Tuesday, December 08, 2020
Here’s what readers think of COVID-era virtual arts
Los Angeles Times: For Pamela Geisel, the performing arts — even in their virtual state — have been a lifeline during the pandemic.
Geisel, 65, has spent much of the year driving between Burbank and Prescott, Ariz., which is home for her parents, who have dementia. In between caregiving responsibilities, she has caught at least 10 shows, including Los Angeles Philharmonic highlights at the Hollywood Bowl, Stephen Sondheim’s 90th birthday bash and virtual conversations hosted by arts organizations.
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What an interesting article as I’ve only heard other theatre maker’s opinions of virtual arts and those opinions are usually not got. I love that this article started out with Pamela Geisel talking about the positives of virtual theatre. I think right now arts is what people need like Geisel says because even if it on Zoom it warms my heart. Also, I don’t think Zoom theatre is always horrible or any worse than some in-person theatre I’ve seen. Night one of the virtual playground and non-CMU play readings and performances have warmed my heart. It was a little sad but also understandable people (primarily younger readers) talk about virtual events being underwhelming. It was very interesting in this article seeing mostly older readers talk about the beauty of virtual art while the younger readers seemed less enthused. This article personally has inspired me to see more virtual theatre because though not all of it is successful, it does bring warmth to me and other readers in this article. The consensus seems to be that accessibility is great but there is a universal miss of human connection that happens with in-person arts and frankly, that happened all the time pre-stay at home orders and advisories. The most touching part of this article for me was reading about Ana Sohyl and Carol Hellman, Suzanne Smith-Ellis and Sally Rentschler who have used this pandemic to get in touch more with their art.
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