Posts Tagged ‘Twitter’

Friday Afternoon Links IV-xvii-2009

Friday, April 17th, 2009

I linked to this yesterday on my twitter account but thought it was definitely worth reposting here.

  • 10 Twitter Tips for Artists [via]
  • While we’re at it, Avant Media is now on Twitter – the account is still set to private while we work out some of the specifics, (we will go public with the launch of the new website) but if you’re interested in following the behind the scenes life here at Avant Media, we welcome you.

    A New Way of Looking at Dance

    Monday, April 6th, 2009

    My Friend Josephine posted this to her twitter today, and it has proved endlessly interesting.

  • Synchronous Objects
  • They have also posted an interesting blog post about using this as a teaching tool. Which is a big part of what I think is so interesting about it. So many people look at modern dance and don’t necessarily understand what is going on, maybe because there’s no story being told, it’s not narrative etc. A tool like this breaks down the dance into a series of themes and connections, which is what I, as a composer, find so intriguing about writing for dance.

    For those of you familiar with the protools, final cut model there is a beautiful score of the dance shown in real time that really delineates how this dance is working, and what exactly is going on.

    Friday Afternoon Links II-vi-2009

    Friday, February 6th, 2009

    The death of print media edition.

  • Who Put These Guys in Charge? by Douglas McLennan
    An interesting look at the plight of the newspaper
  • Gawker covers the Twitterati
    Always amusing, Gawker rounds up the twitter feeds of media-types
  • A roundup of Avant Media artists on Twitter after the Jump »