{"id":1345,"date":"2009-09-22T08:46:55","date_gmt":"2009-09-22T15:46:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/artfulmanager\/wp\/2009\/09\/smashing_assumptions_about_art\/"},"modified":"2009-09-22T08:46:55","modified_gmt":"2009-09-22T15:46:55","slug":"smashing_assumptions_about_art","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/artfulmanager\/main\/smashing_assumptions_about_art.php","title":{"rendered":"Smashing assumptions about arts venues"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"streb.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/artfulmanager\/images\/streb.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-left\" style=\"margin: 0pt 20px 20px 0pt; float: left;\" height=\"200\" width=\"200\" \/><\/span>If you happen to be in or near Madison, Wisconsin, this week, you should attend the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.overturecenter.com\/production\/elizabeth-streb\">public talk and discussion by Elizabeth Streb<\/a> at Overture Center, Wednesday, September 23, 7:00 pm. I&#8217;ll be there (I&#8217;m one of the hosts, after all), and eager to hear more about her extraordinary and innovative work in rethinking the place, purpose, and processes of arts facilities.<\/p>\n<p>Elizabeth is, of course, a compelling choreographer and &#8221;action architect&#8221; &#8212; MacArthur Fellow, and all that. But her more recent work has been the artful reconsideration of the cultural venue, in the form of her <a href=\"http:\/\/www.streb.org\/V2\/space\/index.html\">Streb Lab for Action Mechanics<\/a> (SLAM) in Brooklyn.<\/p>\n<p>In SLAM&#8217;s 5000 square feet, Elizabeth and her associates cram a whole lot of creative exchange, and encourage public access during every open hour. Says the description:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Since 2003, SLAM has become a gathering spot for exchange of creative<br \/>\nideas across cultures of kids, dancers, gymnasts, circus specialists<br \/>\nand pedestrians. SLAM is a place to experiment, a place that examines<br \/>\nthe difference between public and private, a place that is all public,<br \/>\nall the time. Over the course of a year, nearly 6,000 people see one of<br \/>\n40 performances of STREB in its own performing space, over 400 students<br \/>\ncome to SLAM weekly to attend one of over 40 classes, and renters,<br \/>\nprimarily individual artists, use the space over 50 hours per week.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Elizabeth Streb is in Madison thanks to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uw-artsenterprise.com\/\">special topics course I&#8217;m co-teaching<\/a> this semester, supported by the UW-Madison Arts Institute. Future guest speakers in our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uw-artsenterprise.com\/?page_id=38\">public forum<\/a> will include Bill Ivey (former NEA chair, leader for Obama&#8217;s transition team in Arts and Humanities) on November 12, and ArtsJournal founder\/editor Doug McLennan on December 3.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you happen to be in or near Madison, Wisconsin, this week, you should attend the public talk and discussion by Elizabeth Streb at Overture Center, Wednesday, September 23, 7:00 pm. 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