Palindrome

"...Once, say 10,000 years ago, performances were considerably more interactive than they are today. In part, because of the cheap availability of recording, transmission and reproduction technologies, interactivity has all but vanished from the performing arts. Dancers almost never work with musicans any more. And, generally speaking, that which occurs on stage has become fixed and utterly repeatable. Music is almost always recorded, and the role of the audience has been reduced to watching quietly and then clapping at the end..." (http://www.palindrome.de/ Go to link: 5 SECRETS, link: WHY, and read "Why do we bother?")

This is an excerpt from a short but sweet article about where Interactivity, performance and installation is today. It also talks about human need to perform & communicate (many works are on topic of Body, Identity & Intuitive movement).

Please have fun & surf through this website. Go to link: Samples, link: Installations, Emily/Shlamp. I like this outdoors installations interaction with people and urban space. It shows alot about our behavior towards others, and or objects we "think" we can't hurt. Are her feelings hurt, have we physically hurt her? (But... i know... its all supposed to be fun and games.)