Dear List,
Perhaps I can help kick off this month's Theme by referring back to some of the things which were said in response to Sarah's query about "Broadcast" on the list last month ...
To start with perhaps the most obvious 'exciting possibility' of new media distribution, Kelani Nichole posted that the Philadelphia Low Lives Festival is a networked performance festival that "celebrates the transmission of ideas beyond geographical, cultural and political borders".
This seems to address all three of our questions, and in particular issues of "the live". Perhaps Kelani and others could offer some practical experiences as to what this means for audiences in particular - what kinds of geographical, cultural and political borders can these audiences work across exactly, what works, and what doesn't?
Yours,
Beryl
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On 20 Feb 2012, at 12:29, Marialaura Ghidini wrote:
This month's theme on the list is Distribution and Dissemination after New Media and is hosted by Marialaura Ghidini and Beryl Graham
The connected new media of streaming, web broadcasting and narrowcasting, smartphone apps and augmented reality offer intriguing opportunities for art and culture. At a time when the Arts Council and NESTA are considering funding structures for new media as a means of distribution, this a key issue for curators, artists, educators and others interested in how media might meet their audiences, and how new media might be distributive art in itself, as well as a means to an end.
This theme therefore deals with issues of:
What happens to ideas of the 'live', over time?
What kinds of audiences?
How are artists using distributive media?
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