Live@NationalSawdust:
Kyle Abraham, A.I.M, and Jlin (Toulmin Creator)
Choreographer and MacArthur Fellow Kyle Abraham and pioneering producer Jlin have come together to create a new commission exploring death, folklore, and reincarnation through a reimagining of Mozart’s Requiem in D minor. While Abraham’s work is typically performed in proscenium, for FERUS he has reconceptualized an excerpt from an evening length work, exploring abstracted movement for the digital landscape. The duet features Keerati Jinakunwiphat and Jae Neal from A.I.M by Kyle Abraham, costumed by highly noted designer Giles Deacon with musical excerpts by producer Jlin. Choreography created in collaboration with A.I.M. dancers Keerati Jinakunwiphat and Jae Neal. A short live discussion with the artists, moderated by National Sawdust’s Elena Park, followed the screening.
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IMAGE: Twelve wheat genotypes and six corn genotypes were grown in a greenhouse at the University Park campus. Large growth containers, or mesocosms, were set up with a compacted soil layer. view more
Credit: Hannah Schneider, Penn State
A previously unknown root trait allows some cereal plants to grow deeper roots capable of punching through dry, hard, compacted soils, according to Penn State researchers, who suggest that harnessing the inherited characteristic could lead to crops better able to deal with a changing climate. This discovery bodes well for American and global agriculture because the trait helps corn, wheat and barley grow deeper roots, which is important for drought tolerance, nitrogen efficiency and carbon sequestration, said Jonathan Lynch, distinguished professor in plant science. Breeding for this trait should be helpful in developing new crops for climate mitigation.
By David Levin-14 January 2021 13:00pm
From tech troubles to toddler tantrums, experience tells us that whatever can go wrong on a virtual pitch usually will. So, how can you head-off Zoom gloom and deliver a pristine presentation from home? That Lot’s creative chief David Levin invites his fellow agency survivalists to share their hard-earned lessons for giving a remote pitch without a hitch. Here are their top tips.
Virtual pitching is a bit like eating hummus with chopsticks: entirely possible, maybe even a little exciting, but definitely not normal.
Our agency has done a lot of it during lockdown (pitching, not chopstick-hummus). Despite the twisted hellscape of 2020, RFPs seemed to keep popping up like Joe Wicks doing star-jumps, and it occurred to me during our most recent one (while I was attempting to kick a pair of pants out of shot in the middle of my rousing introduction) that virtual pitching is – to use a technical term – batshit bonkers, and th