Arte é política! Na Neewsweek dessa semana, há uma nota sobre um festival de jazz promovido em outubro de 2007 no Second Life pelo Departamento de Estado norte-americano, com a apresentação de cantoras do mundo virtual, como a mexicana Ankari Holder e a australiana Paisley Beebe. O motivo? No SL, 65% do público (quase 1 milhão de avatares) é de não-americanos, "fertile ground for cultural outreach, officials say". Terça-feira, o nível de sofisticação subiu, a Filarmônica de NY se apresentou na capital da Coréia do Norte, ainda comunista, e matou a pau. Bem, pode ser que arte não seja política, que apenas quebre icebergs de diferença (eis o dilema do oficial SS em O Pianista, de Polanski, por exemplo), mas a matéria do NYT, hoje, saiu na editoria... Mundo.
Philharmonic Stirs Emotions in North Korea
By DANIEL J. WAKIN
PYONGYANG, North Korea — As the New York Philharmonic played the opening notes of “Arirang,” a beloved Korean folk song, a murmur rippled through the audience. Many in the audience perched forward in their seats.
The piccolo played a long, plaintive melody. Cymbals crashed, harp runs flew up, the violins soared. And tears began forming in the eyes of the staid audience, row upon row of men in dark suits, women in colorful high-waisted dresses called hanbok and all of them wearing pins with the likeness of Kim Il-sung, the nation’s founder.
And right there, the Philharmonic had them. The full-throated performance of a piece deeply resonant for both North and South Koreans ended the historic concert in this isolated nation on Tuesday in triumph.
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Philharmonic Stirs Emotions in North Korea
By DANIEL J. WAKIN
PYONGYANG, North Korea — As the New York Philharmonic played the opening notes of “Arirang,” a beloved Korean folk song, a murmur rippled through the audience. Many in the audience perched forward in their seats.
The piccolo played a long, plaintive melody. Cymbals crashed, harp runs flew up, the violins soared. And tears began forming in the eyes of the staid audience, row upon row of men in dark suits, women in colorful high-waisted dresses called hanbok and all of them wearing pins with the likeness of Kim Il-sung, the nation’s founder.
And right there, the Philharmonic had them. The full-throated performance of a piece deeply resonant for both North and South Koreans ended the historic concert in this isolated nation on Tuesday in triumph.
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Convite:
ResponderExcluirpostei no borboletras uma crônica dedicada à Regina Carvalho. Daí ela fez um haicai pra mim e postou no blog dela. Vale a pena ler os textos e acompanhar os comentários pra lá de humorados.
Abraço!