tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16876687.post1572787478583490869..comments2024-02-27T16:59:54.089-05:00Comments on (The New) Theatre Ideas: Could Somebody Blog This?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16876687.post-64133346605912761092008-06-09T15:06:00.000-04:002008-06-09T15:06:00.000-04:00Thanks Ian and silent_nic! --ScottThanks Ian and silent_nic! --ScottScott Waltershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06465161646609405658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16876687.post-16390580577507535432008-06-09T14:53:00.000-04:002008-06-09T14:53:00.000-04:00Hi Scott,I attended the event on Saturday and took...Hi Scott,<BR/>I attended the event on Saturday and took notes. My own account is available on my blog, Createquity: http://createquity.blogspot.com/2008/06/saving-our-cultural-capital.html<BR/><BR/>Best,<BR/>IanIan David Mosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10976210502150662973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16876687.post-71267946003780569472008-06-07T23:13:00.000-04:002008-06-07T23:13:00.000-04:00Scott and anyone else intersted,The talk was video...Scott and anyone else intersted,<BR/><BR/>The talk was video recorded by The Tank and they will post it at their site.<BR/><BR/>http://www.thetanknyc.org/culturalcapitalNick https://www.blogger.com/profile/13280949568861084843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16876687.post-12975956117919781772008-06-05T10:07:00.000-04:002008-06-05T10:07:00.000-04:00My "boredom with such meetings" is considerably le...My "boredom with such meetings" is considerably less than those bloggers who never even attend such meetings.<BR/><BR/>Like I said, this conversation point is forever (30 years at least since artists began moving outside of Manhattan to Williamsburg and beyond). And this conversation is also already spread all over the place at the web sites and blogs of the NYC groups sponsoring this meeting. See also NYC theatre blogs speaking to the Showcase reform. So nothing new is likely to come out of this afternoon yak. Department of Redundancy Department.Nick https://www.blogger.com/profile/13280949568861084843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16876687.post-65007969999395606392008-06-05T08:38:00.000-04:002008-06-05T08:38:00.000-04:00silent_nic@knight -- As you probably know from rea...silent_nic@knight -- As you probably know from reading this blog, my active concerns fall outside of Manhattan or Brooklyn. However, I do think that the dissemination of information provides an important service. While your boredom with such meetings may not make you an ideal candidate for blogging about it, it seems to me that blogs provide an opportunity for the conversation to spread beyond those who were able to attend the meeting. If, in fact, the answer to the question about making Manhattan home is "no," as you say, then it might also be worthwhile to have that answer (or the challenges that lead to that answer) available for young artists attempting to find their artistic home.Scott Waltershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06465161646609405658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16876687.post-62299495784599450912008-06-05T08:31:00.000-04:002008-06-05T08:31:00.000-04:00Scott, There is one thing worse than sitting thru ...Scott, There is one thing worse than sitting thru blah blah blah. That would be being charged with reporting on that blah blah blah.<BR/><BR/>Some of these groups are nobly attempting and succeeding in fits and starts at servicing artists in the city. Anyone can read about their work at their respective web sites. I might attend this, but I expect there will be little new said or proposed. There will be some explanations of missions and such. This is a forever conversation in this city. The current Showcase Code reform debate is part of this larger conversation. <BR/><BR/><I>As cost-of-living and real estate prices continue to rise, can young artists and small venues still call Manhattan home?</I><BR/><BR/>Simple to answer. No. And that's not being cynical. Who cares about Manhattan? I have been following some interesting work and art scene developing in the Bushwick area of Brooklyn. Reminds me of the Lower East Side and East Village back in the early '80's. Except for the few small pockets, Manhattan is off the radar of innovative work from young artists except as market exploiter of work developed elsewhere.Nick https://www.blogger.com/profile/13280949568861084843noreply@blogger.com