tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9475965.post114102263229084549..comments2023-11-27T09:31:52.030-08:00Comments on Avant Game: Maybe I take play too seriouslyJanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05045030552279368577noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9475965.post-13737505355062851022010-03-19T00:04:15.492-07:002010-03-19T00:04:15.492-07:00Hi Jane,
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Even though you can interpret performance art in your own way, it seems to me that it is The Dancing Kidshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02785155362064284973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9475965.post-1142078358020714092006-03-11T03:59:00.000-08:002006-03-11T03:59:00.000-08:00I think Bill's views of Flash Mobs were always dra...I think Bill's views of Flash Mobs were always drastically different than our own. You remember the paparrazi mob, where we treated people coming out of the Montgomery BART like celebrities? I read an interview where Bill told a reporter we were "making a statement supporting public transportation". Yikes! I don't think he even understood the sense of wonder and play that captivated people.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9475965.post-1141529727116350352006-03-04T19:35:00.000-08:002006-03-04T19:35:00.000-08:00Hi Elliot! Great points. You might be interested i...Hi Elliot! Great points. You might be interested in the article I published in the latest issue of Modern Drama about flash mobs and other forms of networked, pervasive play... it very much looks at the participants as performers. I do hesitate to call it "art" or "performance art" because I prefer to focus on the internal group experience rather than the external audience (local, or belated via Janehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05045030552279368577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9475965.post-1141507175848764222006-03-04T13:19:00.000-08:002006-03-04T13:19:00.000-08:00I agree with you, flash mob participants should ne...I agree with you, flash mob participants should never be called subjects, because noone's signed up to be in an experiment.<BR/><BR/>I'm surprised, in all of your writing that there is never any mention of art, or the larger category of 'performance art.' FromtThe work of Yoko Ono to more direct action and guerilla performance and dance of the recent 20 years, at least, in my mind always held a Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9475965.post-1141370009064482442006-03-02T23:13:00.000-08:002006-03-02T23:13:00.000-08:00I know, Milgram... omg. Do you know how many times...I know, Milgram... omg. Do you know how many times I have given a talk, only to have someone raise the spectre of obedience studies as a sure sign that someday, a puppet master will go too far and coerce players to do something evil? I feel like I have done a pretty decent job of dispelling that (I believe) misplaced concern... but now, an actual flash mob PM citing Milgram as inspiration! AAAH! Janehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05045030552279368577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9475965.post-1141366361476021712006-03-02T22:12:00.000-08:002006-03-02T22:12:00.000-08:00I just read part two. 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