Douglas McLennan
Doug is the editor of ArtsJournal
Are UK Arts Selling Out To Corporations?
In the UK, there are three potentially large funding pots for the arts: government, local authority and private. Anyone who has lived through the...
How To Make Writing Better Than ChatGPT
If we want to push the art of writing out of a computer’s reach, the questions posed in writing workshops should go past “How...
The Potential Of AI To Assist Artists
I am a composer who has used creative AI in my music and sound practice for almost two decades. My creative practice and research has focused...
How Folk Music Got Into The Mainstream
Knowing there was no way for him to compete with the established recording companies, Asch’s plan was to do what they wouldn’t: record what...
Pronouncement Culture: Whether Something Is “Good” Or “Bad” Sometimes Isn’t The Point
Just about everyone has been made to feel like shit because someone with “good taste” declared that something they love is bad. We’ve been...
Greek Island Declares Emergency Over Over-Tourism
For a broad range of Sifnians the island is rapidly approaching a state of crisis, as unregulated development and overtourism have kick-started a grim...
The Culture And Museums Lost In The Maui Fire
“We’ve lost four museums. If you’re into environmentalism, if you’re into surfing, if you’re into history, something was lost in all those ways.” - Artnet
Scientists: A Link Between Being Creative And Aesthetic Choices
Neuroscientists currently agree that the creative process has two parts: coming up with ideas and then assessing them to choose the good ones. Led...
How To Value A Song? The Music Business Is In A Confused State Right...
The discrepancy between the way digital download storefronts like iTunes and streaming platforms like Spotify value the worth of a song is going to...
Schools Reverse ChatGPT Bans, Wrestle With How To Use AI With Students
As schools reopen for fall, educators and district leaders are wrestling with complex questions posed by the A.I. tools: What should writing assignments look...
500 Scientists Spent €600 Million Over 10 Years On The Human Brain Project. How’d...
During its run, scientists have published thousands of papers and made significant strides in neuroscience, such as creating detailed 3D maps of at least...
Hollywood Studios Make Proposal To Striking Writers Public
By releasing the proposal, the companies are essentially going around the guild’s negotiating committee and appealing to rank-and-file members — betting that their proposal...
This Summer’s Movie Box Office Might Just Turn Out Okay
Thanks in large part to Barbenheimer, summer revenue now rests at $3.797 billion, a 16.6 percent spike over the same summer corridor in 2022....
How Hip-Hop Revitalized American Poetry
America is celebrating more than just a musical form. It’s celebrating the moment when rap gave America back its poetry. - The New York...
More And More AI-Written Books Are Getting On Amazon
Searches on Amazon — estimated to control at least half of all U.S. book sales, and an even bigger share of the growing e-book market —...
Describe What You Want: Think Text-To-Image AI Is Cool? Now There’s Text-To-Music
These tools are mainly targeting creators, who can use copyright-free music in their videos or podcasts. The developers are also hoping that musicians notice...
EU Gigs For UK Musicians Have Dried Up Since Brexit
“Work has come to a halt … The offer of European gigs simply dried up … My band simply can’t make any kind of...
Stephen King On Teaching Computers To Write
"Creativity can’t happen without sentience, and there are now arguments that some AIs are indeed sentient. If that is true now or in the...
A Masterclass In Biography-Writing: How Patti Hartigan Got To Know August Wilson
The blood’s memory really coursed through August. You also have to remember that the man read everything ever written—he was an autodidact. But he...
Pre-Inca People Built Floors Like Drums On Which Dancers Stomped Beats
Different layers of soil, ash and guano created a floor that absorbed shocks while emitting resonant sounds when people stomped on it. This ceremonial...
British Museum Knew Of Thefts From Its Collection As Early As 2021
According to the PA news agency, the missing items are believed to have been taken over a "significant" period of time. Some of them...
How AI Can Help Make Books
"For me, generative AI has been instrumental in tasks that previously demanded hours of effort. It’s helped me create engaging and targeted marketing copy...
Is The Revolutionary New Spatial Audio Really That New In Classical Music?
Even before the comparatively meek technology of two-channel stereo sound was standard in every home, Karlheinz Stockhausen and others were using more complex mixes...
How AI Can Be Used To Design Public Art In Public Spaces
Creating interactions in public space turns the urban space into a playful and social venue that could attract residents of all ages. However, there...
Ancient Maps – As Much For Conceiving Of The World As For Finding Your...
"Fra Mauro’s map organized state-of-the-art knowledge about the world beyond Murano, but it was also art for the state. Venice was a mercantile superpower....
