This past January, the regularly scheduled fair – the Arab world’s largest – was cancelled as the revolution got under way. But a Cairo publisher organized a new fair earlier this month in Tahrir Square. “Now we can say whatever we want,” said one publisher, “we can publish whatever we want.”
Tag: 04.06.11
Beijing Choreographer On Modern Dance In China
Willy Tsao of BeijingDance | LDTX: “In China, one of the misconceptions is that dance is beautiful – it’s about a beautiful body, a beautiful appearance. We want to see something pretty. But dance is for expression, it’s not just something sugary. It can be sour, it can be healing too. We have the freedom to present different aspects.”
The Strange, Fevered Power of Arthur Rimbaud
“[It] is very difficult to sympathize with or even understand Rimbaud as a human being. I suspect it is impossible. His poetry will not be understood either. It isn’t written for understanding.”
Workers Rush To Save Afghanistan Artifacts Before Strip Mine Destroys Them
“The site, a former training camp of Osama bin Laden, has been leased to a Chinese mining company for copper production. Only what can be excavated and removed to safety will be saved.”
Poet Billy Collins: Radio Has Built Audience For My Poetry
Collins has sold more than one million books of poetry. He says radio has been instrumental in building his audience. “Radio is such a perfect medium for the transmission of poetry, primarily because there just is the voice, there’s no visual distraction,” he says. But there’s also the appeal of the unexpected — it’s unusual to hear poetry on the radio.
NY Gallery Director Convicted Of Fraud
“Leigh Morse, the former director of Salander-O’Reilly Galleries and once an art dealer for actor Robert De Niro, was convicted in a scheme that prosecutors said defrauded the estates of artists including painter Stuart Davis.”
New TV Network Aimed At African Americans
“Atlanta-based Bounce TV will be an over-the-air channel supported by sponsors, showing programs for blacks ages 25 to 54. It is designed to be carried on the digital signals of local television stations, and it doesn’t necessarily want to compete with existing cable networks like BET, TV One or Centric, said Ryan Glover, a former Turner Broadcasting executive and member of the Bounce leadership team.”
LACMA Overhauls Its Troubled, Beloved Film Program
“The Los Angeles County Museum of Art, which nearly did away with its 41-year-old film program two years ago before a public outcry reversed the decision, announced Wednesday morning that it had entered into partnership with Film Independent to create a new film series.”
Grammy Awards Cut 31 Categories
“Responding to longstanding criticism in the music industry that too many categories were diluting the Grammys’ impact, the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences said on Wednesday it was reducing the number of prizes to 78, from 109, and instituting several procedural reforms.”
Virtual Choir 2011: 2,050 Singers From More Than 50 Countries, Assembled Via YouTube
“The project, overseen by [composer] Whitacre, invited choral singers from around the world to submit a video of themselves singing either the soprano, alto, tenor or bass part of Whitacre’s Sleep. The audio was mixed into one track, so all four parts sounded at once as they would in a live concert.” (Last year’s Virtual Choir, the first, involved 185 singers.)