“There have been rumours about the London firm making a move into Manhattan over the past two years, but the organisers struggled with the logistical issue of finding a big, and convenient, enough location. Randall’s Island, which is situated on the East river, is “good because you can drive. It’s basically ten minutes from the Upper East Side.”
Tag: 05.18.11
Grand Delusion: So Much Of What We Remember Is Wrong
“The collection of snapshots known as ‘autobiographical memory’ is not a true and accurate record of your past – it is more like a jumble of old diary entries, photographs and newspaper clippings. … In other words, one of the most important components of your self-identity – your autobiographical memory – is little more than an illusion.”
Can Bankruptcy Solve Philadelphia Orchestra’s Problems? Yes, Says Board Chairman
Richard B. Worley: “We have a plan to revive the orchestra, but we need relief from contractual entanglements that threaten our existence. … And as much as we regretted this decision, running out of money and going dark was a poor alternative.”
Can Bankruptcy Solve Philadelphia Orchestra’s Problems? No, Says Musicians’ Leader
John Koen: “The orchestra is not insolvent – its assets well exceed its liabilities, as even the board has admitted in court filings … We believe the management chose bankruptcy to escape provisions of our contract that it doesn’t like, and that it did so heedless of the cost to the orchestra’s reputation.”
Is It Time For Theatre To Leave The Term ‘Avant-Garde’ Behind?
Alexis Soloski: “Once upon a time, the ‘avant garde’ didn’t refer to art at all. It denoted the horse cavalry, the riders and their mounts who led the charge into battle. … Still, even though the term avant garde has been outmoded for nearly a century, it’s precisely how many critics and academics – myself included – persist in thinking about the theatre.”
Hollywood Increasingly Driven By International Audience
“With international moviegoers now accounting for up to two-thirds of a blockbuster’s total receipts, movies are more than ever being crafted with overseas audiences in mind — from story to casting to setting. Some animated films even substitute vocal talent, characters and jokes country by country.”
Did UK Cultural Sector Damage Itself With Funding Protests?
“We, the arts, have done ourselves quite a lot of damage because our lobbying against it [cuts] has been over-hysterical and over-extreme. For the first time in my life, I am finding reasonable, sensible people – like Treasury civil servants, journalists whose politics would be left of centre – beginning to question the need for public subsidy.”
Man Booker Prize Judge Quits Over Decision To Award Philip Roth
Dismissing the Pulitzer prize-winning author, Carmen Callil said that “he goes on and on and on about the same subject in almost every single book. It’s as though he’s sitting on your face and you can’t breathe”.
Museums And The Law, The Issues
“Tight museum finances, the recession and the threat that some policymakers may seek to squeeze a sector they see as elitist and wasteful, set the tone for the annual conference held last month on legal problems in museum administration.”
Sofia Gubaidulina At 79
Gubaidulina’s substantial oeuvre — well over a hundred pieces to date — cannot be summed up succinctly, but her music has earned a reputation for earnestness since she first achieved international recognition in the 1980s.