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COVER STORY
Miniatures
Kurt Andersen and playwright David Ives talk about
how very tiny things capture the imagination.
 
Miniature Paintings
In India hundreds of years ago, tiny paintings the
size of a leaf held political and social and spiritual meaning. Now, Shahzia
Sikander, an artist in New York City, has taken the genre and turned it
into something looser, but still small and jewel-like. Produced by Sarah
Lilley.
 View
the works of Shahzia Sikander
Read
an Interview between Shahzia Sikander and Vishakha Desai
Asia
Society info on Vishakha Desai
Brent
Sikkema Gallery
Toy Theater
Before television and radio, many families used to
gather around a 14 inch box set up on a table in their living room. They’d
watch melodramas and action epics without electricity in the house. The
box was a toy theater, made of cardboard, and it was an immensely popular
item 100 years ago. Debra Cash reports on how some artists are rediscovering
toy theater.
Go
to Great Small Works
Go
to Gigi Sandberg Toy Teatre Site
Go
to a General site on Toy Theatre
Read
an article about the Great Small Works theatre festival
Microsound
Music made out of tones that you can't
always hear -- but you can feel. The artists who make microsound think
that even minute sonic changes can affect us. We asked three composers--
Dan Abrams, Steve Roden, and Taylor Deupree-- to tell us about their fascination
with microsounds. Produced by Michael Raphael.
Go
toTaylor Deupree’s 12k records
Go
to Mille-Plateaux Records
Go
to Steve Roden official site
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GUEST
David Ives
David Ives is a playwright who's been called "the
maestro of the short form" by the New York Times. He's probably best
known for his one-act comedies including All in the Timing and Mere Mortals.
His new long-form play, Polish Joke, opens in previews at the Manhattan
Theater Club on February 25th.
Visit
The Manhattan Theatre Club
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Dairy
Princess
Every year the Minnesota State Fair names twelve
young women “dairy princesses,” based on their knowledge of
the dairy industry and the fact that they live on farms. Each of those
princesses gets to step into a big Plexiglass refrigerator, sit in a
winter coat on a stool, and have her head sculpted out of 90 pound block
of butter. Produced by Steve Nelson.
Find
out about butter sculpture from The Midwest Dairy Association
Go
to The Minnesota State Fair
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