Here is some information for an upcoming AUNTS event. As usual, the atmosphere is very casual: this is mainly a way to give visibility to young artists in NYC. This time AUNTS has extended an invitation to artists to perform and curate simultaneously (“chain curation”
Elevator Repair Service is taking Gatz, its legendary production of the entire text of The Great Gatsby, up to the Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center at Rensselaer Polytech for the weekend of Nov. 22 and 23. This is the show that they’re still famously
Don’t know anything about this, but I hear Slovenia is swell. And its an interesting topic. International Festival-Fair THEATRE METHODS 09 Between Tradition and Contemporaneity July 6-12, 2009 Bovec, Slovenia “Theatre Methods” is the annual professional festival-fair dedicated to the Bridge between Tradition and Contemporaneity in
I’ve heard that this show is absolutely spectacular! true Takayuki Fujimoto (dumb type) x Takao Kawaguchi (dumb type) x Tsuyoshi Shirai “[true] reminds us of the overwhelming sense of living in contemporary society.” Asahi Newspaper How do we really know what is true? Welcome
I want to be invited to TED. Maybe even to speak there. I’m interested in hybridity, mediated experience, constructed identity and the advent of Third Wave Identity Politics in culturally specific contemporary art. Here is one post on it. And here is my massive, unedited,
Not sure what to expect but Abby comes from good stock (Witness Relocation, ETW and Catch!) – check it out and let me know how it goes! (I will be out of town, unforunately…) THE PERFORMANCE PROJECT @ UNIVERSITY SETTLEMENT PRESENTS THE HOME BY JOSEPHINE
This day in History: 1969 – Sesame Street made its debut on PBS!! Happy Birthday! We’re almost the same age!!
The Future of Music Coalition (Hey Jean and Kristin!) has a thoughtful overview of the implications of the new administration vis-a-vis the arts which includes the following: Towards Sustainable Local Cultural Economies Taking a broader view, FMC believes that the Obama administration will more generally
I am very bummed that I am going to miss this. I met Aurelia the other evening and I hear she is as talented as she is lovely. NYU Skirball Center’s most astonishing event of the season: Aurélia’s Oratorio Starring Aurélia Thierrée Conceived
This should be very interesting: Spectropia | Toni Dove Thursday, November 13, 2008–8 pm Spectropia is a highly imaginative live-mix cinema event, a “scratchable” movie performed by video DJs playing a movie “instrument.” Toni Dove’s sci-fi hybrid, features time travel, telepathy, and elements of film noir in
been on the road for other work this week – two days in immediate post-election Charlotte, NC. bars were packed with excitement. “it’s about time” kept floating around. was nice to see the same celebration resonating there and here.
A few quick thoughts: On Mediation and Live Experience As mediated experience (mobile phones, internet, chat, Second Life) becomes normalized – how do we, as artists, address the unmediated experience? I didn’t get to see the Living Theater’s new piece but it got me thinking