{"id":12555,"date":"2023-12-08T02:38:22","date_gmt":"2023-12-08T01:38:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/12\/08\/maria-callass-hologram-concert-ersatz-simulacrum-of-a-dead-diva-is-weird-and-depressing\/"},"modified":"2023-12-08T02:38:22","modified_gmt":"2023-12-08T01:38:22","slug":"maria-callass-hologram-concert-ersatz-simulacrum-of-a-dead-diva-is-weird-and-depressing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/12\/08\/maria-callass-hologram-concert-ersatz-simulacrum-of-a-dead-diva-is-weird-and-depressing\/","title":{"rendered":"Maria Callas\u2019s hologram concert: ersatz simulacrum of a dead diva is weird and depressing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The legendary soprano was celebrated for her emotional connection. This moribund gimmick intended to bring her back \u2013 but in fact took her further away<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/newsletters\/2019\/oct\/18\/saved-for-later-sign-up-for-guardian-australias-culture-and-lifestyle-email?CMP=cvau_sfl\">Get our weekend culture and lifestyle email<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In the final moments of Stephen Spielberg\u2019s 2001 film AI: Artificial Intelligence, android boy David brings his \u201cmother\u201d Monica back to life for a single, bewildering day. People think this scene is sentimental, but it actually underlines the film\u2019s dark central point: David can never be a real boy, and the bizarre and cruel resurrection of Monica only reinforces his intrinsic inhumanity.<\/p>\n<p>This came to mind on Thursday night, as I snuck in late to Melbourne Symphony Orchestra\u2019s \u201cconcert in hologram\u201d with legendary soprano Maria Callas.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2021\/dec\/21\/sign-up-for-five-great-reads-guardian-australias-wrap-of-our-best-summer-stories\">Sign up for a weekly email featuring our best reads<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/music\/2023\/dec\/08\/maria-callass-a-concert-in-hologram-adelaide-perth-dates-review\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/101d76cda265123fff307aa5b3bc1d4b4ebdbe00\/0_164_3600_2161\/master\/3600.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=4ce6175ed165f61a3b9f99b64099f159\" title=\"Maria Callas\u2019s hologram concert: ersatz simulacrum of a dead diva is weird and depressing\" \/>The legendary soprano was celebrated for her emotional connection. This moribund gimmick intended to bring her back \u2013 but in fact took her further away<br \/>\nGet our weekend culture and lifestyle email<br \/>\nIn the final moments of Stephen Spielberg\u2019s 2001 film AI: Artificial Intelligence, android boy David brings his \u201cmother\u201d Monica back to life for a single, bewildering day. People think this scene is sentimental, but it actually underlines the film\u2019s dark central point: David can never be a real boy, and the bizarre and cruel resurrection of Monica only reinforces his intrinsic inhumanity.<br \/>\nThis came to mind on Thursday night, as I snuck in late to Melbourne Symphony Orchestra\u2019s \u201cconcert in hologram\u201d with legendary soprano Maria Callas.<br \/>\nSign up for a weekly email featuring our best reads Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The legendary soprano was celebrated for her emotional connection. This moribund gimmick intended to bring her back \u2013 but in fact took her further away Get our weekend culture and lifestyle email In the final moments of Stephen Spielberg\u2019s 2001 film AI: Artificial Intelligence, android boy David brings his \u201cmother\u201d Monica back to life for &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/12\/08\/maria-callass-hologram-concert-ersatz-simulacrum-of-a-dead-diva-is-weird-and-depressing\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Maria Callas\u2019s hologram concert: ersatz simulacrum of a dead diva is weird and depressing<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":12556,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12555"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12555"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12555\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12556"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12555"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12555"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}