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About sbaycheng

Professor and Director of Graduate Studies in Theatre and Founding Director of the Technē Institute for Arts and Emerging Technologies at the University at Buffalo (SUNY). Performance Review Editor for Theatre Journal and Series Co-Editor for Avant-Gardes in Performance (Palgrave). Also sporadically blogging about theatre, performance, and digital culture at http://performaddict.com.

taxonomies: media x performance

It’s been a while since I’ve had any time to write here. The long radio silence is due to multiple travels, speaking engagements, writing deadlines, starting a new graduate program in Theatre & Performance, and launching the Techne Institute for … Continue reading

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Future of the Modern University

Even if universities may look well on the surface there is an increasing (and justified) concern that all will change soon. New data and analysis increase the anxiety that the current monopoly of higher education will be lost and just … Continue reading

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ASTR Plenary Intertext

If you’re attending the 2012 Conference for the American Society for Theatre Research Plenary #2, this post will make a lot more sense. Here is the audio file for the intertext. Enjoy!

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Performance Art Summer Camp?

I’m a bit late commenting on this, but I’ve been plotting this post ever since I saw the story over at hyperallergic.com about Marina Abramović’s plan for the Abramović Institute for the Preservation of Performance Art. Abramovicć’s plan is to … Continue reading

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Temporary Distortion at the New School

If you’re in New York, be sure to stop by the New School for a talk with Temporary Distortion. March 27 @ 6pm. Also, Newyorkland is now available to view at On the Boards TV.

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Wikipedia Stats (in pictures)

This requires more commentary, but for now, here’s the overview from open-site.org.   Via: Open-Site.org

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Digital Technology: performative or performance?

Over at Found History, Tom Scheinfeldt is writing about digital technology and what he’s called the “performative humanities.” Based on a recent talk at Brown University, Scheinfeldt considers “game changing” in the digital humanities, mostly through analogies to baseball, including … Continue reading

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digital historiography and performance

Just back from three (count ‘em, 3!) simultaneous performance festivals in New York and will be writing more on that soon. In the meantime, here’s a link to my blog post for the Digital Humanities Initiative at Buffalo (DHIB) on … Continue reading

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Guggenheim creates its first mobile app

For Maurizio Cattelan: All, the Guggenheim Museum creates its first mobile app. So, the experience of art that so annoyed theatre director, Anne Bogart back in 2008 (see here) has now become an integral part of the exhibit. I’m looking … Continue reading

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WWJD? – Procession by Torn Space Theatre

What would Jane’s Addiction do? Almost 150 years after Nietzsche pronounced, “God is dead,” we are hardly without our rituals. Some religious, some secular–repetition, community, and belief in something larger than oneself remain proven hallmarks of a satisfying life. Theatre, … Continue reading

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