“History repeats itself… the first time as tragedy, the second time as farce.” Karl Marx, from the 18th Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte Any yokel can repeat the past and call it a fresh start or a new beginning but as Marx points out, repetition will eventually reveal itself as repetition, a seemingly endless cycle...
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“Memory is shaped by forgetting just as the shore is shaped by the sea” Marc Augé How do you perform your memories? Do you wear them on your sleeves? Can I read your memories in the same way that I read your personality? The way you wear your hair or where you choose to...
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accidents happen. and then they keep happening.
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What the heck does John Dewey have to do with lemonade stands? I have no idea.
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Thing 1 and Thing 2 are up to their old antics
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memory boxes, joseph cornell, and a whole bunch of missing words and inside jokes...
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Last fall, Benjamin Haas, Lisa Flannagan and I created a performance. A part of this performance asked audience members to write out a bit of a story, based on a prompt, and turn it in to us at the end of the evening. One of the prompts we gave was “home.” Out of those...
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Bridges to nowhere Bridges to somewhere Bridge festivals Bridge games Ruby Bridges Jeff Bridges Big bridges Old bridges Small bridges New bridges Image Credit: Wikimedia
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In my secret life I sing musicals. I’ll be driving along with the windows down and without even realizing it, I’ll start belting out “In My Own Little Corner” from Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella. I can’t help it. And of course, the best from the golden age of American musicals starred Julie Andrews. And...
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Performance art is bad when artifice takes precedence over the performance. At best it’s kitchy and at worsts it’s a waste of everyone’s time. Artifice: a manufactured thing. Performance implies a body, moving and engaged. The thing made should not come before the body, the thing making. The general (the body) should always come...
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