Category: Points of View
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Culturebot and The New Criticism
Culturebot founder Andy Horwitz talks about where we’ve been and where we’re going in a manifesto, of sorts, gazing into the future.
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Post-Dramatic Stress Disorder
Forty years later, “performance” remains a dangerous concept
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Mircea Cantor, Marten Spangberg, Bad Critics, Books & Thoughts
Franco-Romanian artist Mircea Cantor defends his right not make a point, plus Swedish choreographer and intellectual provocateur Marten Spangberg demands we re-think art creation
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A Poorly Edited Salmagundi Of Half-Baked Thoughts
A logorrheic response to writer’s block wandering through craft beer, personal histories, Tanja Liedtke’s legacy, the Deschanel sisters’ TV shows, & Theresa Rebeck’s gender problems
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“Object as Performer” at CPR
From inanimate to animate: what makes an object more than a bit player in performance?
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Young Jean Lee’s “Untitled Feminist Show”: The Pro
Guest contributor Cassie Peterson writes about YJL’s challenging new show at PS 122’s COIL Festival
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DING DONG THE HITCH IS DEAD: Christopher Hitchens, Garland Wright, Reza Abdoh & Meditations on Genius Cut Short
Renegade arts writer Ivan Bellman contributes this latest thought piece, meditating on Genius Cut Short as embodied by Christopher Hitchens, Garland Wright and Reza Abdoh.
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Claire Bishop on Visual Art and Contemporary Performance
Claire Bishop has written a fantastic essay on the whole contemporary performance/visual art scenario. It is available at the Brooklyn Rail.
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Funding The Arts in America, Michael Kaiser and the 1%
Andy shares some thoughts on the infrastructure of arts funding, Michael Kaiser and the 1%.
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Visual Art Performance vs. Contemporary Performance
What is the difference between Visual Art Performance and Contemporary Performance and why does it matter? Andy proposes some questions and answers.
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Democracy, Art & Critics, or, What Happens to Important Stuff If There’s No One to Call It Important?
Michael Kaiser has been rightly ran through the ringer, but in this brave new democratically discoursive world, what happens to art?
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Why Aren’t Audiences Stupid? (Andy Version)
Andy adds his $.02 to Jeremy’s response to Michael Kaiser’s HuffPo essay.