“Where traditional queer publishing has been supported by the close-knit and active LGBTTQI community, it’s much harder for queer writers who self publish to reach out to this audience, and harder still to reach the public at large.”
Tag: 09.20.12
Making Theatre Into A ‘Social Enterprise’
Wayne Ingram of Tap the Table Theatre: “Most theatre companies are looking to create social change – they make work that reflects society and try to communicate messages they hope will make a difference. But for many theatre companies it’s all about putting on a show, and social change is often a by-product. What we do differently is make social change the sole driving force behind what we do.”
Making Software? Please Don’t Try To Build ‘Social’ In
“It is no longer enough for our students to read an article on a web or mobile platform, they must ‘add value’ to the experience by ‘connecting’ with fellow learners. Nobody can ever be alone with their educational content. They need presence awareness tools to let them know which of their fellow classmates are also online, looking at the exact same materials.”
Woman Who Famously Botched Picture Restoration Now Wants Royalties For It
According to the Spanish newspaper El Correro, the octogenarian amateur restorer has hired a lawyer and wants to copyright the image, which a BBC correspondent likened to “a crayon sketch of a very hairy monkey in an ill-fitting tunic.”
When Automation Takes Over (Do We Want It To?)
“As we think through the role that algorithms should play in our lives–and the various feats of automation that they enable–two questions are particularly important. First, is a given instance of automation feasible? Second, is it desirable? Computer scientists have been asking both questions for decades in the context of artificial intelligence.”
How I Learned To Love Immersive Theatre
Mark Lawson had his epiphany after seeing Robert Wilson’s Walking: “With the zeal of any convert, I now see that the power of this form is that the viewer is in control of the narrative … and that the story takes on ambiguities unlikely in a traditional venue.”
Painting Said To Be Lost J.M.W. Turner To Be Unveiled
“Experts will present evidence next week claiming to have uncovered a long-lost painting by JMW Turner, bought for £3,700 but now valued by one insurance firm at £20m. Jonathan Weal, 54, who works for an art investment fund, spotted the seascape eight years ago in an auction at a Kent golf club.”
Portraying The Making Of Art Onstage (It Ain’t Easy)
“For the most part, dramatized lives of the artists – on film as well as on stage – are flat-out embarrassing when our hero is shown in the Act of Creation. This usually involves some tortured-looking actor staring at a blank surface … eyes aflame and brow furrowed like a freshly plowed field.” But sometimes, writes Ben Brantley, folks get it right.
Salman Rushdie On The Saddest Thing About His Years In Hiding
“I lost my 40s, essentially. I was 41 when this started, and the 40s are supposed to be the prime of a man’s life. Instead my 40s were all this crap. I know friends of mine who were around me and helped me through this said to me, years later, in my mid-50s, that ‘you look younger now.’ If I look back at the pictures, I can see exactly what they mean.”
Orchestra Festival Spring For Music To Close In 2014
“Spring for Music, a noble endeavor to bring six North American orchestras chosen for their creative programs to Carnegie Hall during a weeklong festival, will end after two more outings. The organizers said on Thursday that the fourth festival, in May 2014, would be the last.”