Gideon Obarzanek’s Connected, created for his company, Chunky Move, “is a dance piece about art itself – viewed from shifting perspectives … Operated with strings attached to [the dancers’] bodies, [Reuben Margolin’s] undulating sculpture moves in sync with the dancers.”
Tag: 05.09.11
The Story Arc Of Osama Bin Laden (And How It Affected Policy)
Kurt Andersen: “Minimizing civilian casualties and harvesting intelligence aside, [President Obama] knew that a commando raid, if it worked, would make for a far, far better last chapter. The stories we tell and retell – fictional, nonfictional, hybrids of the two – really do inform important choices we make. They matter.”
Assessing James Cuno’s Chicago Art Institute Years
“Cuno’s departure after seven years leaves a void at one of the country’s premier art institutions — a position that many expected Cuno to keep for life. It’s a shift in power that seems to have taken everyone in the industry by surprise, including Metropolitan Museum of Art director Thomas P. Campbell.”
Oprah Headed Toward Broadway Debut
“‘I have a stack of plays in my bag right now that I am reading,’ Winfrey said with great enthusiasm and determination last week … ‘And just this past weekend, I was in New York meeting with producers. We were just talking about what would be the best route to take. But yes, this is really going to happen. … Life is too short’.”
Scotland’s Dance Companies Reeling From Funding Cuts
“Dance companies across the country are losing income and staff, getting smaller audiences and seeing donations fall sharply. The problems are combining to endanger their futures.”
The Arguments Against Government Arts Subsidies
“But in a time of economic stringency, it is too much to expect a state that must provide hospital beds, school places, police and soldiers to pay for dance ensembles, theatre groups and ‘community projects’,” write Simon Heffer. What’s more, he says, “[too] many second-rate ‘artists’ – be they screenwriters, directors, choreographers, ‘installation artists’ or composers – were enabled to make a living purely because the state chose to subsidise their profoundly second-rate outpourings.”
Could One Use People To Fill Role Of Computers?
“The thinking goes something like this: Outsourcing platforms like Mechanical Turk have made it easy to tap into an online workforce. These platforms have interfaces that allow computers to post jobs and collect the results. So why not write software that uses online workers to perform specific tasks?”
Philadelphia Orchestra Puts Ticket Money In Escrow
“I can’t think of any scenario where we are not going to have a season. At the same time, we want to be very careful with our subscribers’ money. People know they can subscribe now and they are going to get their money back should something happen.”
NEA Makes Video Games Eligible For Funding
“They’ve just announced that a revision to their submissions categories that allows for video game content to apply for grant money, with what was once The Arts on Radio and Television category now becoming The Arts in Media.”
James Cuno Named Getty President
“Cuno, 60, has led the Chicago Art Institute through its most ambitious expansion in its 130-year history. He will take over the vast Getty Trust, which consists not just of the museum — its most public face — but a grant-making foundation, a conservation institute and a scholarly institute.”