“To take an academic look at music marketing, the traditional ‘sale’ was usually somewhere near the end of a customer experience journey: awareness, discovery, interest, interaction, purchase, use, cultivation, and advocacy. Now we have a situation where the ‘play’ is conceivably part of every step. So thinking holistically, if we view ‘experience’ as the product of a record label now, we need a way to measure it effectively, and that’s why it feels like there is a data ‘arms race’ going on at the moment.”
The Term “Modernism” Gets Thrown Around A Lot. But What Does It Actually Mean
“What remains unresolved — at once exciting and haunting — is a central paradox in the field. Scan the program of any recent conference of the Modernist Studies Association, the titles of articles published in Modernism/modernity, or the monographs published in the field (at least a half-dozen presses have initiated series in modernist studies in the past decade, with more coming), and one will similarly find “modernism” endlessly modified by prefixes.”
The Pyro-American: New Yorker Art Critic Peter Schjeldahl Tells Tales Of His Legendary Homemade Fourth Of July Fireworks Show
“It was a ragged little affair, taking place at first dark, after an afternoon of beer and hot dogs and participatory firecrackers and bottle rockets, ending with a bonfire of cleared brush. People liked it. I resolved to top it the next year, and that became a rule: ever bigger, ever better. (The final show, in 2015, was colossal. Ask anybody.)”
Samurai Spirit: The Exit Interview Of Signature Theater’s Founding Artistic Director
“On his last day as the leader of Signature, [James] Houghton – his voice raspy from recent chemotherapy but still suffused with passion – sat down to reflect on the origins and evolution of his theater. These are edited excerpts from the conversation.”
Film Links Dance To Architecture
“Humans interact with space; shapes define space; humans then interact differently with the space after new objects have entered the picture. In the case of the dancer in the video, her movements are tracked by a machine that then bends an industrial CNC pipe to mimic her. The objects are then placed around the room, thereby affecting her future choreography.”
Joshua Kosman Assesses David Gockley’s Ten Years Running San Francisco Opera
“Gockley has stayed true to that maxim throughout his career, making sure never to let one aspect of the art form outshine another. But at the same time, Gockley’s omnivorous stance, along with the compromises it entails, has made it that much trickier for him to stake a claim to overarching excellence in any single arena.”
Consultant Reports On What’s Ailing The Philadelphia Orchestra
Michael Kaiser “conducted more than 100 interviews with orchestra staff, board, donors, musicians, and interested others, and offers observations and advice on a shrinking audience and a funding base that has not kept pace with expenses. Kaiser’s report also paints a picture of an organization that is not very good at communication – with donors, musicians, the community, or the media. Among other ideas, the report suggests an annual town-hall meeting on the state of the orchestra.”
Caroline Aherne Represented The Working Class On British Comedy TV
“Aherne created some of British comedy’s best-loved characters: lazy daughter Denise in The Royle Family, acerbic chat show host Mrs Merton – which first aired on BBC2 in 1995 – and memorable Fast Show characters such as the Checkout Girl and Poula Fisch, a TV weather girl in an unnamed country where the sun was always ‘scorchio!'”
What Gay Men Can Learn From Jane Austen, According To A Politician
“I look at so many young gays, and I think: You know what? Just because you can doesn’t mean you should. Before you rush into anything, read Jane Austen. A good man is really hard to find, you know?”
Is ‘Hamilton’ Latino Theatre?
“Yes, it’s conceived and written by Miranda, with Music Director Alex Lacamoire who is Cuban, but the music is mostly rap and a mixture of Broadway shows tunes and other styles. Some argue the music is influenced by Latina/o rhythms. The immigrant theme is salient, but not specifically Latina/o. Does it really matter?”
Rise Of The Cyborgs, Or The People Who Have Cameras Permanently Implanted In Their Heads That Allow Them To Hear Colors As Sounds
“In more recent years she has been fitted with a chip implant in her elbow that wirelessly attaches to seismographs around the world, vibrating with varied intensity based on Richter scale readings. From such movements she choreographs dance concerts she calls Waiting for Earthquakes.”
Art Galleries Pop Up In Living Rooms (And Vice Versa) As Rents Soar
“Call it a response to an art world in which dealer representation is increasingly hard to come by; exhibitions are costly; and formerly affordable areas like Bushwick have priced out artists, forcing them to seek out scrappier locations in which to show their work.”
A (Fictional) Guide To Fix Existential Angst
“There are no rules and nobody knows really what’s going on. Everybody’s guess is as good as everybody else’s. It’s beautiful and agonising and terrifying – but it’s real.”
Why The Terrible Book Covers Of Elena Ferrante’s Books Work So Brilliantly
“The complaints are so numerous that Ferrante’s publisher even expressed concern to Slate that ‘many people didn’t understand the game we we’re playing, that of, let’s say, dressing an extremely refined story with a touch of vulgarity.'”
