“London-based photo-digital artist Henry Reichhold is using Nokia 7600 and 7610 camera phones to create huge panoramic images of events and places. Using the phones to snap a series of images and then stitching them together with software, he’s produced stunning landscapes of London seen during both day and night.”
Tag: 07.07.04
Europe: Rethinking Work
With 35-hour work weeks and two months annual vacation, Europeans work much less than Americans. “From the 1970’s until recently, Europe followed a philosophy of less is more when it came to labor, with the result that Europeans work an average of 10 percent fewer hours a year than Americans.” But the realization is dawning that less work might not be working. “We have created a leisure society, while the Americans have created a work society. But our model does not work anymore. We are in the process of rethinking it.”
Reviving A Town Through The Arts
The town of North Adams Massachusetts was a dying town when MassMOCA moved in. Now the town is rebuilding as a center of creative industry and people are moving in…
Balanchine – Georgian On My Mind
A surprise great ending to New York City Ballet’s Balanchine celebration, when the Georgian State Ballet performs. “Yes, Balanchine was crazy about the Georgian dancers; but the real relevance of their appearance at the State Theatre, the real Balanchine connection, lay in the dancers’ fierce attack, their discipline, their obvious love of what they were doing—these guys and dolls were out there giving their all. After the anemic and despondent work that characterized so many of the season’s earlier performances, it was more than exhilarating, it was thrilling to see this much energy, this absolute command of technique, this uncynical, unironic dedication.”
An Actors Strike?
Will the actors union call a strike against American theatres? “The Production contract between Equity and the League of American Theatres and Producers expired last week, with tempers suddenly turning hostile at the last minute and both sides leaving the table.”
Concert Recordings On Demand
“The scourge of live bands, the illegal bootleg concert recording, will soon become a money spinner for the live music industry when a Sydney company offers patrons the opportunity to buy a CD of a show within five minutes of the finale.”
Industry: Aussie CD Copy Rules Change Will Be Bad
“Proposed changes to legislation allowing consumers to copy CDs for personal use, and to impose a levy on blank CDs for distribution to songwriters, would create an inefficient and unfair system, says the Australian Record Industry Association.”
Oakland Ballet Can Breathe Easier
“Oakland Ballet may never be entirely out of the financial woods, but at least the company has met its $500,000 ‘Keep Us Dancing’ goal to, well, keep the company dancing… The company, founded in 1965, will take the coming year off from performing in order to reorganize and prepare for the 40th anniversary season.”
Should San Francisco Be Looking Past MTT?
Michael Tilson Thomas is nearing his tenth season as music director of the San Francisco Symphony, and the partnership shows no signs of fatigue. Under MTT, as he’s known throughout the industry, the symphony has flourished musically and become the media darling of American orchestras. So what now? Joshua Kosman thinks its time to start looking for Tilson Thomas’s successor. Seriously.
SFMOMA Rethinks Definition of ‘Modern Art’
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) didn’t just reorganize its permanent collection this spring – it decided to ask some fundamental questions about what can truly be said to constitute ‘modern art’ in the 21st century. “The museum has decided to work more carefully with the permanent collection… ‘partly as a philosophical corrective, to wean the public and the museum from an unrealistic diet of blockbuster shows.'”