more to support them must not suppose to support them the international community has to invest more on their education. preventing young people. coming to courses. coming up on arts and culture at the guitar music of reinhart. combining sinti jazz with classical guitar for his latest album together with uli along sky. and one man takes children's drawings to the next level. welcome to arts and culture this weekend was

a 1st for hollywood actors of color swept the top prizes at the screen actors guild awards best female lead to want to viola davis for her role as 19 twenties jazz singer moll reigning in ma rainey's black bottom adapted from the play by august wilson. viola davis small radius black box thank you. for lead me in a legacy act is the color me and relish for the rest of all i think best male lead went to the weight chadwick boseman for his performance in the same film as an ambitious trumpeter exploited by white record producers. like you could i got tap oh. we used track my dad had no doubt was going to turn out like this he would name again oh those men's final performance came out as . he died last year of cancer as widow taylor simona lead toward accepted the award

on his behalf a month after she accepted his golden globe wife if the world i'm balanced the a crusader that pushes heavily on the seesaw of the mind that's a quote by chad bros. thank you sgrena thank each thank you. now the sag awards are seen as a predictor for the oscars and if bozeman and davis repeat their victories there it will be the 1st time in almost 20 years that 2 black performers take the best actor and best actress oscars the 1st and last time that happened by the way was with denzel washington and halle berry back in 2002 well award season is all about recognizing the final products when the performance is over and the reviews are in but what about the moments before a performance british photographer simon a nun's portrays actors before they go on stage in london are they nervous

terrified or something else entirely his new book time to act features candid shots of a non has been taking backstage for decades. the last half hour before the curtain goes down it's a magical shimmering time in between phase when every actor engages in their own personal rituals to shake off the outside world and draw the energy they need to go on stage. 30 minutes they have to be in the building and they have this dramatic tension between the 2 images of themselves and the fictional character and as the closer they get going on the stage the more they have to absolve themselves of by the fictional character simon anand has been taking photographs in london staters for 40 years both in front of and behind the stage

he's gained access to everyone's dressing room joseph finds jude law glenn close he captures moments in which the actors appear to almost duplicate themselves it's hard to say whether that's still cate blanchett gazing out at you but the character she's playing. i personally think that kate is one of the best examples of allowing the camera to see. vulnerability in that she allows the camera to see her emotions but at the end it isn't interested in glimpsing his subject souls or in capturing some sort of truth he wants to make an iconic image whether incidentally or created by the connection between camera and actor. i would never i never put myself into a position where it's i'm not trying to be

a fly on the wall. this is not what this book is about there's no attempt they know i'm in the room they want to be seen through my eyes fine. and says the important thing is to be open with no set expectations but he does prepare carefully reading up ahead of time on his subjects. when ethan hawke came to the london stage the word was that he was a surprisingly good shakespearean actor. it reaffirmed my sense that the american actor is a very different from english actors well they bring to the stage the stage you know this sense of energy this certain pumped up energy yeah so. i hesitate to use this word visceral because i'm not sure what it really means but i think that's what it what i'm trying to to you know it's sort of. just before taking the stage an actor's transformation is complete and the play can begin the

photo book time to act is an impressively sensitive declaration of love for the theatre and its actors a portion of the sales will go to those unable to work during the pandemic shut down still simon and isn't worried about the future of theatre. there are more theatres in london than anywhere in the world even creating new york where there's been. things are not going you know that they will be there. for people to make fear to in this book is a reminder of just what is waiting in the way. to music now and the work of german sente guitarist ryan hart as a child he was inspired by another center guitarist with the same last name the legendary django reinhardt who's possibly also a distant cousin reinhard combines django so-called gypsy jazz with styles including flamenco latin and brazilian popular music for his latest album it teamed

up with bret belorussian classical guitarist. it's called gypsy it meets classic piece of soul. reinhardt is a virtue also on the guitar born in the western german city of copeland's he's from a well known german family of musicians in one pandemic times he spends about half the year on the road performing and searching for new musical collaborators and influences like here in morocco. he's also visited india tracing the roots of his sinti and roma cultural heritage reinhardt is a kind of musical nomad. group

i go everywhere and try to get to know different cultures and music i watch how they play and try to imitate it so what i do is pretty nomadic. his latest cd is a collaboration with uli alon sky and her classical concert guitar the musician from bella ruse has guessed it. world wide and the 2 nomads create breathtaking music together. here's a question for you what would the world look like if it were entirely drawn by children and the answer is somewhere between hilarious and terrifying we know this because of the work of one british father tom curtis who takes little kids drawings