The Fine Artist Whose Work (Surprise!) Inspired Kanye’s New Video
“It was very cryptic, and quite mysterious. I received a phone call and I was told that Kanye was an enormous fan of my work, and he would like to meet me.”
Top Posts From AJBlogs For 07.03.16
Enter The Men
Ten Hairy Legs presents work by four choreographers at New York Live Arts. Doug Varone’s mark for 10 Hairy Legs. (L to R): Derek Crescenti, Tony Bordonaro, Alex Biegelson, and William Tomaskovic. Photo: Rachel Neville … read more
AJBlog: DancebeatPublished 2016-07-03
How an Operatic Sow’s Ear Becomes a Silk Purse at Wormsley
Toby Spence photo credit: Clive Barda Director Tim Albery and conductor Tobias Ringborg’s production of Mozart’sIdomeneo for Garsington Opera at Wormsley transforms this operatic sow’s ear into a silk purse. By tightening up the … read more
AJBlog: Plain EnglishPublished 2016-07-02
The Bereishit Dance Company from South Korea performs at the Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival. Jae-wu Jung (L) and Cheol-in Jeong in Soon-ho Park’sBow. Photo: Christopher Duggan I have long been an admirer of Korean … read more
AJBlog: DancebeatPublished 2016-07-02
AJBlog: DancebeatPublished 2016-07-02
Propwatch: the egg in The Deep Blue Sea
You can’t look glamorous when eating a fried egg. Or tragic, or sombre, or noble. Can’t be done. As Hester, the anguished heroine of Rattigan’s The Deep Blue Sea, Helen McCrory is all of … read more
AJBlog: Performance MonkeyPublished 2016-07-02
You can’t look glamorous when eating a fried egg. Or tragic, or sombre, or noble. Can’t be done. As Hester, the anguished heroine of Rattigan’s The Deep Blue Sea, Helen McCrory is all of … read more
AJBlog: Performance MonkeyPublished 2016-07-02
Clare Fischer’s “America The Beautiful”
Whatever your Fourth Of July weekend plans, the understated perfection in the late Clare Fischer’s arrangement of “America Beautiful” will help you to a calm beginning of what can be a raucous, joyous holiday. It’s … read more
AJBlog: RiffTidesPublished 2016-07-01
Whatever your Fourth Of July weekend plans, the understated perfection in the late Clare Fischer’s arrangement of “America Beautiful” will help you to a calm beginning of what can be a raucous, joyous holiday. It’s … read more
AJBlog: RiffTidesPublished 2016-07-01
82 Portraits, One Still-Life, and a Few Nice Loans – Is This the Future of Exhibitions?
“LORD JACOB ROTHSCHILD, 5-6 FEBRUARY” 2014ACRYLIC ON CANVAS48 X 36″© DAVID HOCKNEYPHOTO CREDIT: RICHARD SCHMIDT David Hockney“John Baldessari, 13-16 December” 2013Acrylic on canvas48 x 36″© David HockneyPhoto Credit: Richard Schmidt Two thought-provoking exhibitions have … read more
“LORD JACOB ROTHSCHILD, 5-6 FEBRUARY” 2014ACRYLIC ON CANVAS48 X 36″© DAVID HOCKNEYPHOTO CREDIT: RICHARD SCHMIDT David Hockney“John Baldessari, 13-16 December” 2013Acrylic on canvas48 x 36″© David HockneyPhoto Credit: Richard Schmidt Two thought-provoking exhibitions have … read more
AJBlog: Plain EnglishPublished 2016-07-01
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Richard Avedon Paid His Printer With Prints… And That Is A Problem
The prints were Mr. Hofmann’s reward for his labor, he said, explaining that he struck a deal with Avedon in the fall of 1984: instead of money, he would be paid with a signed print of everything he produced for the project. “Dick had no conception of what people lived on, and asking him for money was difficult,” he explained. “Being paid in prints seemed the path of least resistance.” But there is a snag. None of Mr. Hofmann’s prints from the series is signed.
Meryl Streep, Garry Trudeau, Taylor Mac, Diane Lane, And Andrei Serban Remember Elizabeth Swados
“For Elizabeth Swados, being nominated for four Tony Awards in one year while still in her 20s – for Runaways, in 1978 – led to success in an unexpected direction. Or, rather, in several unexpected directions.”
New York Times Classical Music Editor Says Lincoln Center Should Combine All Its Summer Festivals Because He Can’t Tell Them Apart
Zachary Woolfe: “Even critics paid to know the ins and outs of all the presentations find themselves confused at what belongs in what container – and how, exactly, audiences are served by the clutter of brands. … I propose that all of these be rolled into a single entity called, say, Lincoln Center Summer.”