There will be strict rules in place for the time being: audience limits of 200 indoors and 1,000 outdoors, one meter’s distance between individuals, masks and temperature checks required, mandatory procedures for sanitizing and ventilating venues and directing audience traffic. – The Strad
Blog
Truth, Fiction And The Disconnect Of Intelligence
“The dual nature of power and truth results in the curious fact that we humans know many more truths than any other animal, but we also believe in much more nonsense. We are both the smartest and the most gullible inhabitants of planet Earth.” – The New York Times
The Meaning Of Power: An Online Meritocracy?
Today’s internet generations have been graced with equity at birth, in that they have the means to create power for themselves, even if they do not start out with it. In the digital world, the myth of power persists as a construct. To believe that you have power is to have it. – The New York Times
New Stimulus Bill Helps Non-Profits (But It’ll Never Pass)
It includes $100 billion for rental assistance, another round of $1,200 direct payments to taxpayers, and sets aside 25 percent of Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans for nonprofit organizations. However, the bill, known as the HEROES Act, has little chance of passing in the Republican-led senate and President Trump has promised to veto it. – Artnet
Chinese Government Bans Knockoffs Of Foreign Buildings
In recent years Chinese developers have been putting up, and opening to buyers and renters, reproductions of such attractions as an English village, a lakeside Austrian town, and a Paris neighborhood complete with Eiffel Tower. The government has now had enough: it has prohibited “plagiarising, imitating, and copycatting” foreign landmarks or historical styles, calling for “a new era [of architecture to] strengthen cultural confidence, show the city’s features, exhibit the contemporary spirit, and display the Chinese characteristics.” – BBC
What Comes Next? IV
“It behooves us to spend some time considering how we might prepare not just for a new financial reality but for a new social one. It will be important to be and be seen as partners in making a better and more livable world – not just by being presenters of arts events but by being valuable community citizens.” – Doug Borwick
25 Theatre Makers On What Theatre Will Look Like Post-Pandemic
Charles McNulty: “While no virus can defeat this art form, the theater will have to change to meet the challenges of a transformed world. While we’re mourning the loss of playgoing among the myriad other losses exacted by this pandemic, I’ve asked artists to imagine the future. How might we rethink basic structures (economic, architectural, aesthetic) in this period of forced reprieve? How might fresh vision transform crisis into opportunity?” – Los Angeles Times
Tarot Card Reader Who Claimed To Be Dalí’s Daughter Loses Appeal, Must Pay For Digging Up His (Exquisite) Corpse
“A Spanish court has dismissed an appeal from a psychic who claimed to be Salvador Dalí’s long-lost daughter after DNA results debunked the outlandish theory. Pilar Abel has been ordered to pay for exhuming the surrealist artist’s body three years ago in her quest to prove he was her father.” (Exquisite? Why, yes — Dalí’s mustache remains intact.) – Artnet
Phil Kennicott: A Painting That Hugely Influenced Me. I’ve Never Known The Artist
“I came to love this image, this mysterious, nameless village by a famous but nameless artist, long before I knew anything about art or criticism. I often wonder whether I would even pause for a second look if I were to discover it today, after having spent decades looking at and reading about paintings of this period.” – Washington Post
Learning, Remotely, How To Create Theatre Using Virtual Reality
“[A new course at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts] pairs students with professional technologists and artists to explore questions about the future of live performance and technology. Along the way, they collaborate on real-world projects that incorporate virtual and augmented reality, 360-degree capture, and more. … And all of this happens remotely, with the entire class taught in VR using Oculus Quest headsets.” – American Theatre