“Singapore-based photographer Qi Wei offers up this beautiful series of images showing ‘exploded flowers’ – flowers which have been carefully disassembled and then photographed in a way that honors their radial symmetry.”
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The Unexamined Wendy Wassserstein
“Wasserstein jealously guarded her own narrative, but now it has been taken out of her hands. She turns out to have been a more complex and nuanced character than any of her own creations, and a darker one, too.”
Matthew Bourne Announces First Winner Of His New Young Choreographer Award
“Matthew Bourne’s New Adventures company has announced that 22-year-old James Cousins has won the inaugural New Adventures Choreographer Award (NACA). … The judges, who were ‘bowled over by the standard’ of applications, also decided to create a runner-up prize which has been awarded to 19-year-old Tom Jackson Greaves.”
Not DJs, AJs (‘Aroma Jockeys’) – Nightclub Dancing For The Deaf
“A vibrating dance floor and ‘aroma jockeys’ spreading scents are set to bring a new kind of disco experience to London that can be enjoyed by deaf as well as hearing clubbers.”
More Britons Attend Theatre Than Sporting Events, Says Study
“More people in Great Britain attend theatre shows than sports events, according to a new analysis of cultural engagement across Europe. Sports attendance was higher than theatre-going in all … European countries surveyed except Great Britain, the Netherlands and Estonia.”
What’s Holding Back Chinese Literature? Lack Of Translations
“Although China is one of the largest publishers of books, magazines and newspapers in the world, Chinese authors still receive little recognition in literary circles outside of China, which some attribute to a lack of translations.”
Damn The Economy – A New Opera Company Launches
‘Last fall his supporters on the Virginia Opera board went public about what they characterized as a plot to force Peter Mark out of his job by mid-2012. Following a series of actions by his supporters, including a passionate curtain speech after a performance, Virginia Opera fired Mark on Nov. 18. Less than two months later, Mark announced his new company at a reception in Sandler Center.”
What Can Ants Do For Human Organization? Encourage Leaders.
Studies of ants inform everything from traffic planning to baggage control at Sky Harbor Airport. But all of the previous studies might be wrong.
No, Judgment’s Not Just A Matter Of Opinion – Especially With Book Prizes
“Often one senses in such pronouncements that rush to judgment – it’s crap! – so typical of immature reading, lazy and disrespectful – qualities frequently fostered by the instant response culture of the internet,” says Rick Gekoski. Booker Prize judges must do better than that.
Wait! Don’t Kill Off Publishers – Writers Need Them
“A novelist without a publisher is like a singer without a microphone – mouth going, arms waving, nothing coming out – frankly, an embarrassment to herself and everyone else,” says writer Jane Rogers.