Saturday, September 15, 2007
One Million Forgotten Moments
New York Times: "Among the clichés of New York life is that the city’s streets are their own kind of theater, that there is a certain visual poetry in the millions of iPod wearers, cellphone talkers, street hawkers, office workers, tourist gawkers and other pedestrians making their way somewhere each and every minute of every day."
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I really liked this article! I have always been a fan of installation art, and hearing about projects like these just…makes me happy. I have been trying harder to see off off Broadway and experimental theater whenever I go up to the city because I find my money better spent in those areas. I’m glad to see these types of projects getting support and press, for sometimes we forget about those in the world doing different, fun, beautiful things.
This is just beautiful. I feel like it's in a totally different time period. Where we do art just for the sake of art. There is a gipsy aura about this kind of show. No one is turned away, people are doing it out of the goodness of their hearts and the end result is just stunning. I really wish I could have seen this. Even just reading about it makes me feel empowered. Makes me earn for rich beautiful art that engulfs the viewer into another time and place.
street performers are always such a unique culture. no matter how many times i have seen the statue people, i still stop to watch when are they going to move? I also like the idea of witnessing tiny moments. A show measured in moments rather than in page length. It would be beautiful. from a technical standpoint and an organizational, i wonder what would happen if an act didn't show up or they performed out of order? would the audience's experience be drastically different?
I found the concept behind the type of art in this article to be totally 2007. In these times people are really working to bring things outside the box, creating a new world in which we can live. This type of installation and performance art are what makes our culture dynamic and interesting. I have always been intrigued by the "storefront" theatre and this is a perfect example of this type of art in practice.
Similar to what most of you guys have already stated, Theatre is truly beautiful when brought beyond the box (a very large box if any). There's something truly wonderful about switching perspectives and rebelling against societal norms. Personally, I had never even thought of viewing theatre from this standpoint, but now that it has been created, it seems to be just another puzzle piece that fits into the ongoing effect art has upon its audiences.
It is poetry just by reading the article and seeing the photo.
It is so touching to know that in times where technology is more and more advanced, simple things are still being made. In my haste to catch up with technology and everything it has to offer to us, I tend to forget the basics principles.
Imagine choosing between a chair that can move by itself to a chair that is brought to you by your mother as she greets you at the end of the day, asking you how was school... It just warms my heart knowing which one I will choose...
as actors, designers, and directors, we try day in and day out to bring the reality of world outside our theater doors and put in on the stage for the world to see. unfortunately, the "reality" of it gets blurred in the process of transferring it from "reality" to "stage reality." On that note, this theater concept, or what i've understood about it, highlights the idea that life is pretty damn interesting, and we don't have to jazz it up to make it interesting. it's interesting all by itself. though they do include spiderman, jackie o, and such, there is still something very appealing about watching life, real life, happen, just as it's happening.
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