Word: artists
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...latter path, despite the dollar signs dangling from YouTube. Given the fortunes Zennstrom and Friis had already accumulated, they could afford to gamble on the venture, which they have largely funded on their own. "They're cutting edge, passionate and aggressive," says Lucas Mann, co-founder of MusicNation, an artist-development company with a music-video-contest channel on Joost. "They're cyberpunks...
...personal experiences during the psychedelic 1970’s as well as her evolution from minimalism to a postmodern version of abstract expressionism, Heilmann emphasized her connection to both high and low culture. “I started out as a sort of a primary structure, minimal type of artist, and as the years went along, I started to be much more free with my gesture and with my hand,” she said. “In some of the work that I am doing now, the gesture is the subject of the work...
With the release of his third full-length album, Patrick Wolf may be going through something of an identity crisis: at times dance-inducing, at times heartbreaking, and occasionally ridiculous, the music of “The Magic Position” is a decidedly mixed bag. The artist describes his music as “Folktronica,” which seems apt enough—the melodic mix of electronic and traditional instrumentation is really where the album shines. Lyrics about enchantment and stars further ground this image, but the dance-music influence still maintains a respectable presence. The execution...
...artist with no real talent releases a single that’s boring, repetitive, and anticlimactic, then the music video should compensate with an interesting plot or stunning special effects. Sadly, Ciara’s new music video for “Like a Boy” merely consists of her dressing up in drag, grabbing her crotch every available moment, and threatening to “act like a boy” to one that has presumably done something to hurt her. The dancing is good but it’s common to every female R&B/pop video...
...twenty-minute tours, on topics ranging from “The Artist as a Social Being” to the especially popular “Sexy Ladies: the Female Nude,” were frequently interactive. According to Chen, they were intended to offer an exchange of ideas with docents passing on knowledge and, most importantly, providing an outlet for students to “connect with new people through...