Thursday, May 26, 2011
Thursday, May 5, 2011
Ukraine's got talent - Down the Rabbit Hole
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| Mika Newton from Ukraine at Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in Düsseldorf (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
A Quick TV Review, Plus Interview
Interview with artist
UK's Guardian Grapples with the 'Art' of It
Ukraine and the Nazis
On Wikipedia
An English-Language Newspaper Story
Mika Newton and Simonova
Added this 5.13.16.
Depending on her subject matter, her work can seem facile, sentimental, kitschy. This may be an example of the limitations of a form or genre that is trying to establish itself among "the people," not the elites. Perhaps - like popular music - a form needs to establish itself, to become sufficiently widespread in appeal that practitioners try to extend its established and recognized possibilities, its conventions. Perhaps by "creative" we most often mean some advance or surprise in a genre with which we are already familiar and thus have a historical basis against which we can judge its newness.
Here's a favorite quote that I *usually* share six times a semester that is useful in encountering the New, the Strange the Ugly:
“When you can assume that your audience holds the same beliefs you do, you can relax and use more normal means of talking to it; when you have to assume that it does not, then you have to make your vision apparent by shock -- to the hard of hearing you shout, and for the almost-blind you draw large and startling figures.” - Flannery O'Connor
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Monday, March 7, 2011
Thursday, February 24, 2011
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Social Tools Boost Network Shows
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- Turn on, tune in and start tweeting
Television networks are using social tools to drum up buzz around upcoming shows and are designing social content intended to run parallel to on-air programs. A few early experiments suggest social campaigns can provide a ratings boost, and social chatter can encourage people to stay tuned for the duration of a show. "The water-cooler effect makes big shows even bigger ... and gives small shows a new way to stand out," Brian Stelter writes. The New York Times (free registration) (2/20)
Monday, February 21, 2011
Sunday, February 20, 2011
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