Category Archives: art+technology

Media in Stages: NYC Performance Festivals 2012

Posted on February 15, 2012 by

It’s officially the age of media on stage. Well, maybe not officially, but that was certainly my feeling after seeing 12 shows, 2 films, and a couple of installations over 10 days of simultaneous theatre festivals in New York this … Continue reading →

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digital historiography and performance

Posted on January 14, 2012 by

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

Posted on November 7, 2011 by

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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Why Cutting the Arts is Not a Good Idea: Psychology Today

Posted on February 22, 2011 by

Here’s a link to the Imagine That! blog at Psychology Today. Authors Michele and Robert Root-Bernstein make a compelling and empirically-backed case for the importance of arts education in promoting innovation and creativity. The full article is: Artsmarts: Why Cutting Arts … Continue reading →

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Performance in Jeopardy?

Posted on February 17, 2011 by

Last night, as reported by the New York Times, the IBM computer, nicknamed Watson, defeated the two best human contestants on the popular trivia TV game show, Jeopardy. This was the third of three games in which the computer did progressively … Continue reading →

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Art 2.0

Posted on February 15, 2011 by

There’s been quite a bit of outcry in response to Rocco Landesman’s, Chair of the National Endowment for the Arts, assessment of the current state of supply and demand for theatre in the US. His address at the New Play … Continue reading →

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