Nice video essay on a performance of this piece and Neely‘s reflections on it. And yes, he addresses the whole “modern classical” thing too. At the end, he has an interesting insight, worth sticking around for IMHO.
The Future Library
From the website:
“Scottish artist Katie Paterson has created a one hundred year artwork Future Library “Framtidsbiblioteket” for the city of Oslo in Norway.
“One thousand trees have been planted in Nordmarka, a forest just outside Oslo, which will supply paper for a special anthology of books to be printed in one hundred years time. Between now and then, one writer every year will contribute a text, with the writings held in trust, unpublished, until the year 2114. Tending the forest and ensuring its preservation for the one hundred year duration of the artwork finds a conceptual counterpoint in the invitation extended to each writer: to conceive and produce a work in the hopes of finding a receptive reader in an unknown future.”
Incredible photo of the black ice covering an Antarctic lake
Old New York, Seen Through a Cab Driver’s Windshield
Joseph Rodriguez documented the world outside his taxi during the 70s and 80s.
Source: Old New York, Seen Through a Cab Driver’s Windshield