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Volume I, Issue 7 Arts4All
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From the Editor: It's a Political World, After All
Welcome to the November issue of the Arts4All Newsletter, our Politics Issue. To get ready, taking the same advice as every modern candidate for elected office, we went in for a makeover to spruce up our looks. We are now courting your votes, so please be gentle. Tell us you love the new look, find it easier to use, and can't wait to tell all your friends. (See below, for another special voting opportunity.) What do the articles in this issue have to do with politics?, you may ask. Simple: Works by a sculptor wrestling with the meaning and symbolism of time-honored figures from myth and religion are pretty much destined to be perceived through the social and political filters of their community. OK, maybe it's not so simple. How about this one: All those new movies Therese Schwartz wrote about are notably apolitical. But on closer inspection, her reviews are riddled with examples of the filmmakers' social and political commentary. Besides, isn't there an expression that goes - not to be political is to be political? Well, there should be. And after Mike Nicolella looks at the Balkans, he sweeps through some sites closer to home, comparing and contrasting, and finds one that wants the entire world to unite under the United States Constitution. Maybe this all boils down to "all politics is local." No, that's not it - "All politics is global." Or "the personal is the political." Or, no, wait... Next month look for our special Odometer Issue: what we measure, how we measure, and some creative work, events and ideas from the past year, decade, century, millennium, era, age, that might be worth measuring. Special opportunity to all our readers - send in your votes for shows, performances, books, poems, paintings, songs, symphonies, films, etc. that deserve recognition, and how you would size them up. Send your emails to us by Tuesday 7 December, to be included in December's Newsletter. (Vote early! Vote often!) |
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Linkage: Politics and Eccentrics by Michael Nicolella The Balkan nations of southeastern Europe occupy the Western imagination as anomalous reflections of Europe, the West generally, and the Middle East - rainy, dark, and unaccountable little places. Access to information about the histories and economies of countries in this region is available through several websites, some of them more gothic than others. |
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Reuben Nakian - Yesterday and Today [Part Three] by Robert Metzger After considerable struggle and effort, Nakian achieved a synthesis of the crucifixion, entombment and resurrection of the Christian tradition. The forceful abstract construction combines in this sacred image the experience of personal anguish, transforming sacrifice and spiritual exultation. The forms bear witness to action and reaction, light and dark, the human and the divine. |
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by Therese Schwartz In The Other, a group of corrupt industrialists plans a multi-cultural center, which is a cover for devious international fraud. At the center are an evil scheming mother-in-law, her innocent son, and his crusading journalist wife. Against a background of impressive settings, gorgeous color, wonderful vocal and instrumental music, although with silent-movie style acting, the film features the disastrous possibilities of global capitalism. |
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by Anne M Carley So there I sat in the subway car, minding my own business, when the ad across from me seemed to shout: "Take back the living and working space you've lost!" Involuntarily there tumbled into my head phrases like "elbow room," "Lebensraum," and that recent bitter soundbite, "ethnic cleansing." In the background, I imagined a hearty male voice rabble-rousing to Cole Porter's Don't Fence Me In. What was being advertised in my subway car? Self-service ministorage compartments for crowed city-dwellers. It struck me as a little overstated. |
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Performance and Exhibition Schedules Artists and institutions worldwide list their appearance dates and ticketing information. American Marin
Alsop is Principal Guest Conductor at the Royal
Scottish National Orchestra this season. On Saturday 4 March 2000
she conducts a program including Aaron Copland's Rodeo and Antonin
Dvorák's Symphony No 9 Opus 95 ("from the New World"). "The 21st Century is, no doubt, the century of Asia, and Tokyo will serve as its center," according to Charles Dutoit, Music Director, the NHK Symphony Orchestra of Tokyo. |
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News releases straight from the press agents! The Newsletter posts news about artistic events and organizations worldwide, at the moment that they are released.
"This show reeks of innovation rather than investment,'' said one of many adoring critics of The Lion King, recently opened at London's Lyceum Theater. Director Julie Taymor brought in Soweto-born composer Lebo M to give a more African feel to the story. "The show has a personal significance for all of us,'' said the composer, who fled South Africa in its apartheid days and returned only after independence. "When I left South Africa, I had no political knowledge. It was only in America that I learnt about my culture,'' he said. |
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Watch this space for our new and improved Artist Pages, coming soon. We are sorry for this delay, and encourage you to come back frequently to the Newsletter, where we will soon have Artist Pages for you, from Jon Wilder, trumpeter; Vanessa Conlin, soprano, and Anne Kovach, artist. On deck are a jazz singer and several instrumentalists. Stay tuned! |
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