Morcheeba have finally made the big time. After a two-year hiatus and a shift from blues to dance, the trio have gone from cultish beginnings to mainstream success. This Palacisalfa concert gives Italian audiences the chance to catch up on the band’s progress – and what better place than the capital to perform their locally-topical recent hit, ‘Rome Wasn’t Built in a Day’ and new release ‘Be Yourself’, both taken from the ‘Fragments of Freedom’ album.
Archive for December, 2009
Robert Rauschenberg
It must be hard if you’re Robert Rauschenberg and helped pioneer art’s playful deconstructions of popular culture nearly four decades ago. After all, popular culture has devoured itself hundreds of times over since then. Rauschenberg isn’t content with retrospectives, however, and ‘Synapsis Shuffle’ is a monumental installation cum performance piece, comprising of 52 nine foot panels filled with photographic imagery from the artist’s life and travels. This 52-card ‘deck’ is designed to be ‘reshuffled’ by different viewers – among them Disney mogul Mike Ovitz and über-homemaker Martha Stewart. These days, the icons of popular culture simply queue up to be part of the work.
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L’Art dans le monde
Hot young artists picked out by ‘Beaux Arts’ magazine and 35 other contemporary art reviews are displayed under the cavernous pier of the Pont Alexandre III on the right bank. Plenty of edgy urban themes and fictional (or not) life stories, plus the overwhelming predominance of photography and video make a strong argument for the idea of a global culture that spans developed world, third world and former eastern bloc. The show provides an interestingly different view of world art from the craft and tradition bias of the recent Biennale de Lyon.
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Raja Yoga Meditation
Find inner peace where you need it most. Hong Kong is one of the most stressful cities in the world, as you’ll discover if you go shopping in Causeway Bay on a Saturday afternoon. The Raja Yoga Meditation Centre offers classes by trained instructors and, take a deep breath, doesn’t even charge. It may sound unbelievable in Hong Kong, but harmony can be yours for the price of the train fare.
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Taste of Vegas
With Las Vegas hyped and heralded as a rapidly rising star on the international dining scene, one could eat out every night for a month and still not sample all of the top restaurants in town. Thankfully, the Taste of Vegas will make forays into culinary creativity easier with booths featuring the food of many of the best Las Vegas eateries. Beyond the taste testing, festivities at this family-friendly event include live music, fine art and cooking demonstrations by accomplished chefs.
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Made Space/Lucy Orta: Survival Wear
Two very strong shows occupy the gallery space of the Talbot Rice. Made Space concentrates on drawing, featuring the work of Charles Avery, Margarita Gluzberg, Claude Heath, Alan Johnston and Margaret Priest and upstairs, Lucy Orta presents her unique ‘survival wear’, wearable clothing which doubles up as refuge shelters.
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