The Politics Of Cultural Production In Theater (Or, Devise This!), Part I
The first in a series of essays on the origins, practices and implications of “non-traditional” theater.
Category Archives: Essays
Art In The Age Of Digital Reproduction (and Distribution)
Andy on “Roman Tragedies” at BAM and what dance can learn from Beck and the Grateful Dead.
Shana Moulton, I’m Sorry (and other important things)
Andy apologizes to Shana Moulton and muses on art, context, personal histories and the interwebs.
Panel As Performance: The Danspace Conversations on Some Sweet Day
Andy responds to Danspace Project’s Conversations Without Walls about “Some Sweet Day” at MoMA, recording included.
THE ECONOMICS OF EPHEMERALITY
This is the third article in a multi-part essay Andy is writing that examines the relationship between performance and visual art from a variety of perspectives including economics, curatorial practice and cultural ecology.
Detroit and Other Apocalypses
With the election looming Andy meditates on America and some shows he saw over the past few months.
Curatorial Practice and Cultural Production
Another section of Andy’s multipart essay “The Economics of Ephemerality” examining the relationship between performance and visual art from a variety of perspectives including economics, curatorial practice and cultural ecology.
Panel As Performance: Deconstructing The Performa Event
This is the first section of a multipart essay Andy is writing called “The Economics of Ephemerality” which examines the relationship of performance and visual art from a variety of perspectives including economics, curatorial practice and cultural ecology.
Re-Framing The Critic for the 21st Century: Dramaturgy, Advocacy and Engagement
Culturebot’s Andrew Horwitz proposes a new framework for the critic in the emerging arts landscape and how that new role can facilitate change and innovation sector-wide.
On Social Practice and Performance
Social Practice, Civic Practice, Socially Engaged Art – what do we mean when we talk about this kind of work and how can we do it better?
Some Thoughts on Attention, Language and Demand
Andy shares some thoughts on the nature of attention and how to talk about it.
Talking About Dance Criticism and the Changing World
On June 24, Andy & Maura were on a panel about “Snark & Praise” at the Dance Critics Association Conference. So that was fun. Here are Andy’s thoughts, a few weeks later.