“Analysts at Instagram are trying to quantify this effect, by writing algorithms that predict the context around a given emoji and making a guess at the symbol’s meaning. Running these algorithms through massive batches of Instagram text, they’re identifying groups of semantically similar words and internet slang that map onto a single emoji.”
Author: ArtsJournal2
How Theatre Makes A Difference To An Escaped Child Soldier
“If others can relate to this story, maybe they will begin to dream about peace on Earth, a planet where no child suffers unnecessarily from a war for greed, or a mania for power. It can be. At the least, the spectators may find some level of emotional detox themselves, from whatever ails them.”
Retiring MOCA Curator Alma Ruiz Talks About Everything, Including The Deitch Years
“We were short-staffed, I think that is acknowledged by everyone, but we were all trying to do our best. We also knew that the situation had to be temporary, and were looking forward to a resolution that would bring the museum back to its former self. There were low moments.”
Why Are We In Such A Rush To Declare The Anthropocene A Reality?
“he Anthropocene is a neologism that attempts to pin down a lot of free-floating anxiety about climate change and the myriad ways that Homo sapiens are making over the planet in our own image. It styles humans as a geological force, as powerful as any ‘natural’ one.”
Ruth Rendell, Fired From Her Reporting Job For Lying, Became A Famous Mystery Writer
The author of the Inspector Wexford books, and also of intense psychological thrillers under the name Barbara Vine, died Saturday at age 85 several months after a serious stroke. Crime writer Val McDermid: “The broad church that is current British crime writing owes much to a writer who over a 50-year career consistently demonstrated that the genre can continually reinvent itself, moving in new directions, assuming new concerns and exploring new ways of telling stories.”
Facebook Is Eating (Has Eaten?) The Internet
“Increasingly, Facebook is America’s news editor. Only it’s an editor with a vague and amorphous set of value—news judgment that is tailored to every reader’s own behaviors and likes.”
The Ballerina Who Embodied The Bolshoi – And Hated The Soviets – Dies At 89
Maya Plisetskaya, “renowned for her fluidity of movement, expressive acting and willful personality, danced on the Bolshoi stage well into her 60s. Vadim Gayevsky, a dance historian and critic, once said she ‘began by creating her own style and ended up creating her own theater.'”
The Bible Has Gone From (Super) Hot To Not In The Western Art World
“There seems to be no end to the creativity the Bible engenders – which makes it a crying shame the Museum of Biblical Art has to close, and a tragedy if we cannot acknowledge one of the great sources of modern culture.”
Chandos Founder Brian Couzens Changed Classical Music Recording In Britain
“He steered the label through some of the recording industry’s most turbulent times, in the process championing neglected British composers, and regularly winning international awards for audio quality as well as musical excellence.”
In A Decade, The Percentage Of Female Playwrights In Britain Has Changed By … One Percent
“What the latest research demonstrates is how little progress has been made in the last 10 years on gender and play production. A decade ago, 30% of new plays produced in UK theatres were written by women. In 2013, it was 31%.”