In The Signal and the Noise, the New York Times political forecaster Nate Silver, who accurately predicted the results of every state in the 2012 US election, reveals how we can all develop better foresight in an uncertain world. From the stock market to the poker table, from earthquakes to the economy, he takes us on an enthralling insider’s tour of the high-stakes world of forecasting, showing how we can all learn to detect the true signals amid a noise of data.
Investigates an array of staged situations, from choreographed exhibitions, immaterial museums, theatres of negotiation, and discursive marathons, to street carnivals and subversive public-art projects, and asks how ‘theatre-like’ strategies and techniques can in fact enable ‘reality making’ situations in art, and how, as a consequence, curating itself becomes staged, dramatised, choreographed, and composed.
This unconventional documentary of Favela children–using pictures taken by the children themselves–organises representation around the theme of football and community.
Artist/Author: No Olho da Rua | Reference: P2946 | Type: Publication
Since 1995 this independent project has offered ‘street children’ the chance to express themselves through photography, writing and interviews. This publication contains examples of the work created.
Artist/Author: David Roman | Reference: P2877 | ISBN: 978-0253211682 | Type: Publication
This volume examines the ways gay men have used theatre and performance to intervene in the AIDS crisis. It discusses dramatic texts and public performances–from cabarets and candlelight vigils to full-scale Broadway productions that have shaped, and been shaped by, the history of AIDS in national, regional, and local contexts.
The magazine features a wide range of contributions from writers and artists, politicians to poets discussing the true impact that arts and culture can have on society.
Artist/Author: Santiago Sierra | Reference: P2467 | ISBN: 978-9979769477 | Type: Publication
The Black Cone documents a 2012 performance by Spanish artist Santiago Sierra (born 1966), that resulted in a six-foot-high monolith in front of the Icelandic parliament, commemorating the third anniversary of the protests that followed the country’s economic crash.
Artist/Author: Rebecca Gordon-Nesbitt, Common Practice | Reference: A0537 | Type: Article
A guide about the future of the small-scale visual arts sector, outlining economic and social understandings of value, measuring the value of arts organizations and sustainability.