Questions of Practice: Mary Tuomanen on "Timefulness"
We asked Philadelphia theater artist Mary Tuomanen to comment on the notion and nature of time in performance.
Questions of Practice: Pew Fellow Tania Isaac on Audience Expectations
"There is a hunger for a conversation about process," says dancer and choreographer Tania Isaac, when asked about changes in audience expectations.
"The Home Going Celebration": An Excerpt from Funeral for a Home
In this excerpt from the publication for Temple Contemporary's *Funeral for a Home*, Sue Bell Yank offers a first-person account of the "home going" memorial for the house at 3711 Melon St.
Learning to See psychylustro
Katharina Grosse's epic psychylustro—a five-mile-long "painting" sprayed intermittently along a stretch of train tracks in northeast Philadelphia—challenges a number of assumptions about the role of both painting and public art. Here, urbanist Randy Mason offers his perspective.
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."
Questions of Practice: Composer Judd Greenstein on Audience Expectations
Composer Judd Greenstein speaks to changing audience expectations in "an era where people are deluged with cultural products."
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: Theater Artist Romeo Castellucci On His Relationship To Audiences
Experimental theater artist Romeo Castellucci talks about what he calls the "monarchy of the viewer."
Questions of Practice: Lisa Bielawa, Composer and Vocalist
An award-winning composer-vocalist, Bielawa has worked with Anthony Braxton, Philip Glass Ensemble, and John Zorn. We asked her: How is technology impacting our expectations of live music?