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This idea of Metallica or some rock n’ roll singer being rich, that’s not necessarily going to happen anymore. Because, as we enter into a new age, maybe art will be free. Maybe the students are right. They should be able to download music and movies. I’m going to be shot for saying this. But who said art has to cost money? And therefore, who says artists have to make money?
Find a beautiful piece of art. If you fall in love with Van Gogh or Matisse or John Oliver Killens, or if you fall love with the music of Coltrane, the music of Aretha Franklin, or the music of Chopin - find some beautiful art and admire it, and realize that that was created by human beings just like you, no more human, no less.
Maya Angelou, you will be missed. (via rifles)
TRISHA BROWN
Walking on the wall
In her early choreography, Brown upended the conventions of modern dance and expanded the boundaries of the performance space; intrinsic to her work is the use of architecture, including walls and building facades. For the performance of Walking on the Wall, dancers mounted ladders placed at opposite ends of the gallery and silently slipped their bodies into harnesses. Launched into space, they walked, skipped, and ran along the gallery walls, passing each other in opposite directions. Brown’s choreography is also intended to engage the viewer’s own understanding of space and movement. As the Whitney audience shifted from place to place to accommodate the dancers’ movements, they too became part of the performances.
Chushingura (1997)
Directed by Werner Herzog, Sets and Costume design by Eiko Ishioka
Above: Kimonos designed by Eiko for the prostitute characters. As the costume and set designer, Eiko brought her minimalist aesthetic to the lush opera. Her visual tableau was inspired by Japanese ukiyo-e art, the most illustrative cultural source for the Edo era; at the same time abstract touches rendered her design utterly modern. Visually and essentially the opera Chushingura brought a new dimension to this three-hundred-year-old story. - Eiko on Stage