years [Bodyelectric] dance school has built an underground cult following in Melbourne, with waiting lists for classes and hype around the shows. And their audience continues to expand.” Why? Because architects have inner dancers – or so says the school’s founder.
Author: ArtsJournal2
Time For American Movie Stars To Go Bollywood?
Julia Roberts thinks so – as long as the audience could handle her accent.
As Kraftwerk Wraps Up Its MoMA Residency, What Does It All Mean?
“By now Mr. Hütter is used to Kraftwerk being acknowledged as a prototype. Its riffs are foundations of songs by performers from the rapper Afrika Bambaataa to Coldplay. ‘We’re not so interested in possession. We are more interested in participating,’ Mr. Hütter said. ‘We’re sending out. Certain of these ideas are radio waves. We’re the antenna catching information, the transmitter giving information, back and forth.'”
Is The Lecture Dead – And If Not, Should We Kill It?
“Is the transfer of information mediated by a teacher the same thing as learning? Learning is about the long-lasting acquisition of information, it is about remembering the information and being able to retrieve it and apply it at the appropriate time in the appropriate circumstances. Lectures can ensure the short-term memorization of information, as teachers who give quizzes at the end of their presentations have certainly proven. However, it is highly questionable if lectures can deliver this kind of long-lasting knowledge.”
A Titanic Battle Of Unimaginable Force … Over The Future Of Archie
“Like Betty and Veronica, the two are feuding over Archie’s future, but there is nothing comic — or friendly — about their rivalry. Each accuses the other of endangering the family legacy, Mr. Goldwater by wanting to expand Archie into a megabrand with help from outside investors and the Hollywood uber-agent Ari Emanuel, Ms. Silberkleit by vowing to keep the company’s traditions intact and preserve family ownership, ostensibly leading to stagnation.”
There Was A Real Love Story On The Titanic – And It Might Have Sparked The Movie
“Emilio Portaluppi was an Italian artist who changed his travel plans to join the Titanic at the last minute. He traveled as a second class passenger, according to new archival research into the elusive Titanic survivor. And though he may not have had the charms of Leonardo DiCaprio’s character in Cameron’s 1997 blockbuster movie, Portaluppi was a romantic with first class tastes.”
France – That Hotbed Of Ultra-Contemporary Art, Right?
“‘There are fantastic French artists out there,’ said Allegra Pesenti, curator of the Hammer Museum’s Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts. For Pesenti, the only problem has been finding them. ‘The thing that’s always surprised me is that there are great galleries in Paris, and yet they show so few French artists.'”
Blame The 1950s For Stilettos (And Injection Molding For These Knee-Crippling Shoes)
Who designed stilettos? Basically, it all comes down to WWII, and the world’s recovery from that time period. Then things got crazy. “As heel tips shrank to the size of tacks, the stiletto, named for an Italian shiv from the 1700s, became an emblem of the Jet Age and French haute couture.”
How To Define (And Evaluate) 21st Century Music
New music shares a few broad characteristics – and it’s possible to look at the music now, rather than waiting, to see what’s worthwhile.
Censoring The London Book Fair To Please China – What A Terrible Idea For Britain
The London Book Fair has invited Chinese authors specifically sanctioned by the state – and that’s far from enough, especially when the event takes public funding. “If British publishing goes along with this grubby stitch-up, it will indeed dishonour not just its best traditions but the best traditions of this country, which we – silly, complacent people that we are – do too little to defend.”