Olafur @ MOMA

Earlier this month I was in NYC with Paul, for an art cram session. We made a Herculean effort to see all of the current blockbusters, in four days. We did most of Chelsea; saw Takashi at the Brooklyn Museum, Jeff Koons on the roof of the Met, and Cai Guo-Qiang at the Guggenheim. We saw both Christie’s and Sotheby’s previews for their evening sales, which happened in mid-May. And we also saw the two part exhibit of Olafur Ellison’s at PS1 and MOMA. Unfortunately we went to MOMA on friday afternoon, so that we would not have to pay the outrageous entrance fee of nearly 20$. I say unfortunately, because everyone else in New York City was there as well. Anyway, we took Joe along, one of my good NY friends, who I have known since our days at San Francisco’s School of the Arts - (SOTA). Joe is not a big art buff, although he is my authority on all things musical, but he took to Olafur like white on rice. The elements in Ellison’s work related to theatrics, performance and location were not lost on Joe. Since I am going down to NY again on Sunday to work a reading for Joe’s company NY Theatre Barn, I thought I would post this image he sent me from our trip to MOMA. I’ll get a few more images up here once I get to Manhattan…

Northern Yonge

One of the shots from the Northern Yonge photo shoot. Photo credit to frenchmiam.com. Thanks, Camille

Tony Wonder

Paul sent this link to me this morning. The article is from Bloomberg.com . It is not very well written, but it's a good read for theatre fans, because Bloomberg focuses on the money and the structure, angles that I find interesting. I am not sure that I agree with the conclusion that something is wrong with the Tony's. I think it's great that a show as bad as The Little Mermaid is not a major Tony contender, even if it did cost millions. I also think that the role of non-profits like Roundabout are essential. That is a section of the market that has been missing in Toronto, and one that Emerging Art Productions is hoping to take on. (More on that later). Anyway feel free to read the article, the link is below.

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http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601088&sid=apz9AcUScWA4&refer=muse

NY Times Magazine

There was a very interesting article in this past Sunday's NY Times Magazine, all about blogging and privacy. Something that has been a topic of discusion among my set since Paul and I returned from NY. If you want to read the article the link is here:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/25/magazine/25internet-t.html?_r=1&ref=magazine&oref=slogin

Boston Dynamics Big Dog

This is the newest technology out of the United States. Of course these dog robots are being funded by the US military, and are going to make huge profits for Boston Dynamics - the private sector defense engineering firm who designed them. Big Dog is going to do reconnaissance ahead of combat troops. To me the scariest part, is not how Big Dog rights itsself on ice, or when attacked, but how they are updating the technology so that Big Dog will be able to jump and run like an actual dog. That is the very last demonstration in this clip. There are way more videos of Big Dog on youtube. Some are more recent and the progression is frightening.

Tony Time-

All I need say.
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p.s. cause Joe knows best

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