One group develops and performs new plays in bookstores – during business hours. Another builds movable spaces on wheels, as if they were food trucks. Another, comparing itself to Airbnb (some of you will know Groupmuse), updates the 19th-century classical house concert. (audio)
Category: issues
A National Day Of Action To Make Arts An Issue In Australia’s Election
“Arts and theatre organisations, artists and industry professionals will hold a national day of action for the arts on Friday 17 June, to galvanise renewed public support of the culture industries … The day of action will springboard into two weeks of campaigning for the arts around the country … [to combat] the ‘chaos’ caused by recent funding cuts from the Turnbull and Abbott governments.”
Who Gets To Have An Arts Career? Increasingly, Only The Affluent
“Logically, it makes sense: if an occupation is attractive but probably low-paying, and then there are socioeconomic inequalities in the road to becoming a professional, inevitably that line of work would beckon more people from affluent backgrounds.”
We’re Losing Our Freedom Of Speech (Here’s How)
“While the 20th century saw a worldwide expansion of free-speech protections, over the past decade, press freedom and human rights organisations have reported a troubling rise in governments cracking down on free speech, especially in areas related to digital communication.”
UK To Increase Funding For British Arts In Other Countries
“The British Council is hoping to double the amount of UK arts activity taking place internationally with a refreshed global arts strategy and increased budget.”
The Problem With All Of Those Hot New Food Halls In Big Cities
” It’s easy (if you’re not poor, that is) to be swept away with excitement by the sight of all that quivering, umami, gleaming, exciting food. Smoked whitefish with rice from Ivan Ramen! Hibiscus doughnuts from Dough! Popsicles made from cherry blossoms! Wow! But when you finally eat them, the revolutionary pleasures they seemed to offer are compressed out of all existence by the crowded, uncomfortable, competitive space, the lackluster culinary skills of the food workers, and the pressures of doing what is in effect the unpaid job of Instagramming, tweeting, and blogging about the hyped-up food you just ate.”
How You Kill The Free Press – Hint: Money
“That’s a death blow that will generate plenty of schadenfreude, not least among some glib members of the Fourth Estate who don’t think Gawker’s brand of journalism deserves the name. But it won’t last long: the Peter Thiels of the world are coming for you next. Ask not for whom the oligarchy tolls; it tolls for thee.”
Is Friends Of The Parks Going To Drop Its Lawsuit About The Lucas Museum In Chicago?
“Being publicly squeezed by everyone from the Emanuel administration to Chicago business and community groups hungry for the jobs and tourist dollars that the Lucas Museum would bring, the park advocacy organization finds itself being painted as the obstructionist in the museum saga.”
Report: Live-Streaming To Movie Theatres Is A Gateway To Live Arts Attendance
“The Live Cinema in the UK Report 2016 defines live cinema as films augmented with additional activity, including soundtracks played live by musicians, site-specific screenings, and interactive singalongs. This is distinct from event cinema – such as live and recorded screenings of theatre and opera – though the two have a comparable economic impact. In 2014, Secret Cinema’s live cinema production of Back to the Future grossed £3.5m, while the National Theatre’s event cinema screenings of War Horse grossed £2.9m.”
Norman Foster’s Plan For Drones To Connect Africa
“The pilot droneport program will launch later this year in Rwanda, the mountainous, landlocked East African country nicknamed “Land of a Thousand Hills.” Three droneports, to be completed by 2020, will allow the drone network to send supplies to 44 percent of the country.”