Art
A Future Where the Decomposing Dead Could Power Cemetery Lights
The dead are often visually absent from our cemeteries, buried below the ground with tombstones representing the invisible remains.
Bristol
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A Theater's 18th-Century Thunder Run Rumbles Once More
The thunderstorm in the third act of Shakespeare's King Lear will rumble ominously in the Bristol Old Vic's production of the play this summer thanks to 18th-century sound effects.
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For First Public Project in the UK, Theaster Gates Builds a Sanctuary in a Bombed-Out Church
BRISTOL, UK — On Saturday night here, in a concert hall whose former life as a church moved him to sing hymns, artist Theaster Gates gave a site-specific performance that brought many audience members to tears and prompted others to walk out.
Art
A Year-Long Obsession With Jars
We’ve all seen them at some point on the social media app of our choice: the “painting-a-day” people, usually talentless self-promoters who are trying to convince themselves they’re doing something conceptual. Not all of them are bad, however. It’s like GIFs: most of them are trivial and silly, pure