February 2012
4 posts
Washington Post Columnist: No More Ethnic Museums →
Here we go. Steven Pearlstein of the Washington Post praised Rep. Jim Moran’s “bravery” in decrying the ethnic “balkanization” of museums on the National Mall. Instead of Latino museum, next up should be museum dedicated to American industry and innovation. Hmmmm
EVERYTHING IS A REMIX →
One of my colleagues at the foundation shared this. My IF-arts panelists have had nearly identical conversations about this topic of Intellectual property and copyright. How can you own a copyright for something when nothing is new under the sun?
Art Talk with Kara Walker →
llapen:
“What it means is always having to navigate the limits contained in these titles. Even to escape their impact, an artist must pass through this channel. Expectations on the performance of race and gender are simultaneously high and low, depending on who is looking or asking. I prefer to keep all the options in the air, to try and better understand the conundrum that inequality...
Confessions of a Recording Studio →
This was an audio accompaniment to a wonderful article in the New Yorker in which the classical pianist Jeremy Denk writes about the challenges of recording in the studio. On a more conceptual level, the piece was about how to master the art recording, which is more in the editing of the art, as compared to live performance, in which the editing happens in the moment.
I am a non-musician who has...