Andy’s Year-End Orphans – Random Ideas on Art, Culture and Value
Andy’s Year-End orphans – a loosely organized collection of random ideas on art, culture and value.
Monthly Archives: December 2012
How architecture helped music evolve
This is a great TED talk by David Byrne on how music is affected by the conditions under which it is created. while he is speaking specifically about music, the premise spans all disciplines. Anybody who is interested in making contemporary work today should be
Transparency Now
Big institutions keep arguing about why they need to exist and cost so much to operate but resist transparency. Artists, audiences and funders should start to demand transparency from institutions. NOW.
Kyle Jarrow Talks About Culturebot
Playwright, musician and all-around good guy Kyle Jarrow was one of Culturebot’s first interviews way back in the day and now he’s a Rock God. Here’s what Culturebot means to him. And if you like Kyle, please love Culturebot, give today.
Introducing CultureBytes.org
Announcing CultureBytes.org, Culturebot’s microbloggy little brother for bite-sized nuggets of arts-related tasty goodness!
There, There at The Chocolate Factory is Totally Freaking Awesome.
One day everyone will realize that Kristen Kosmas is one of the most singularly gifted, unique and important “playwrights” of her generation. And I am using the word “playwright” because it is, at the moment, the most familiar label for people who write words that are performed
Stephen Petronio Talks About Culturebot
As we continue our first-ever fundraising campaign we reached out to some friends to share some thoughts about why they value what we do. Here’s a few words from celebrated choreographer Stephen Petronio.
What Are The Big Ideas?
A list of links to the major Culturebot essays of the past year, the foundational literature for The Citizen Critic Project
APAPP is HERE!
Caden Manson from Contemporary Performance has released an app for navigating January festival season in NYC.
Adrienne Truscott’s “…Too Freedom…” at The Kitchen
Culturebot’s Lydia Mokdessi responds to Adrienne Truscott’s “…too freedom…” at The Kitchen.
Future At The End Of The World CLOSES TONIGHT
Future At The End Of The World CLOSES TONIGHT Here’s a great write-up of the show I curated for Immediate Medium at the Farley Post Office!
Doug Elkins Returns With “Mo(or)town/Redux”
The choreographer returns with a program of new and refashioned works at the Baryshnikov Arts Center.