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Saturday, September 08, 2012
Fractured Atlas Develops Site to Match Artist With Space
backstage.com: Everyday countless New Yorkers search for new digs on StreetEasy.com, where they easily search desired neighborhood, price, and space needs. Now, a new online service is applying the same template to link artists with available performance spaces.
This is a really great idea! I love that it lets small venues who aren't as well known get a good reputation and get more business. Also, it's nice to be able to book for a place last minute. It's almost like how some hotel booking sites give you the unsold rooms that you wouldn't have bothered looking for. I hope that this website effectively expands in other cities besides New York because it is a fantastic opportunity for venues and theatre companies alike.
"Everyday" is misused in the first sentence of the article. Besides that, I also think this is a cool idea. It makes great use of the existing platform. The sorting options, just like living spaces or hotels will be very useful to artists seeking performance spaces. I really enjoy the modern and web interface, especially how up front the design is about rental fees, since they aren't siding with any particular space.
This is the wisest wisest idea for a company. It is almost surprising that nothing like this really exists in such an accessible format already, because New York seems to be full of productions trying to be seen and full of spaces that can house them. There is just a disconnect in communication, especially in smaller venues that you probably wouldn't even recognize as a venue even walking past it. This is a very great way for productions with new teams who possibly don't have the right kind of connections that you'd typically need to get your show into a space and running. I also like to see that huge variety of spaces that are listed- not just tiny spaces trying to be rented out, but big name spaces as well that probably don't need the publicity but are still participating in this initiative.
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This is a really great idea! I love that it lets small venues who aren't as well known get a good reputation and get more business. Also, it's nice to be able to book for a place last minute. It's almost like how some hotel booking sites give you the unsold rooms that you wouldn't have bothered looking for. I hope that this website effectively expands in other cities besides New York because it is a fantastic opportunity for venues and theatre companies alike.
"Everyday" is misused in the first sentence of the article. Besides that, I also think this is a cool idea. It makes great use of the existing platform. The sorting options, just like living spaces or hotels will be very useful to artists seeking performance spaces. I really enjoy the modern and web interface, especially how up front the design is about rental fees, since they aren't siding with any particular space.
This is the wisest wisest idea for a company. It is almost surprising that nothing like this really exists in such an accessible format already, because New York seems to be full of productions trying to be seen and full of spaces that can house them. There is just a disconnect in communication, especially in smaller venues that you probably wouldn't even recognize as a venue even walking past it. This is a very great way for productions with new teams who possibly don't have the right kind of connections that you'd typically need to get your show into a space and running. I also like to see that huge variety of spaces that are listed- not just tiny spaces trying to be rented out, but big name spaces as well that probably don't need the publicity but are still participating in this initiative.
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