"These speeches and performances
would be recorded, videoed, notated, put on CD rom (for sale), and
then
workshopped up into a (ticketed) 50 minute performance of some kind
which
would also be videoed, CD romed &c&c (for sale). The whole shebang
is
organised by a "consultant" and somehow will predict the new shapes
of
the arts in the new millenium. I can't say how profoundly I hope it
doesn't.
Perfect though for government sponsored arts: a whole lot of
(ticketed)
fuss signifying absolutely nothing."
What a wonderful example of reality outstepping all the bounds of potential
satire.
What needeth wordes mo?
Sarah de Nordwall
> -----Original Message-----
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> Sent: 09 September 1999 09:00
> To: British poets
> Subject: Govtarts
>
> >The notion of "cutting edge" literature among institutional officials is
> >apparently that it has got out of the museum of print and is on the
> streets
> >of stage. That is their dominant idea of how it can be up to date and
> >politically correct and thus viable.
>
> Even odder, yesterday we received a fax outlining an idea for a
> (ticketed) conference of a panel of speakers including (not very
> surprisingly) mostly arts bureaucrats of one kind or another, who would
> give five-minute keynote speeches which would then be improvised by two
> groups of improvisational performers. These speeches and performances
> would be recorded, videoed, notated, put on CD rom (for sale), and then
> workshopped up into a (ticketed) 50 minute performance of some kind which
> would also be videoed, CD romed &c&c (for sale). The whole shebang is
> organised by a "consultant" and somehow will predict the new shapes of
> the arts in the new millenium. I can't say how profoundly I hope it
> doesn't.
>
> Perfect though for government sponsored arts: a whole lot of (ticketed)
> fuss signifying absolutely nothing.
>
> Best
>
> Alison
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Alison Croggon
> Editor
> Masthead Literary Arts Magazine
> PO Box 186
> NEWPORT VIC 3015
>
> Masthead online: http://www.masthead.com.au
> Home page: http:www.fortunecity.com/victorian/bronte/338
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