Fast, furious and enthusiastic images from Sao Paulo and the 11th edition of the FILE Electronic Language International Festival, i think the report will have to wait till i'm back in Europe continue

The latest project from New Zealand-based artists SWAMP is the Tardigotchi, a toy which houses two pets: a living organism called tardigrade and an alife avatar with a partially autonomous behaviour continue

"Sales of tell-all celebrity biographies have been negatively impacted by the information that is available on the Internet or in print."... ArtsJournal http://www.artsjournal.com/diacritical

This year's Man Booker longlist is a vigorous rebuke to critics who argue that fiction is moribund...... ArtsJournal http://www.artsjournal.com/diacritical

"In all, six of the 37 600-pound sculptures have been targeted by vandals since being installed in May. 'These aren't quickie, random acts of stupidity,' said Tom Torti, president of organizer Lake Champlain Regional Chamber of Commerce. 'These acts of stupidity take time'."... ArtsJournal http://www.artsjournal.com/diacritical

"There's a deep-seated resistance to digital versions of a centuries old traditional of printed books, which have rightly enchanted, educated and enlightened readers since movable type. So what will it take for ebooks to become mainstream?"... ArtsJournal http://www.artsjournal.com/diacritical

Today "natural" expression--in language as in art--is preferred to artifice. We unreflectively suppose that truth no less than beauty is conveyed more effectively thereby. Alexander Pope knew better.... ArtsJournal http://www.artsjournal.com/diacritical

"The image of an oral telling may be caught on paper, film or in digital format, but recordings are not the word shared live. The presence of teller and audience, and the immediacy of the moment are not fully captured by any form of technology."... ArtsJournal http://www.artsjournal.com/diacritical

"Fans of Fairouz, the Arab world's most famous singer, are up in arms about a bitter legal row that has stopped her performing live. From Beirut to the Gulf - and as far away as Australia - the diva's supporters are making their voices heard to complain that she is being cruelly silenced."... ArtsJournal http://www.artsjournal.com/diacritical

Mamet dismisses state subsidy for the theatrical arts as no more than a means of propping up incompetent "champions of right thinking" whose work would otherwise be incapable of attracting an audience.... ArtsJournal http://www.artsjournal.com/diacritical

"We need a real debate about whether the well-intentioned but increasingly archaic central role of the Australia Council has had its day. Formed in the 1970s by the Whitlam government, the ''OzCo'' introduced meaningful support for artists and organisations across theatre, dance, visual arts and literature for the first time. But times have moved on."... ArtsJournal http://www.artsjournal.com/diacritical

"Does Pitchfork, Lollapalooza or anyone else who rents out a public park for a private event have the right to limit the type of cameras people can bring in? Concert promoters are trying to control something--the creation and dissemination of images taken at an outdoor concert in a public park--that is largely beyond their control, and they're starting to look silly doing it."... ArtsJournal http://www.artsjournal.com/diacritical

More than just a fashion piece, T-post uses great design as a subversive tool to instigate meaningful thought, conversation, and action continue

The renowned choreographer, whose widely-praised term at the head of Spain's Compañía Nacional de Danza ends this month, will be the first foreigner to head a major Russian ballet company since the days of Marius Petipa under the Tsars.... ArtsJournal mclennan

"[Donald] Nally is leaving at the end of the 2010-11 season to spend more time with his Philadelphia choir, The Crossing. What wasn't said: He's leaving one of the top positions of its kind (Chicago's previous chorus master is now at the Metropolitan Opera) - with uncertain financial prospects."... ArtsJournal mclennan

"A team of experts who have examined Rick Norsigian's stash of antique negatives say they appear to be part of Adams' body of work. The photographer's family and friends remain skeptical."... ArtsJournal mclennan

The New York dance presenter's lease on its 8th Avenue headquarters, with annual rent of $1, expires in 2016. The Joyce had committed to occupying a planned arts center near Ground Zero whose construction seems ever more remote; meanwhile, the 8th Avenue site's landlord, Eliot Feld's Ballet Tech Company, wants to charge rent closer to market rate.... ArtsJournal mclennan

"By now we are all well aware of the trouble with Amazon" - its aggresive pricing, hardball business practices and crowding out of independent booksellers. "The real trouble with Amazon, it seems, is that nobody truly believes we were better off without it."... ArtsJournal mclennan

"High-concept and immersive, intimate theater has been cropping up for years, but now in Europe it has reached such a critical mass that the Battersea Arts Center in London, known for innovation, hosted the largest one-person-audience festival this month." Funding problems notwithstanding, the phenomenon is growing stateside as well.... ArtsJournal mclennan

"[D]uring the approximately 40 minutes I spent being pushed through the halls … I was exalted and excoriated, hailed as a genius, reviled as a charlatan and mistaken for both a rock star and a bag of garbage. I mean a real bag of garbage."... ArtsJournal mclennan