Culturebot.org Panel Conversation: Performance and Context: The Black Box and The White Cube—Under the Radar at the Public Theater

Under the Radar presented Culturebot Conversations on Contemporary Performance: "Performance and Context: The Black Box and The White Cube" livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv Sunday 8 January 2012 at 1pm EST (New York) / 10am PST (San Francisco) / 6pm GMT (London) / 7pm CET (Paris).

In today’s cultural landscape, contemporary artists are continuously blurring the lines between theater, dance, installation, performance art, visual art, and live art. The work’s context comes from who curates it, where it happens, who writes about it and who is its intended audience. Performance is perceived and evaluated differently when presented in a gallery or museum as opposed to a theatre. Why is that? What does it mean? And how can we move beyond the Black Box vs. the White Cube and devise new frameworks for genre-defying performance?

Participants:
Philip Bither (Senior Curator of Performing Arts, Walker Art Center)
RoseLee Goldberg (Founding Director and Curator, Performa)
Liz Magic Laser (Artist)
David Levine (Artist)

RECOMMENDED READING:
Claire Bishop, “Unhappy Days In The Art World” (Brooklyn Rail)
Andrew Horwitz, “Visual Art Performance vs. Contemporary Performance” (Culturebot)

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