Roughly once a month, we pose questions to artists about their work and lives. We recently asked a group of artists, How much of the "self" is in your art? At what remove do you keep yourself (as a participant/subject), your experiences and memories, and/or your closely-held beliefs from your art? Part one of a two-part discussion. Alissa Cardone, choreographer My … [Read more...]
Christine Southworth and Evan Ziporyn: Mapping New Territory
Christine Southworth and Evan Ziporyn, two composers working in an array of traditions and media, have launched a crowdfunding campaign for their latest project, In My Mind and In My Car. Using the Hatchfund platform (formerly called United States Artists Projects), the artists are raising funds to expand a 45-minute piece for bass clarinet and electronics to a longer … [Read more...]
Who Is Your Audience?
Roughly once a month, we pose questions to artists about their work and lives. We recently asked a group of artists, Who is your audience? Is that a question you ever ponder? Should ever ponder? Tamar Diesendruck, composer My working assumption is that audience(s) are like me. They have personal histories (and listening histories) and are profoundly shaped by the larger … [Read more...]
Female Drummers Take Over Museum
Yeah! That's right. Seeing the absence of recognition of female drummers at large, Mindy Abovitz took matters into her own hands and created an oral history of female drummers, presented by Tom Tom Magazine and ARTBOOK@MoMA PS1. Wouldn't it be cool to be able to do this in Massachusetts? … [Read more...]
Work You’ve Set Aside Part Two
We asked a variety of artists: If you've ever had to set aside a work of art that still had potential, why did you do so? And will you ever return to it? This is part two of the discussion. Read part one. Lisa Borders, novelist Both of my first two novels (Cloud Cuckoo Land and The Fifty-First State) began with a voice, a character. The overall narrative voice was not … [Read more...]