That problem takes two forms: first, the lack of public trust in humanities scholars’ processes of inquiry and expert conclusions. Simply put, the public doesn’t seem to trust that we are engaging in real, methodical scholarly inquiry. - Washington Post
The composer, who has accrued reputational capital on the open market, exchanges some of it for an ever-dwindling share of institutional security. The institution in exchange acquires not so much her music or her services as a teacher—though these come in the bargain—as a stake in her brand. - The Baffler
Virtually all modern computers are modelled on Alan Turing’s idea. However, he originally conceived these machines merely because he saw that a human engaged in the process of computing could be compared to one, in a way that was useful for mathematics. - Aeon
The accepted definition of “choreographer” is the person who composes the physical steps—not necessarily completely on their own, but the majority of the movement creation stems from that individual. So when the process is more of an exchange, other terms could help. - Dance Magazine
"From automated audiobooks to digital avatars, AI systems are now replacing skilled professional performers" the union says. It warns of "dystopian" consequences unless copyright law adapts. Equity highlights a number of different ways actors' voices and likenesses may be used. - BBC
Okay, you may well know about J. Paul Getty, and if you're an ArtsJournal regular you probably recognize Eli Broad. Writer Patt Morrison introduces us to them and to Percy Marmont, Sid Grauman, Collis P. Huntington, Jack Skirball, Charles Lummis, Armand Hammer (Armie's great-grandfather), and others. - Yahoo! (Los Angeles Times)
Sound restoration engineer Nicholas Bergh spent two decades designing the revolutionary new machine, known as the Endpoint Audio Labs cylinder playback machine. - Atlas Obscura
"A group of ancient Roman mosaics dating from the second century CE were hidden under the city streets of Stari Grad, on the idyllic Hvar Island in Croatia. Archaeologists discovered the stunning mosaic floors in February, before the city began construction on sewage and water pipes." - Hyperallergic
She had a gift for unusual metaphors that made her teachings stick. In the bedroom of her 17th-floor apartment in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan, where she gave lessons almost every day deep into her 80s, she would ask her students to build theaters inside their heads. - The New York Times
With Bookstagrammers and BookTokers nearly equal in influence, and with its carefully maintained approach of relative objectivity, "the Book Review may have the luxury of being the only game in town, but that doesn't spare it the responsibility of making sure people show up to play." - The Nation
Because the museum refused to voluntarily recognize UPAT Local 116, the SAM Visitor Service Officers have decided to go independent — this time including only the security department to avoid legal headaches. The union would include up to 60 museum guards and VSO workers. - Hyperallergic
Premiered by the Rome Opera in 2019 and soon to open at the Barbican in London, Waiting for the Sibyl is a 40-minute chamber opera with a scenario (you couldn't really call it a libretto) by Kentridge and music by composers Nhlanhla Mahlangu and Kyle Shepherd. - The New York Times
Reports of the removal of the works fueled speculation that M+, a multibillion-dollar project billed as a cultural bridge between China and the West, would fall short of its global ambitions. - ARTnews
"Haneen Hossam, a social media influencer, was arrested in 2020. ... Prosecutors had accused her of promoting human trafficking by allegedly exploiting minor girls to gain material benefits with dance videos. It wasn't clear how the videos were related to human trafficking." - AP
"CNN+ was reportedly drawing only 10,000 active users. Blog posts do better numbers than that. This one probably will. ... People were calling it 'CNN minus,' since it couldn't even stream the network's live coverage due to agreements with cable carriers." - New York Magazine
