George Fifield is the founder and director of Boston Cyberarts, Inc., a nonprofit arts organization, which produces the Boston Cyberarts Festival. The 2009 festival takes place April 24 - May 10 at dozens of locations across Greater Boston. We asked George to offer some insight as to how the region came to be known as a nexus of art and technology. The Boston Cyberarts … [Read more...]
One-stop shopping
For culture junkies like us, trying to answer the question So, whats going on tonight? can incite a mad scramble across several different websites and one or two free newspapers. Luckily, our friends at ArtsBoston are unveiling their new site, and its a must-bookmark for art lovers. ArtsBoston.org compiles just about every event in the Boston area - music, theater, dance, film, … [Read more...]
A Fast Moving Technology
The Dickson Experimental Sound Film is believed to be the first film recorded with live sound. At about 1:05 into the film, the sound begins. I wonder what William Kennedy Laurie Dickson, the man who created this film, would think of YouTube. … [Read more...]
It Happened in the Bronx
At Home in Utopia, directed by Michal Goldman (MCC Film/Video fellow '07) is a new documentary film showing at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts in June and July. It tells the story of immigrant Jewish garment workers who created four cooperatively owned housing developments in the Bronx in the 1920's. Think of all the thimbles! And luckily for the tenants, George Steinbrenner … [Read more...]
June Fellows Notes
JUNE FELLOWS NOTES is live, with THRILLING TALES of TRIUMPH from fellows and finalists, including... ... the arrival of The Foreigner, a new novel by Francie Lin (Fiction/Creative Nonfiction Fellow '06). The book has already gotten some good ink (virtual or otherwise), including this nice mention in writer Jeff Vandermeer's "Ecstatic Days" blog. An excerpt from The … [Read more...]