Kagami review: Mixed-reality gig brings dead headliner back to life

Ryuichi Sakamoto (left) and Tin Drum members recording Kagami in 2020 Courtesy Tin Drum KagamiRyuichi Sakamoto and Tin DrumManchester International Festival I AM sitting at Ryuichi Sakamoto’s feet, watching the legendary musician and composer play his prize-winning score for the 1983 film Merry Christmas, Mr Lawrence on a grand piano. I watch his fingers move …

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Like, Comment, Subscribe review: Inside track on YouTube’s success

Over 17 years, YouTube has transformed from a place to share home videos to a cultural juggernaut that helps elect presidents. A new book from Mark Bergen gives unparalleled insights into the platform’s rise Technology 14 September 2022 By Chris Stokel-Walker YouTube creators can have enormous influence over popular culture Inside Creative House/getty images Like, …

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CGTN: China, Argentina pledge to promote community with shared future

CGTN: China, Argentina pledge to promote community with shared future

BEIJING, Sept. 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — A forum promoting cultural exchanges between China and Argentina was held in Beijing on Wednesday with senior officials from both countries pledging to advance the concept of a community with a shared future for mankind.   The China-Argentina High-Level Forum on Cultural Exchanges comes as the two countries celebrate the …

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CGTN: 'Poetry Sans Frontiers' series embraces common humanity through poems

CGTN: 'Poetry Sans Frontiers' series embraces common humanity through poems

BEIJING, Jan. 2, 2022 /CNW/ — The five-episode feature series “Poetry Sans Frontiers” was broadcast on CGTN’s multi-language channels and various new media platforms, embracing diversity and common humanity through poetry.   “Bosom friends make distance disappear,” wrote Chinese poet Zhang Jiuling in Tang Dynasty (618-907). The series, launched in the six official languages of …

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12 Bytes review: Jeanette Winterson on AI and making life less binary

By Laura Grace Simpkins Katherine Johnson’s computing achievements were sidelined for years Donaldson Collection/Getty Images 12 Bytes Jeanette Winterson Jeanette Winterson, the award-winning author of Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit, began circling around artificial intelligence after reading Ray Kurzweil’s The Singularity is Near. Since then, the science and technologies of AI have informed her …

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