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English: 30 April 2011. Someone must have punched the air when they thought about this idea.
2011 is the sixtieth anniversary of the Festival of Britain. And here we are again in an "Age of Austerity". When "the Nation" is so hard-up that our pilots in Libya are using bows and arrows. While our sculptors can't afford stone or metal and are forced to build their works with bales of straw. A perfect opportunity for the Southbank Centre to celebrate the Festival of Britain with MasterCard. Until September there's a "a four-month Festival of British culture and creativity". It's got "new outdoor environments, talks and events by some of Britain’s leading artists and thinkers". Want to know the leading thinkers and _____________________________________________ Links § Website for the 2011 [#//ticketing.southbankcentre.co.uk/visitor-info/festival-of-britain Festival of Britain with MasterCard]. § All about (*) curators. The website has lots of references to so-and-so "curating" such-and-such event or exhibition. Plainly, a silly but enjoyable new buzzword. The Oxford English Dictionary explains: Curator, noun. Etymology: Partly < Anglo-Norman curatour = French -ateur... One who has the care or charge of a person or thing. 1. A person appointed as guardian of the affairs of someone legally unfit to conduct them him- or herself, such as a minor, an insane person, etc. Used in Roman Law, esp. for the guardian of a minor after the age of tutelage. 2. One who has the cure of souls; = curate n. 3. gen. A person who has charge; a manager, overseer, steward. 4. spec. in University. 5. The officer in charge of a museum, gallery of art, library, or the like; a keeper, custodian.In many cases the official title of the chief keeper. 6. A designation of public officers of various kinds under the Roman Empire. § Straw fox built by Pirate Technics. Who explain that they do "Burning Art". And that: "since 2007 we have built figureheads for festivals to capture the essence of a festival identity or theme. Our projects are unique, temporary and interactive. And they are all spectacular". § Article about the 1951 Festival by Michael Frayn. § See where this picture was taken. § The small dog (bottom-right of the photo) is not thatched. |
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