When supply chains and funding fall short, theatre does too.
Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
Posted inPerformance
How Do We Free Those Who Are Already Free?
African scholars Felwine Sarr and Dorcy Rugamba seek to answer this question with the musical theatre performance Freedom, I’ll have lived your dream until the very last day.
Posted inMusic
Still Hurting From the COVID Pandemic, DJs Turn to Digital Platforms
The use of technologies such as NFTs and live streaming has been growing steadily in the music world since the COVID-19 lockdowns.
Posted inArt
Is Shadow Puppetry a Dying Art Form?
There are tensions between those who wish to preserve the nature of shadow play and those who want to see it evolve.
Posted inPerformance
Digital Theater Is Not Just a Pandemic Fad, Creators Say
The art form continues to survive the return of in-person theatre, but maker-performers struggle with a lack of institutional support.
Posted inArt
Unboxing the Origins of Civilization
With cardboard paintings, Omar Ba honors African cultures and challenges the Eurocentric view of history.
Posted inPerformance
Hope and Agony According to Felwine Sarr
Traces — Speech to African Nations is a spoken word piece with music written by the acclaimed Senegalese scholar and performed by the Burkinabé actor Étienne Minoungou.
Posted inArt
The Curious Dream to Build the World’s First NFT Museum
A secretive blockchain entrepreneur wants to mint a new institution to prove that NFTs are here to stay.
Posted inArt
Who Owns the 3D Scans of a Famous Venetian Church?
“I don’t see the recording of the island as an end in itself,” says Adam Lowe, the founder of Factum. “We see it as the start of a new level of research.”
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Could 3D Scanning Further Complicate Art Repatriation?
Is it disrespectful to separate an object from its original cultural context?
Posted inArt
Self-Portrait as Future
When looking at images from the golden age of Sudanese photography, I was reminded to listen as much as look.
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The Poetics of an Invisible Market
“I’m making a financial instrument as an artwork. That’s the new reality.” She stares unwavering into the distance. “What is existence on the blockchain? Does an NFT exist?”
