Ayikodans, Haiti Dance Group, Emerges From the Rubble
From Huffington Post: When an earthquake shook Haiti's capital in January 2010, bringing death and destruction to the impoverished Caribbean nation, it all but crushed the dreams of modern dance choreographer Jeanguy Saintus and his talented dance company, Ayikodans.
But 2 1/2 years later, Ayikodans has emerged from the rubble, performing to rapt audiences in Miami and earning the kind of rave reviews and cultural attention and support Saintus strived so long for. Here's the interesting story of what happened to change the fortune of Saintus and his acclaimed dance company. |
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Michelangelo's Expulsion from Paradise. (Illustration by Tracy Walker)
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How Does the Brain Process Art?When you look at a painting that depicts dancing, why do you feel a sense of movement? What's happening in the brain that makes you feel a visceral connection to what's in front of your eyes on the canvas?
FInd out how neuroscientists and art historians are working collaboratively to examine what happens in the brain when you see art. |
The 2013 Sony World Photography AwardsThe Sony World Photography Awards, an annual competition hosted by the World Photography Organisation, has recently announced its shortlist of winners. This year's contest attracted more than 122,000 entries from 170 countries - and the subjects cover a large spectrum of fascinating experiences throughout the world.
The Atlantic has published an array of some of the shortlisted photos here - or view all photos from all categories here. |
"The calm of both human and animal. The things we miss as we are preparing. My partner was getting her flippers on and I was already prepared and ready to get in so I swam out to see if I could get this shot, I could have never imagined that in a million years I would have a turtle just cruising by at the moment I stuck my head under. How blessed." (© Nathan Wills, Australia, 2013 Sony World Photography Awards)
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Retro-Style Jazz Music from Dutch Singer Caro EmeraldBefore she became Caro Emerald she was Caroline Esmeralda van der Leeuw, a young vocalist studying jazz at the Amsterdam Conservatory.
Watch her video (left) and listen to the radio interview on PRI's The World about her transformation from vocalist to a smoky 40's jazz singer with a wonderful new album: CD: Deleted Scenes from the Cutting Room |
A Chinese Artist Works to Make Himself InvisibleFrom Smithsonian Magazine: Liu Bolin remembers what it feels like to truly be invisible. In 2005, the Chinese government shut down Beijing’s thriving art village, Suo Jia Cun, demolishing some 100 studios, including Liu’s. He protested the state’s treatment of artists with a photographic series, Hiding in the City. “I was a meaningless person, according to society,” Liu says. “Those years made me feel like people can exist or completely disappear.”
Liu channels that motif of invisibility in all his art works by cleverly painting himself as an "invisible" presence into each work. See if you can find how he does it here. |
Photo: Eli Klein Fine Art, copyright Liu Bolin
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