and uses them as a guide to improve on real photos the results of become an internet sensation we met up with curtis and his sons. these animals are one of a kind. of horse with no neck a cat with human teeth. and a cow with claws. these are what children's drawings would look like if they came to life. british designer tom curtis came up with the idea of a world in which children's imaginative images become reality. the 1st drawing we actually brought to life was a portrait that my son had of me and i kind of knew it was going to be pretty grotesque and of course the process is actually quite long so i could see it developing into this hideous picture so his the his the drawing and then the actual real version looks like that and i think with becky sort my wife she

thought she'd married the wrong person tom curtis began his project things i have drawn in 2015 when his children were younger their drawings of animals monsters cars and people inspired him. with the help of digital technology. transform them into surprising pictures. i think. special about the project that encourage kids to be creative and i think this. computer for example but what this does it gets them draw. on a piece of paper the ideas for his children's drawings often came from excursions his family took around their home villages chatting to northwest of london curtis and his wife encourage their children to express themselves creatively.

picture helps motivate them. really who. we didn't know. very surprised. began as a family project went global within a couple of years after it was just friends who sent curtis their children's drawings he would create a. versions of them. then he started posting before and after pictures on instagram today tom curtis received around $100.00 drawings a month from children all over the world. of their creations the best roi. is just using. it takes him around 15 hours to transform a drawing. and creative director of

a media agency he edits the pictures in his free time. drawn is now. so for example i've got this here from the original photograph and i'm going to bring it to the picture here put it into place zoom in so we can see the detail and make sure it fits nicely and then we can even move it around a little bit and so a photo of a rabbit becomes a fantastical creature from a child's imagination. the designers sons are now reaching the age where they're too old to contribute drawings themselves but bank city art works he receives from around the world tom curtis will continue to bring children's fantasies to life.

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really what moves and also who talks to people who follow along the way my runs and critics alike how is the world's most powerful woman shaking her head. thank you for joining us for michael's last hour. according to my fitness trick i've already taken 2628 steps today and i got 7 hours of deep sleep that's about average this device can even determine my mood seriously but is that really a good thing how healthy is self optimization our topic today on shift. do it get enough exercise to eat the right food have i had enough water today am i relaxed enough according to

a recent survey about 33 percent of the global population has already tried out digital health records the market for fitness wearables has tripled since 2017 and it looks set to grow much more say experts why are we so obsessed with self improvement and is there something wrong with us not according to a psychologist you wouldn't mongst off. the tips principle optimisation is a part of our new like keep developing further which is one of the human fundamental needs it's part of all of us but there is a difference when we talk about self optimization this entails reaching optimum capacity or reaching us or go along and this is often linked to self value and status. we try to get fitter and eat better to improve our bodies but what about our minds well also apps and gadgets that contract our mental

well being and in these times of crisis many are starting to use such moves to track us but how do they work i took a closer look. at how you know question the world is asked more often it's also what i've been asking myself for the. days now i've been using delio to track my mood in the morning at midday and in the evening i can choose from 5 emotions this morning i would say that i'm good. i tell delio what i'm doing i'm feeling translates the data into statistics. hold the riot trick is available online and they are almost like digital valerie's a place to record on hold and activities. evaluate this information and draw conclusions about psychological health. can't really analyze the uses. a person can have so many different emotions feelings are very complex and these

apps can simplify complex matters in such a way that they might be. delio can only track my mood when i'm using it actively it doesn't know what happens in between and that information doesn't turn up in the statistics. i don't think the ad was that useful for me personally but it could be helpful to record one's daily activity in order to recognize certain patterns but to do so you already have to know yourself quite well. that take other factors into account quite a bit. know that i'm in the office it's time for the next test field response can measure the sweat on the user skin this information will be linked to mood related data. i will input my mood into the app now that's a joyous because i get to see my colleagues the respond money to some biometric

data for example translates them into emotional patterns and recognize them when i'm joyous in the future. i don't know how precise these measurements are but on the basis of my responses to questions about. situations the polls certain mindfulness exercises. all kinds of variables such as these on the market now some claim that they can recognize or use emotions to their laws others detect and measure brain activity all these headbands wristbands rings measure physical data and give advice on how to improve mental health some even say that they can help people to overcome depression but you did most of has some warning worse in this regard. we should remember that we should never transfer responsibility for our own life and the psychological well being of our health to a digital app it can be helpful to use them but it's very important not to use them responsibly and to be aware of the risks that afflicts. after work i

