In L.A., officials don’t think they have the right to clean graffiti off the city’s famous murals –Â and that’s just the tip of the confusion iceberg where visual arts copyright law is concerned. Why all the dithering?
Tag: 09.30.11
LA’s A Sprawling Puzzle. Guess What? That Was The Plan
“This is a significant and in some ways counterintuitive set of propositions about how Los Angeles grew. Instead of following the usual logic that the American suburb was created by people fleeing something – usually the overcrowded, overpriced, crime-ridden city – Hise argues that at least in Southern California suburban growth was driven by people drawn to something, primarily jobs.”
A Century Later, Germany Sends Skulls Home To Namibia
“Germany will face up to a bloody chapter of its colonial past Friday when it hands back 20 skulls spirited away after what many historians call the first genocide of the 20th century.”
Onstage Without A C(l)ue: The Dreaded Actor Nightmare
“Obviously no actor has ever reached opening night knowing none of his lines, but the absurdity of it all is no defense against the pain. In the dream ‘reality,’ the stark, paralyzing fact is that you are about to experience an agonizing humiliation. “
New Copyright Law For Canada? Fine, Except For A Little Lock Problem
“Many internet, copyright and legal experts say Canada has gone too far in appeasing the corporate interests that use the locks at the expense of consumers, who are entitled to use copyrighted content lawfully but prevented from doing so by the excessively restrictive digital lock amendments.”
Listen To London Shine In Silent Movies
London’s silent film history wasn’t just illuminated by a tinny piano and a pathetic old pianist. “Market forces were at work in cinema exhibition as in any other trade, and good music brought in the punters just as much as good films.”
Crystal Bridges Museum: Design May Overcome Stupid Name
Moshe Safdie’s newest building, nestled in the heart of the Ozark forest and funded by a WalMart scion, both nods to its location and aggressively reworks the forest itself.
A Rather Big Wind Instrument: The Subway Tunnel
“The damp, dingy tunnels below Waterloo station in London are hardly your typical concert hall. But last weekend, as part of the Mindful exhibition, artist Oliver Beer brought a choir down to create ethereal music by turning the space into a giant musical instrument. To make the space resound, the singers needed to tap into the natural resonant frequencies of the building.”
Pacific Standard Time Comes With A Price Tag, Paid Partly By The Getty
The Art Newspaper runs the numbers on the Getty’s grants for the massive, six-month-long celebration of visual arts in L.A.
Literary Detectives, Technology Mavens And More At Campus Libraries
Maria Shine Stewart: “I have asked plenty of questions – as have my students – and we never leave empty-headed or empty-handed. We may have our own search approach, complementary and valid. But in partnership with academic librarians, we make quicker progress than flying solo. And my library colleagues remind me to be fearless in my race? sprint? jog? with technology.”