Anna Maria Maiolino says, “Women have always been prohibited from speaking in the first person. … A woman is never the universal.” The artist’s developmental years paralleled the Brazilian military dictatorship, which lasted from 1964 to 1985. And yes, she responded: “In a photo installation from 1974 on view at both MOCA and the Hammer, she depicts herself wielding a pair of scissors, about to cut off her nose and her tongue.”
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Without Theatre, There Would Never Have Been An NEA
No, the “free market” does not deliver theatre to every corner of the U.S. It took the NEA to do that – and it took theatre people to agitate for an NEA in the first place. “Theatre artists and administrators from all over the U.S. knew firsthand that the absence of non-commercial funding was preventing theatre from reaching audiences who had no access to professional theatres. Theatre practitioners, critics, and leaders were determined to change that—and to put theatre into the national conversation.”
No Matter How Much Washington Heights Gentrifies, This Dominican Dance Party Keeps On Going
Even though 43 percent of New York’s Dominican population (which is, by the way more than the number of people who live in Seattle) live in the Bronx now, this club will not die: “Around the dance floor, conversations were kept brief. ‘No drugs, no trouble,’ said Enrique Acevedo, a labor organizer, shouting over the music, as he listed the club’s attributes. Had he had a little to drink? ‘A little? A lot! But I’m not driving! … A bailar! A bailar!’ he said, herding a group onto the dance floor.”
How Fascist Ideas Slip In To The Arts
“The fascist tradition of using the arts as vehicles for expanding the movement is visible in the U.S. today, in some cases in eerily similar ways to the original rise of European fascism in the early 20th century. In an interview with Pacific Standard, Ross discussed the ways fascists have historically snuck into mainstream cultural milieus, why progressives sometimes fall for fascist infiltrators, and how entertainment media played a role in the election of Trump.”
It’s Official: Print Loses Its Glamour
UK Glamour magazine is going “digital first”, stopping its monthly editions and instead producing a “collectible, glossy” issue twice a year. A spokeswoman told the BBC the “mobile-first, social-first” move with a focus on beauty was based on how readers are “living their life today”.
Why Science Fiction Has Become Streaming’s Fast Food Fare
Familiar intellectual property has two advantages for a TV network. First, it’s already vetted. An editor with experience in science fiction has already made the sign of the IDIC over it and fired it out of a photon torpedo tube. Its characters, its world, and at least the skeleton of its plot live in the fictional universe.
How Civically-Engaged Arts Organizations Are Different From The Pack
There are several notable ways in which civically engaged arts organizations differ from more market-driven arts organizations, including: they maintain stronger networks with other community organizations such as schools, senior centers, etc.; they consider civic engagement a key force driving the mission; they’re consciously aware of their nonprofit status.
How The Ideas And Music Of Morton Feldman Are Incorporated Everywhere Into Steven Holl’s New Lewis Arts Complex At Princeton
“I see the ideas of Morton Feldman’s music everywhere in Steven’s magnificent realization—and not just in the rugs of the Music Building that reproduce the graphic notation of Feldman’s early works. Steven’s architecture embodies the spirit of Feldman’s expansive and mystical late works.”
Fun Facts About Who’s Watching What Where By Streaming
“Of the premium content offered by the Big Three streamers, the most popular shows in September from each were The Handmaid’s Tale (Hulu), The Man in the High Castle (Amazon) and Narcos (Netflix), according to Parrot Analytics. Those three streamers are spending wildly to acquire content from the likes of CBS, Warner Bros., Lionsgate and more, as well as produce their own original shows. Netflix, for example, will plans to spend $6 billion this year while Amazon spends $4.5 billion.”
‘My Fair Lady’ Coming Back To Broadway After 25 Years, With Lauren Ambrose And ‘Downton Abbey’ Star
Lincoln Center Theater will produce the revival directed by Bartlett Sher, whose revivals of South Pacific and The King and I there were enormous successes. Unusually, the actors playing Eliza (Ambrose) and Higgins (Harry Hadden-Paton, who played Bertie Pelham on Downton) are roughly the same age. Also in the cast will be Norbert Leo Butz and Diana Rigg.