No, you're not the only hearing person who turns on the closed captions in order to make out what's being said. It's a particular problem with movies originally made for theaters. Here's an explanation of why it happens and a few ways consumers can address it. - The New York Times
"(The troupe) is part of a second lawsuit challenging a Texas law that some argue would amount to a ban on public drag performances. The VORTEX Repertory Company joined seven other plaintiffs suing Texas and local leaders to block Senate Bill 12 from going into effect next month." - KXAN (Austin)
Called The Megiddo Mosaic, the 3rd-century work comes from the oldest surviving Christian place of worship, located near what's believed to be the site of Armageddon. Some scholars believe the mosaic shouldn't be moved at all yet, for the sake of research as well as the piece's safety. - AP
"Organizations have been presenting more concerts that integrate other disciplines, use multimedia elements and special lighting, feature music by living composers, touch on social issues and mix it up with other musical genres." - MSN (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Speed Outdoors, as it will be called, will feature landscaping by Reed Hilderbrand and, in its initial installation in 2025, artworks by (among others) Sol LeWitt, Zaha Hadid, Kulapat Yantrasast, and Mark Handforth. - The Architects' Newspaper
The two pieces, written during an 1863 rebellion by Belarusians and Poles against the Russian Empire, are by Vincent Dunin-Martsinkevich, whose books are taught in Belarusian schools, whose plays are still regularly produced, and who has several streets named after him. - BBC
Recent findings from the University of Montana and partners indicate that artificial intelligence can rival the creative abilities of the top 1% of human participants based on a standard test for creativity.
After years of burning through mountains of cash to fill their catalogs with original programming, the big SVOD services are now charging their subscribers more than ever because it’s increasingly difficult to draw in new customers — and because the mere perception of growth is no longer enough to keep their shareholders happy. - The Verge
Modeling the creative process as a sequence of operations involving distinct brain networks does not correspond to a popular conception of creativity, which is usually represented as a momentum that seizes, transports, and surpasses us. - SciTech Daily
Traditional TV isn’t just competing with Disney Plus and Max; it's competing with YouTube and TikTok, and other video providers that can rely on creators to churn out content faster and more cheaply. So Nielsen’s news of declining viewership isn’t a surprise as much as it was always a somewhat depressing inevitability. - The Verge
Under the four-year agreement, the more than five hundred workers, who in January 2022 unionized under the auspices of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), will receive raises of between 12.25 and 16.25 percent, with the lowest-paid workers seeing the greatest gains. - ArtForum
"As members of two dominant cultures in a world in which everyone's hyperconscious of identity, we have enough clout to be labeled part of the problem without that critique being racist or sexist. That itself is an indication of how far we've journeyed." - T — The New York Times Style Magazine
"The concentrated brevity of Kurtág's output means that his entire published works could be heard in approximately 10 hours. He has a reputation for being uncompromising and difficult, but musicians who follow him, disciple-like, rhapsodise about his versatility, as well as the challenges he sets them." - The Guardian
"The most important story about why Americans have become sad and alienated and rude, I believe, is also the simplest: We inhabit a society in which people are no longer trained in how to treat others with kindness and consideration." - The Atlantic
"In general we get in trouble if we don't do it. I've heard that even Alvin himself at some point asked if we could take Revelations out. But they told him what the box office numbers looked like with Revelations and without, and that was a sobering moment." - The Guardian
