Para los meses de julio y agosto, La Casa Encendida nos propone tres de sus eventos: La Terraza suena, Cine en La Terraza y la exposición “Quinquis de los 80: cine, prensa y calle”.
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Durante los días 20 y 21 de junio se ha celebrado en el Teatro Circo Price de Madrid el Día Europeo de la Música. Grupos como The Popopopops, Band of Skulls, Sr. Chinarro, Daily Bread, Christina Rosenvinge, Manel + Nacho Vegas, Delorean formaban parte de una programación que se vio clausurada con actuación de The XX en la que estuvieron presentes Aketza, David (”el suizo”)
y José, invitados VIP de Alejandro, socio-fundador de Sello Salvaje, de BaseMadrid. … more
The organ at St. Burchardi, with bellows at far end (photos: Jan-Pieter Fuhr)
In 1985 John Cage wrote a piece for piano entitled “ASLSP”. At the top of the score, he wrote, “The title is an abbreviation of ‘as slow as possible.’” This provacatively vague tempo designation, combined with a lack of indication of dynamics, left room for personal interpretation—or indeterminacy, as Mr. Cage would likely have preferred to think of it—and ensured the piece would be different every time it was performed.
Two years later Cage transcribed “ASLSP” for organ (“Organ 2/ASLSP”), an instrument that could, in theory, sustain the tones indefinitely. While the piece for piano had raised the question, this revision begged it: Just how slow is “as slow as possible”?
The piece’s debut organ performance lasted 29 minutes; subsequent readings have been longer and shorter. But on September 5, 2001—what would have been the 89th birthday of Mr. Cage, who died in 1992—the longest performance yet was begun. Barring any global disasters, local disruptions, or organ breakdowns, it will continue until the year 2640. … more
Kristen Wentrcek.
To-Do Lists is exactly what it sounds like. With these daily tasks, we offer a glimpse into the everyday lives of people we know.
With a degree from NYU and four years’ experience in real estate development, Kristen Wentrcek started Wintercheck Factory in June 2009, in Brooklyn, with the idea of creating accessible, cost-effective design produced in the U.S. You are maybe wondering why the name “Wintercheck” Factory? In fact, the name is derived from her own last name, Wentrcek, and an official attempt to have her name finally pronounced correctly.
Today, the multi-tasking, multi-skilled young woman behind design company Wintercheck Factory shares with us her ambitious to-do list for Monday, May 10, 2010. … more
Credits (and more posters) here.
The work of Kendell Geers
It’s that time again, art fans. Following up on his post last fall of 11 Artists to Watch, Base partner & CEO and avid contemporary art collector Dimitri Jeurissen presents us with nine more artists not to miss. … more
On June 24 some of us Basers (Jirka, Olga, and Edgar) traveled to Paris to attend 