April 2009
32 posts
WatchFantastic!
It’s exciting to imagine the future possibilities of technologies - and their ability to impact the dispersal of crisis information (as well as non-crisis info too!)
“There are a lot of opera houses all over the world with big decisions about...”
– Royal opera recruits Domingo to ride out recession - Boston.com
BLDGBLOG: Atmospheric Intoxication →
G&Ts misted for your breathing pleasure?
I will say that this installation was inspired by the curator’s own experience in Antony Gormley’s amazing installation @ the Heyward Gallery, “Blind Light” - which was probably one of the most fascinating art moments of my life so far.
“We need to restore it to protect it for future generations,” Noir said....”
– Berlin Wall given a facelift as freedom painters return | World news | The Observer
Artists vs. Blight - WSJ.com →
Really fascinating article about artists as part of the salvation for foreclosed properties/emptying cities.
Could Cleveland become the next Berlin? I’m skeptical but hopeful.
The possibility of the renaissance of smaller American cities is truly exciting. An important issue that must be addressed is the ease of domestic travel from these cities - Berlin is train accessible to many arts...
“THE Prince of Wales has been criticised by some of the world’s leading...”
– Would love to read the letter - but alas, cannot find it online.
Anyone have a link?
In addition, I have no problem with Prince Charles advocating for neo-Classical design, but it sounds as if he’s acting as a one-person urban planning board for London.
Interestingly, at least two of the...
This Land - At an Age for Music and Dreams, Real... →
MUST READ.
Apartamento – an everyday life interiors magazine →
Just pre-ordered issue three!
Wish I could make their exhibition in Milan next week! If you’re going to be there for Salone - check it out - details on their website.
In addition, this is one of the best magazines out there these days. If you haven’t seen a copy yet - do yourself a favor and grab both of the issues published so far.
Amazing writing/content, beautiful photography,...
Museums and the Web 2009 Speakers List →
I want to read practically every paper being presented @ this year’s Museum and the Web Conference.
Highlight:
New Technology Brings New Life to Art History: The Piero Project Story
Wish I were attending too!
Watch<3
via Discobelle
Pianist Gould foresaw tech role in music - Los... →
Incredible article in the LAT today about a pianist who I wasn’t familiar with until 2:23 EST.
Glenn Gould, a Canadian pianist, stopped performing in 1964 in public - but he continued to release recordings until his death in the 80s.
He predicted the demise of the public recital in favor of a more personal interaction between musician and listener…. technology would allow the...
Passer un peu plus de temps les pieds dans le...
stunts:
KERI HILSON “Slow Dance” remix feat. CUIZINIER http://www.zshare.net/audio/584484066acf8c36/
AMAZING remix of Keri Hilson’s “Slow Dance” with Cuizi!!!!!
The Sultan of Suave, Fred Astaire (WSJ.com) →
I was raised on a strict diet of Fred Astaire movies along with the Disney movies from age ?? - 10. We had every Astaire movie on VHS and my sisters and I would watch them endlessly and at every opportunity.
I always loved “Puttin On the Ritz” and I think between the three of us, we could probably give you lines from every movie.
There are currently two new Astaire biographies...
WatchYup, I think this is super cute.
via Phoenix Diary
WatchI’ve been lucky enough to be a producer on this film since 2007 - and now “Speaking in Code” is having its premiere at the International Film Festival of Boston on Thursday, April 23.
Click here to buy tickets.
Hope to see you there!
Proms 2009 Schedule Unveiled (Times UK) →
I’ll be listening by streaming Radio 3 online.
100 concerts this year - phenomenal!
“The Juilliard School’s music-training program for poor minority schoolchildren —...”
– These are the sorts of stories that really make our economic downturn as a nation hit home for me.
Although national funding for the arts isn’t enough of a priority, there have been a good deal of programs run through institutions such as Julliard and some of the larger orchestras in the US.
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Max Richter “The Nature of Daylight”...
Learning from the slums (2/2): the rediscovery |... →
This is a really interesting article on Arch Daily today by Marco Castroni on what we can learn from slums (and yet another reminder on why I should re-read “Life and Death of Great American Cities” by Jane Jacobs).
Castroni highlights a few models of slums from throughout the world and describes briefly what we, as thinkers and learners, should take away from the efficiency of...
RULES OF STYLE: RICK OWENS (Details) →
I love lists.
I am loving getting to know more about Rick Owens.
Rick Owens makes a list …. therefore I love it. (insert some sort of Logic equation here….. syllogism perhaps?) NOTE: I didn’t take Logic in college, just a philosophy class here and there. Don’t judge me too harshly.
Stevie Nicks "Wild Heart" (early version) video
LOVE.
THIS.
via Josh Diaz
