A grab-bag of my interests: contemporary theatre, creativity, plus life and learning online
The economics of art production, the use of digital technologies to create, distribute and engage. These posts and audio conversations continue the dialogue.
Icons, branding, labels … the medium as message, but what’s the message or meaning when it comes to theatre labels? There are lots around, and I’m curious about one in particular – independent.
I see it and its diminutive and the very buzzy word indie everywhere. I’m sufficiently that way inclined – too much of the [...]
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As the weekend turns towards the Oscar ceremonies on Sunday night (US) Monday morning (AU), AO Scott writes in the NY Times about the contenders in the Oscar race this year and especially on what he calls the David v Goliath battle of blockbuster up against little movies that can. It’s also about the way [...]
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Worth a complete read but here is the nub of the matter :
No matter your geographic focus, social networks are fundamentally about forming a community and having conversations. Therefore, having a clear purpose in mind when you choose your networks is essential.
We’ve all heard the adage “the medium is the message.” It means that the [...]
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There’s a Twitter discussion happening right now hashtagged #artsed . The hashtag acts as a search key for tweets that have anything to do with arts education, but this particular thread of the discussion is focussing on the issue of professional training for artists – more particularly theatre artists, and especially actors. [...]
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When you spend as much time on Twitter and Facebook, and subscribe to as many theatre focussed blogs as I do, then you take notice of themes that won’t lie down. There’s been a bit of a stir in the social networking streams over the past couple of weeks, and it’s been about [...]
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