{"id":981,"date":"2006-12-04T08:46:17","date_gmt":"2006-12-04T16:46:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/artfulmanager\/wp\/2006\/12\/when_does_a_work_of_art_begin\/"},"modified":"2006-12-04T08:46:17","modified_gmt":"2006-12-04T16:46:17","slug":"when_does_a_work_of_art_begin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/artfulmanager\/main\/when_does_a_work_of_art_begin.php","title":{"rendered":"When does a work of art begin?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Liz Lerman Dance Exchange has always explored the boundary between artist and audience, between professional and amateur (it&#8217;s right there in their <a href=\"http:\/\/www.danceexchange.org\/whoweare.asp\">public description of themselves<\/a>). So, it&#8217;s fascinating to watch them experiment with an even more public way of doing their creative work.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/funnyuncles.org\/\">Funny Uncles weblog<\/a> is an on-going public discussion leading up to and following the premiere of a new work (you can see <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kennedy-center.org\/programs\/millennium\/artist_detail.cfm?artist_id=LIZLERDANC\">a video of Saturday&#8217;s premiere<\/a> on the Kennedy Center&#8217;s website). The weblog hosts thoughts, comments, video, and still images from the creation and rehearsal process, written by choreographer Peter DiMuro. Says the weblog&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/funnyuncles.org\/about.php\">purpose statement<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><i><br \/>\nA key focus behind this blog is to transform the notion of a performance as a single event that takes place on a stage to an extended process of creativity, collaboration and experimentation that takes place over weeks or months.<br \/>\n<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>This isn&#8217;t the first weblog of a commissioning process (I recall an <a href=\"http:\/\/claricesmithcenter.blogspot.com\/\">effort by Doug Varone<\/a> back in 2004), and it surely won&#8217;t be the last. But it&#8217;s interesting to watch a producing company and creative artist dive into the new medium to test the waters.<\/p>\n<p>At the heart of the project are three little questions that can only be answered after many artists give this type of initiative a try:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><i><\/p>\n<p>How will audiences relate to and enjoy dance performances differently if they have an opportunity to experience the entire creative process from start to finish?<\/p>\n<p>How will the audience experience be transformed if blog visitors are given an opportunity to offer suggestions and feedback about the creation of a dance work?<\/p>\n<p>And what does it mean for choreographers, dancers and dance enthusiasts if the general public is encouraged to contribute their own videos of movements and spoken word programs?<\/p>\n<p><\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Technology always takes an interesting turn when artists get their mitts on it. Can&#8217;t wait to see where this goes, and what DiMuro learned from the process. Thanks and congratulations to <a href=\"http:\/\/greatdance.com\/danceblog\/dougfox.php\">Doug Fox<\/a>, who put the effort together.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Liz Lerman Dance Exchange has always explored the boundary between artist and audience, between professional and amateur (it&#8217;s right there in their public description of themselves). So, it&#8217;s fascinating to watch them experiment with an even more public way of doing their creative work. The Funny Uncles weblog is an on-going public discussion leading up [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-981","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-main","7":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/artfulmanager\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/981","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/artfulmanager\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/artfulmanager\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/artfulmanager\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/artfulmanager\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=981"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/artfulmanager\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/981\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/artfulmanager\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=981"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/artfulmanager\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=981"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/artfulmanager\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=981"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}