April 1, 2020

Dare to Dance in Public Film Festival: Six Foot Distance Dances

Most creatives are used to some degree of isolation… Painters, sculptors, composers, musicians, writers often work and/or practice alone. And most artists of all stripes are used to some degree of isolation and marginalization. But… this is unprecedented. And the dancers are getting restless. Major venues, festivals, and dance companies have cancelled their seasons. Gone are …

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72 Miles Chronicles the Cruelty of Immigration Laws

Note: This production’s run ended abruptly on March 12 due to Broadway and Off-Broadway’s theaters closing because of the coronavirus crisis. Roundabout Theater Company has announced they will be making the show available digitally to ticket holders. The theaters were originally supposed to re-open April 12, but that date appears unlikely now with national restrictions …

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With “Murder Most Foul,” Bob Dylan Laments the US’s Missed Potential

Bob Dylan’s model for his just-released 17-minute song “Murder Most Foul” may well be Ezra Pound’s Cantos, a sprawling text that drew liberally from and poeticized a myriad of literary and historical sources. Tonally the track is sparse and pensive, bringing to mind 1997’s Time Out of Mind, particularly Daniel Lanois’ production techniques. “Murder Most …

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How Virtual Technologies Are Changing the Art World

The world we live in is increasingly enhanced by technology. Digital fingerprints are all over almost everything we do; from shopping to our politics. Should it be any surprise, then, that we are exploring ways to utilize advanced gadgetry in artistic fields?  For artists today, virtual technologies are more than simply exciting new trends in …

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Not Just Objects

Solitude and singularity When in solitary confinement, courtesy of Covid-19, the experience of solitude is accompanied by moments of heightened awareness of one’s singularity, to be projected on certain objects, particularly those that, through associations, seem to reach for us. The feature image and the others in this post are not just of objects but, …

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