Here are a few posts from last week's Greenpage that might be worth your time...
Most People Can’t Tell the Difference Between Art Made by Humans and by AI, a Rather Concerning New Study Says
news.artnet.com: “There is a battle rising between humans and machines.” No, that’s not a voiceover from another Matrix or Terminator movie. That’s the first line of a new study on how humans perceive artworks made by computers versus those made by humans, and, according to the findings, published in the journal Empirical Studies in the Arts, things don’t look great for the humans.
Illuminating the Careers of Disabled Lighting Designers
HowlRound Theatre Commons: Annie Wiegand is the first, and maybe the only, professional Deaf lighting designer in the theatre industry in the United States. She has been working as a freelance designer in New York City for a decade and is also a professor in the theatre and dance program at Gallaudet University, the only university in the world for Deaf students. Michael Maag is a lighting and projection designer who acquired his disability in a car versus bicycle accident in 2003 and became a T-9 paraplegic. He is the resident lighting designer at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival and a founding member of Kinetic Light, a disability arts ensemble.
Kevin Michael Richardson To Voice Dr. Hibbert on The Simpsons
The Mary Sue: In a move that is long overdue, The Simpsons has announced that veteran voice actor Harry Shearer will step away from the role of Dr. Hibbert. Shearer, who voices many iconic Springfieldians including Mr. Burns, Waylon Smithers, Principal Skinner, and Ned Flanders, will be replaced by actor Kevin Michael Richardson.
It’s Time to Embrace the Singular ‘They’
lifehacker.com: Grammar snobs may shudder in disgust at this idea, but it’s time to normalize the use of they/them as singular pronouns. It’s 2021; no more of this “he or she, his or her” stuff.
Birds Of Prey’s costumes changed the game for female superheroes
film.avclub.com: Even before Black Panther and Joker broke through to broader awards-season glory, the superhero genre enjoyed some recognition at the Oscars. Various Batmen, Hellboys, Spider-Men, Guardians Of The Galaxy, and Suicide Squads have all been honored for their visual effects and/or makeup designs over the years—a tradition that dates back to 1979, when Richard Donner’s Superman earned a Special Achievement Award for its effects at that year’s Oscars.
