Tag: 05.10.21
Fear Of Deepfakes May Be Causing More Problems Than Deepfakes Themselves Are
Simon V.Z. Wood: "Searching for evidence that bad actors were weaponizing artificial intelligence for political gain, what I found instead was an emerging field...
Archaeologists Object To Plans For New Floor For The Colosseum
Experts including Rossella Rea, the former director of the Colosseum, have raised concerns about the project’s €15m ($18.2) price tag, and claimed that the...
The Sounds Of Japan’s Ancient Music, Recorded More Than A Century Ago
"Let's set the scene. It's February 28, 1903, and 12 musicians from the Imperial Household Orchestra are seated in front of a gramophone horn...
Dance With Prosthetic Limbs Is Getting More And More Creative
"Consider Belgian hip-hop artist Angelina Bruno. A star of the European dance circuit whose right arm was amputated at the forearm as a teenager,...
I Have A Prosthetic Leg. Dancing Has Transformed My Relationship With It.
Mickaella Dantas: "It took me a while to consider working with my prosthesis, since it has a limited range of flexibility. I struggled with...
Powell’s Books Union Protests Store’s Rehiring Practices
Under dispute is whether or not Powell's is obliged to honor employees' prior seniority, salaries, and benefits. The union says that the store, in...
New Research: Angkor Wat Population Was Greater Than Modern Boston
Researchers have determined the city’s population at its zenith in the 13th century, and the number is impressive: some 700,000 to 900,000 people likely...
World Dance? Seriously?
Typically, it's an intermediary—a manager, a producer, a critic—who labels something as "world dance." The term denotes exoticness, authenticity—and it sells. It's also problematic...
The Point Of The Point Magazine
"As we see it, one of the goals of the magazine is to help our readers remain open to the possibility that facets of...
How To Grapple With An Artist’s Legacy When You’re Responsible For It?
As I’ve tried to make decisions about those areas of influence, I’ve found that I have to fight the “what would Michael have done”...
A Musical About COVID, Titled ‘Breathe’
"Before we get to the logistics of writing, staging and filming a musical" — one with five songwriting teams, four directors plus a supervisor,...
Berlin Film Festival Will Get A Live Version This Year After All — Outdoors
"The Berlin Film Festival, which took place online earlier this year, will show most of the movies that were part of the competition at...
Andrew Lloyd Webber Restores/Updates London’s Oldest Theatre, Built in 1663
In 2000, Lloyd Webber purchased the building, which he calls “objectively marvellous.” For the past two years, with Stephen Thurley’s help, he has been...
‘Irreparable Damage’ — Scholars Protest Newark Museum’s Plan To Deaccession Artworks
"When the Newark Museum of Art announced a plan to sell 17 objects in March, it provided few details as to which artworks might...
More Trouble For Golden Globes As NBC Drops Broadcast
"NBC will not air the Golden Globes in 2022, the network said in a statement on Monday morning. This means the Hollywood Foreign Press...
Architect Helmut Jahn, 81, Killed In Bicycle-Car Collision
He's best-known for a series of major buildings in Chicago, including the Thompson Center, the Xerox Center (now 55 West Monroe), the addition to...
Performance Venues And Museums In UK May Reopen Next Monday (Though Many Will Not)
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced the lifting of a series of pandemic-related restrictions as of May 17; the new measures include the reopening...
The Science Behind Your Ums… and Ahs…
Indeed, these verbal hesitations have been viewed as undesirable since the days of ancient Greece and, more recently, the American linguist Noam Chomsky characterised...
Spotify’s Imposter Problem
That new album by your fave, the one you haven't heard hyped on social media or in music magazines? It's probably by a deliberate...
La Scala Is Opening Again
With a 500-person limit, a record high in private funding, new digital streaming infrastructure, and a mandate to be more ecologically conscious, the Milan...