Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Michael Chekhov Technique - Short trailer from the DVD Series

This is a trailer for a 6.5 hour series entitled 'Master Classes in the Michael Chekhov Technique'. It is Produced by MICHA, the Michael Chekhov Association, and distributed by Routledge. You can visit the website at www.michaelchekhov.org for more information.



Below are two longer versions of a trailer.



Friday, April 15, 2011

Have you read Acting without Acting?

If you are getting though your acting book reading list, a fan of Curb your enthusiam and wanting a chuckle on this slightly grey Friday afternoon you will most probably enjoy this.



From episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm - Season 7 - Episode 10

Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Modern theatre is home to Australia's oldest professional theatre company

Founded in 1953, Melbourne Theatre Company is the oldest professional theatre company in Australia. In January 2009 the stunning MTC Theatre was opened as the company's headquarters.

The design was completed by Ashton Raggatt McDougal (ARM) architects who have helped to transform the formerly derelict Southbank area of the city to the dynamic district it has now become. The firm was so successful in their design that they have been honoured with the 2009 Victorian Architecture Medal winning highest accolades in three categories for public architecture, interior design as well as urban design.





Monday, April 11, 2011

Pae White designs stunning main stage curtain inspired by tin foil

Pae White is the artist has designed a breath taking main stage curtain for the Oslo Opera House. The Los Angeles based artist scanned images of crumpled aluminum foil then sent the scans through a computer numerically-controlled loom which transformed the pixels into a massive tapestry of cotton, wool, and polyester. The design is called “Metafoil”.





Pae White describes her work,

“Metafoil takes advantage of the captive gaze of the audience, introducing a foil, a false reflection, an illusion of depth, a novel typography that disrupts expectation and challenges perception. My work has attempted to subvert the viewer’s expected relationship to an everyday object, nudging them off balance, encouraging a deeper look. My goal is to cause viewers to stop and consider the bits and pieces of our lives that are most often overlooked, perhaps suggesting a more comprehensive reconsideration of the world around us, even to ask ourselves: ‘What is important to us?’ ‘What are we seeing?’ ‘What are we not seeing?’”




You can see more work by Pae White here.