There are no bad ideas: January 2025

Friday, January 31, 2025

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Sunday, January 26, 2025

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Here are a few posts from last week's Greenpage that might be worth your time...

8 Los Angeles Artists Reflect on the 2025 Wildfires

Artsy: To say the Los Angeles art community has been devastated by the wildfires would be an understatement. Artists in areas like Altadena and the Palisades have seen their workspaces gutted and livelihoods threatened as ongoing fires continue to wreak havoc across L.A. County.

Posted by David at 1/24/2025 11:59:00 AM

‘The Brutalist’ Director Speaks Out After AI Controversy Erupts

www.forbes.com: The Brutalist director Brady Corbet is addressing the backlash caused by the revelation that AI was used in parts of the film's creation. Corbet issued a statement following revelations by the film’s editor, Dávid Jancsó, in a Jan. 11 interview with tech publication Red Shark News.

Posted by David at 1/21/2025 12:02:00 PM

'Our ignorance and discomfort around disability and disfigurement:' Sebastian Stan delivers powerful speech at the Golden Globes, but his disabled fellow actor was overlooked

The Mary Sue: The movie A Different Man highlights the condition neurofibromatosis, where non-cancerous tumors appear on a person’s body. While Sebastian Stan is the lead actor of the film, and just picked up an award for his performance at the Golden Globes, the real star of the show is Adam Pearson, who actually has neurofibromatosis.

Posted by David at 1/20/2025 05:24:00 PM

Hit Play on OK Go's Mindbogglingly Choreographed Music Video Filmed with 64 Phones

Colossal: We’re more selective these days about how we use the word “meta,” but when it comes to OK Go’s latest release, the band has created—bear with us here—a music video using phones about videos made with phones.

Posted by David at 1/22/2025 10:33:00 AM

Against the Dying of the Light: Toward a Risky Theatre

AMERICAN THEATRE: Last October, I had the chance to attend the annual Freedom Awards, hosted by the National Civil Rights Museum. The 2024 honorees were civil rights attorney Sherrilyn Ifill, civil rights leader Xernona Clayton, and filmmaker Spike Lee. In all of the remarks and speeches that evening, it became even clearer to me that for every movement, there must be a countermovement. This is how we truly balance the scales of justice in the United States of America. We put pressure on systems, and practices change, then laws follow suit. It is in alignment with the order of operations of the universe: Be, do, have.

Posted by David at 1/20/2025 01:02:00 PM

Friday, January 24, 2025

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Sunday, January 19, 2025

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Here are a few posts from last week's Greenpage that might be worth your time...

Making Immersive Accessible

HowlRound Theatre Commons: Immersive theatre presents unique challenges to providing accommodation and accessibility measures for audience members, particularly in “sandbox-style” immersive theatre in which audience members roam through a curated environment throughout the performance. The physical and transitory nature of this form creates a significant roadblock to offering typical access options like listening devices, closed captioning, and wheelchair accessibility.

Posted by David at 1/17/2025 11:54:00 AM

CAPA graduate, CBS actor Carter Redwood launches his new foundation

New Pittsburgh Courier: On CBS’ “FBI: International,” the scripts are perfectly laid out for the actors. The actors learn those scripts, and then the magic happens; the actors perform their roles perfectly, and then in post-production, the television show is prepared for its airing on national television.

Posted by David at 1/14/2025 02:57:00 PM

Anthropic to Enforce Copyright Guardrails on AI Tools

www.hollywoodreporter.com: A trio of major music publishers suing Anthropic over the use of lyrics to train its AI system have reached a deal with the Amazon-backed company to resolve some parts of a pending preliminary injunction.

Posted by David at 1/14/2025 11:53:00 AM

Psychological Impacts of VR Experiences and Their Implications for Museums

AMT Lab @ CMU: Pilgrim at Tinker Creek details author Annie Dillard’s exploration of nature around her home near Virginia’s Blue Ridge Mountains. Her piercing contemplations on nature and life were lauded by critics, and in 1975, Pilgrim won the Pulitzer Prize for General Non-fiction. Many of Dillard’s deepest reflections throughout the book are preceded by the act of “seeing”; the narrator often begins by observing her surroundings with an unparalleled intensity until she seemingly gets pulled above her usual sphere of consciousness — and is then hit with a profound realization.

Posted by David at 1/16/2025 10:44:00 AM

California Economy Feels the Pain of Hollywood Studio Troubles

The New York Times: The struggles have become a painful, recurring story line in Hollywood. A script supervisor visiting a food bank every other week. The cinematographer who moved to Georgia for better filming opportunities. An art department coordinator applying for administrative jobs to cover rent.

Posted by David at 1/13/2025 11:52:00 AM

Friday, January 17, 2025

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There are no bad ideas

Friday, January 31, 2025

DP Weekly Wrap Up

Sunday, January 26, 2025

Worth a Look

8 Los Angeles Artists Reflect on the 2025 Wildfires

‘The Brutalist’ Director Speaks Out After AI Controversy Erupts

'Our ignorance and discomfort around disability and disfigurement:' Sebastian Stan delivers powerful speech at the Golden Globes, but his disabled fellow actor was overlooked

Hit Play on OK Go's Mindbogglingly Choreographed Music Video Filmed with 64 Phones

Against the Dying of the Light: Toward a Risky Theatre

Friday, January 24, 2025

DP Weekly Wrap Up

Sunday, January 19, 2025

Worth a Look

Making Immersive Accessible

CAPA graduate, CBS actor Carter Redwood launches his new foundation

Anthropic to Enforce Copyright Guardrails on AI Tools

Psychological Impacts of VR Experiences and Their Implications for Museums

California Economy Feels the Pain of Hollywood Studio Troubles

Friday, January 17, 2025

DP Weekly Wrap Up

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