Olivier Choinière is known for his déambulatoires théâtrals, in which audience members wander a streetscape while listening to a prepared podcast. But last October, one of his MP3 pieces led audiences members into the balcony for another theatre company’s show – which his podcast proceeded to mock and criticise during the performance.
Tag: 04.02.12
E-Book App For ‘Dumb Phones’ Makes Texts Available For Free In Third World
“US non-profit literacy agency Worldreader has beta-launched an app for non-smartphones in order to distribute free e-books into sub-Saharan Africa and other parts of the developing world.”
Damien Hirst’s Artworks Are Excellent Investments, Replies Damien Hirst
“It’s like, you say ‘sell your Hirst’. I say ‘don’t sell your Hirsts, hang on to them.’ If you look at the numbers … [art is] the greatest currency in the world.”
Freudian Slips Are Overrated
“But decades of research in psycholinguistics reveal that speech errors are rarely this incriminating. The vast majority of them come about simply because of the sheer mechanical complexity of the act of speaking. They’re less like Rorschach blot tests and more like mundane assembly-line mistakes that didn’t get caught by the mind’s inner quality control.”
Which U.S. City Had The Best April Fool’s Prank?
The contenders: Philadelphia, Boulder, Portland, and Austin.
Ballet Dancer, Temporarily Paralyzed After Assault, Is Dancing Again
“A teenage ballet dancer who feared he would never walk again after sustaining a serious neck injury in an alleged street attack is not only back on his feet but has resumed his training. Jack Widdowson, one of the youngest apprentices to be taken on by the Swiss company Bern:Ballett, spent a week in intensive care and six weeks in a spinal unit after the incident in Cardiff.”
Jewish Composer’s Magnum Opus, A Casualty Of Nazism, Revived At Last
“With the Nazis’ rise to power, composer Paul Ben Haim shelved his most important work, the oratorio Joram. This piece is now receiving its due in a special performance by the Israel Philharmonic.”
Miss Mark Rylance In Jerusalem? You Can Still Catch It (And A Bunch Of Other Great Performances)
“In fact there is a recording, shot for the National Video Archive of Performance (NVAP) during 2009, while the play was still at the Royal Court, and it’s available for anyone who wishes to view it. Home to over 200 recordings of performances from across the UK, NVAP is now in its 20th year and housed at the Victoria and Albert Museum.”
We Have Proof! Caffeine Really Does Make You Think More Clearly
The news comes from a study titled “Caffeine Enhances Real-World Language Processing: Evidence From a Proofreading Task.”
Publishers Say Amazon Is Muscling Them Over Prices
“Although publishers rarely criticize companies they do business with, some say they’re speaking out against Amazon partly because they’re offended by its tactics. They describe Amazon’s demands — made in email, with no personal-contact information provided — as overly aggressive and leaving almost no room for discussion.”