Questions of Practice: Visual Artist Jeanne van Heeswijk on Collective Authorship
Visual Artist Jeanne van Heeswijk on Collective Authorship
Francis Kéré on Architecture and Community Collaboration
Francis Kéré on why every architecture project is “a product of collaboration.”
Questions of Practice: Composer and Pianist Vijay Iyer and Librettist Mike Ladd on Multivocality
Composer Vijay Iyer and librettist Mike Ladd on creating "multi-voiced" performance projects that draw on veterans' personal narratives.
Questions of Practice: MoMA's Thomas Lax on Technology in Museums
Thomas Lax, curator of performance at MoMA, addresses the reality that many museum visitors "lead with their iPads and smartphones."
Keynote Essay by George E. Lewis: What Is a Co-author?
"What is an author?" It is a question the composer George Lewis asks, via Foucault, in his keynote essay for our Questions of Practice series on co-authorship in artistic practice.
An Introduction to Co-Authorship
As an increasing number of Philadelphia-area organizations and artists seek funding for projects that involve collaboration and multiple authors, our culture at large has become increasingly participatory.
Questions of Practice: Artist Song ErRui on Collaboration
Song ErRui, the daughter of artists Song Dong and Yin Xiuzhen, talks about her contribution to her parents' exhibition, "The Way of Chopsticks," her life as a young artist, and artistic collaboration.
The Many Arms of Group Sound
Performance Senior Specialist Jeff Arnal looks to Philadelphia experimental trio Many Arms as he explores how musical groups form collective sounds.
White Box Residencies: Dan Blacksberg & David Gutkin
Blacksberg, a trombonist, composer, and 2012 Pew Fellow and Gutkin, a historical musicologist, sought to "sonify" the everyday environment of an office space and conducted various musical experiments.
Talking with Data Garden: Co-Composing with Plants
Data Garden co-founders Alex Tyson and Joe Patitucci answer our questions about co-composing music with plants.