it seems like a week ago that i told myself that i would blog more to force myself to articulate, so much for that good notion.

but in an attempt at articulation:

dj spooky's rebirth of a nation
3.11.05
sanders theatre
remixing as reinterpretation. a reinterpretation of a found object birth of a nation. at one level this is a really interesting idea--that you can manipulate media to say whatever message you want. but at one level, this is an "of course" idea. that is what media is. i was more struck by paul miller, that subliminal kid, playing on stage. what came out was interesting, but to me it seemed a lot like he was playing around and visually appealing things happenned out and rhetoric was laid on top. maybe this is the way most art is made, and i just have a hard time accepting that it's ok or that is worth as much as well thought out, well articulated ideas. eventhough, i tell myself it shouldn't matter how art is made as long as it pushes you to a place you weren't before, i want more.


mark morris dance group
3.10.05
shubert theatre
another person who plays. i still hold that he in an interpreter of good music and not a great choreographer. another evening of more of the same mark morris. by the middle of the last piece, i couldn't even remember what the first piece was, and i don't think it was due to my lack of memory capacity.