Performing Arts
Ancestral voices speak the language of science and art
Science and art are branches of the same root watered and nurtured in different ways. After centuries of utilizing science…
Counting Culture
It is said that everything has its price, but should that be the case with art? Putting a value on…
Building a future
A climate of dwindling subsidies and fierce competition for corporate sponsorship has left many arts operators struggling to stay afloat,…
Outside the Square
Outsider Art? The term spanks of marginalization and disempowerment. Indeed this form of art has been known by many names,…
Crossover the road my friend
This week London's Medieval Baebes will be jetting across the Atlantic to begin their scarcely anticipated Canadian tour, but it's…
Play it again, Sam
The practice of borrowing from older works to create new ones is well-established among artists. And contemporary performers and artists…
But is it ethical?
According to Thomas Shanks, S.J., executive director of the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics: "Ethics is intimately bound up with…
Intellectual fakes
On November 23 and 24 the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), Italy's Ministry of Productive Activities and the Italian Institute…
Spect-actor power
As a young man during the 1950s and 60s, Brasilian director Augusto Boal wanted to use theater as a means…
Puppets, politics and the internet
Are the arts taken seriously in Australia? This seems to be an eternal debate, that can only be judged by…