Performance
Conversations @ Dancing on YouTube
OK, you may have seen the wedding video of the attendants and bride and groom dancing their way down the aisle on YouTube. I thought it was pretty cool too, especially the faux Slow Mo part (which the news clips seem to leave out). What I’m more fascinated by is the viral wave that took over after it was posted (July 19th). The couple was featured on Good Morning America; there was a story about it the Washington Post and they were featured on ABC’s Nightly News that night (July 24th). That’s pretty crazy. If they aren’t publicists they should be. The conversation came up about this at dinner that…
Synchroswim
Feeling hot in this summer heat? You could have cooled off watching the Synchroswimmers compete in synchronized swimming yesterday at the Captiol Skyline Hotel in DC. The event was sponsored by Connor Contemporary Art, as part of the Capital Fringe Festival. If you want to know more for future judging, here’s a dictionary on synchronized swimming: http://en.beijing2008.cn/59/26/article212012659.shtml.
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Performance Art on the Plinth
A new ongoing performance art project has started for the people of UK called One & Other, where everyday until October 14th participants can submit photos as living portraits that will occupy the vacant Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square in London. If your submission is drawn, you’ll also gain a performance spot on the Plinth. This pedestal has been reserved for statues of kings and generals but it is currently empty — unless you want to fill with your own creation. This is an interactive artistic experiment led by sculpture Antony Gormley. I’m not sure how truly artistic this is, except that it’s an open mike for being creative and…