like to switch off and this news had been says it can help according to the makers use a 7 sensors to detect the brain's electrical activity which it then transforms into understandable experiences so the user can wind down and meditate. sounds of a storm which will remind me to concentrate on my breathing if i'm feeling calm i will heal some of the way. i can hear some very light rain and some wind. and from time to time this is the pain that indicates that i'm really relaxed but. what i'm talking to when it's getting heavy on the way in there would be a truth so i think a bit of concentrated. i would say that new trick is going to help people to go about their everyday life in a more mindful way but it is important to not relinquish full control and to not

take the exercises they prescribe too seriously. that such gadgets can really have uses with serious mental health issues for now people can still decide themselves whether they want to use these quantified self apps and devices. but what if they didn't have a choice what if their employers ordered them to use a mood tracker. lots of work multitasking and difficult exercises this is daily life at tiny a start up based in munich the founders vision of the future is one where employees only receive as much work as they can actually carry out the idea is that software should allot their workload automatically so that the software can do this boys have to wear a device that measures their polls all the time and there's a camera there films their faces the idea is to measure their stress levels and emotional states and their workload can be calculated. it is one of the developers he says he's not interested in surveillance or storing data but in flow.

is a tutor this can be described as the perfect state between the feeling of being under challenge to board and the opposite which is being stressed and swamped that place in between when someone is challenged can cope with the task in hand in his flight flow. but do we really want a world in which software can get such a deep insight into an employee's emotional state the absolute select from the german research center for artificial intelligence things not. then as. we don't want a situation in which such software leads to the surveillance of employees with the result that someone might be fired if they don't perform adequately or if they're going through a rough patch personally and the system detects with subsequent negative consequences this has to be prevented. at this munich startup employees have to actively agree to be tracked but will this always be the case

these systems force people to share intimate information how is the data used and by whom. of course apps must collect data to quantify progress for example in health related research apple has collaborated with academics and published a variety of studies based on data collected by volunteers and their smart watches it might sound like a win win situation but i'm not so sure about giving that bunch of personal information to a private company. health as truckers collected data when users are sleeping eating and exercising but they also gather other information for example regarding location users often have no idea what is done with their data. is a lawyer who says the terms of use are frequently formulated in a very vague way. many companies are just connecting information and don't even know what they want to do with it sooner or later there will be some kind of

commercial use for the data right now data is already being sold for targeted advertising directed at certain groups and vigils and health insurance companies are also very interested in such data some of them are already offering cheaper rates to policyholders who agree to track their own health related data this is the this is great for those who are healthy but not so great for those who are not in the end it leads to people being selected according to their risk to the. user should think very carefully about the amount of personal information they're willing to divulge to some shops. data protection is obviously a big issue but do the apps even do what they say they will now all kinds of new fitness apps and gadgets flooding the market they're supposed to encourage users to exercise more without a trainer but do they really work. defense motion there's a wealth of research into the question of whether it makes a difference if

a person uses an app and tracks their activity or not and so far what it's showing is that it makes a huge difference to people's motivation many are more likely to commit themselves to their health and stick to it if they track their activity and see visible progress but it is not yet been proven that this actually makes an impact on health and whether users really do more exercise we just don't know that yet. in addition some 'd fitness apps can actually increase the risk of physical damage artificial intelligence and instruction videos can help people tailor physical activity to their own needs so that people are more likely to hurt themselves if they do the exercises wrongly and can't ask a real life instructor for advice. if the user wants to do something right there is a lot of work involved and good trainer will happen so it's an experience that i'm

. so train is made of flesh and blood still have an important role to play. and that doesn't just go for fitness apps even small devices can have huge drawbacks a friend of mine wanted to track all the stages obviously to optimize his sleeping pattern but he got so stressed out by the whole process that in the end he couldn't sleep at all and that might be helpful for some but not for others it's very important to find the one that's right for you this is what our expert says. just an individual or an is unique and not even the best dabs can map all the highly individualized elements that make a person and help them to develop an app make suggestions based on the aggregated data so it can never be tailored precisely to just one individual basically no user should ever follow is just blindly but always ask whether it really makes sense for

them personally. however for a person in crisis any kind of support is better than none at all so even if it would make more sense to talk to a professional and out with at least give an indication of the direction somebody wants to move in and how they might want to develop so i would say use the apps but make sure you always question their advice. about. hard. what about you have you used fitness apps and have they helped you reach your goals. on social media on d w dot com if you want to find out more about these gadgets check out our you tube channel for now.

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