harryfiddler

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Wandering, wondering. Writing about live performance and classical music, whatever that means.
Websitewww.acunningplan.com
harryfiddlerJan 6, 2023
And Sydney Festival is go! My review of Mary Finsterer’s second opera Antarctica. Dazzling. https://www.smh.com.au/culture/art-and-design/ambitious-and-exquisite-antarctica-is-contemporary-opera-at-its-best-20230106-p5caug.html
Ambitious and exquisite: Antarctica is contemporary opera at its best

The new work is a beautifully crafted story that gives up its treasures in its own time.

The Sydney Morning Herald
harryfiddlerDec 26, 2022
Joanne HarrisDec 26, 2022
And this morning the Shed is an opulent chaise-longue, upholstered in cherry-coloured silk, and strewn with cashmere blankets...
harryfiddlerDec 22, 2022
BillMarshall 🍁Dec 14, 2022

I had no idea Moose could even hold swords.

#Canada

harryfiddlerDec 22, 2022
ThesiswhispererDec 22, 2022
This is not good enough. Trove is a national treasure https://www.smh.com.au/culture/art-and-design/national-library-s-treasure-trove-under-threat-from-budget-cuts-20221212-p5c5m6.html
National Library’s treasure Trove under threat from budget cuts

The digital platform beloved by historians and researchers across the country could cease to operate if new federal funding is not found.

The Sydney Morning Herald
Show threadharryfiddlerDec 21, 2022
@kurt I did that about a year ago. No regrets, phone suddenly becomes a safer place!
harryfiddlerDec 21, 2022
Edmonds_ScannerDec 19, 2022
Someday, the old witch will return and lift the curse placed upon you.
Your human shell will crack open and a giant badger will emerge, free at last.
harryfiddlerDec 20, 2022
reidparker_Dec 19, 2022
My kid’s teacher made toys for her class based on their drawings.
Pay teachers more
harryfiddlerDec 20, 2022
@patricklenton @theconversationau Hey Patrick, I'm an independent scholar with a doctorate from UTS, where I studied creative writing and history /historiography in the context of writing about music and modernism in post-war Britain. I'm currently researching utopias and heterotopias. Would love to contribute.
harryfiddlerDec 20, 2022
Show threadVicki KyriakakisDec 20, 2022

@alisoncroggon Excellent and on point piece Alison. I remember reading it at the time and it resonates still. I did a piece in The Guardian Australia on a related topic and came to the same conclusion - the impact on the arts and working class artists in particular - was purposeful.

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2022/may/16/want-to-make-art-you-better-be-rich-how-australian-culture-locked-out-the-working-class?CMP=soc_567

Have been thinking of what a good follow up piece would be to hold the ALPs feet to the fire. Would love to chat with you about it if you’re interested in maybe collaborating?

Want to make art? You better be rich: how Australian culture locked out the working class

Wages are low, work insecure and funding has been gutted. Amid a cost-of-living crisis and a pandemic, are we about to lose a swathe of artists to obscurity?

The Guardian
harryfiddlerDec 19, 2022
Essential reading from Cessalee Stovall for @_DiversityMedia/Twitter. https://www.screenhub.com.au/news/opinions-analysis/an-open-letter-to-reviewers-critics-and-editors-2568722/
An open letter to reviewers, critics and editors

I’m Cessalee: a Black woman, DEI consultant, director and performer, arts audience member, and advocate for a better industry – can we talk?

ScreenHub Australia