The theremin might be the world’s oddest musical instrument, generating spooky sounds from an electromagnetic field into which the performer inserts him/herself. “Whatever you do in that field with your body affects the sound, so in order to be precise you must try to move just, say, your hand, nothing else. Even the swelling of your chest as you breathe can make the notes glide up and down.”
Tag: 05.23.08
Boston Paper Signs Well-Traveled Art Critic
“Sebastian Smee, formerly the national art critic at The Australian, will be the [Boston] Globe’s visual-arts critic, beginning Tuesday. Smee, 35, served as The Australian’s critic, based in Sydney, from 2004 until last month. Before that he worked in London, where he was art critic at the Daily Telegraph.”