Class
First homework assignment (for September 14)
Please read and/or watch the following material in preparation for Saturday’s performance at the American Repertory Theater [http://americanrepertorytheater.org/events/show/notes-field-doing-time-education] and next week’s class discussion.
Boston Globe article on “Notes From the Field”
Anna Deavere Smith Artist’s Statement
http://www.gf.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Artist-Statement-Anna-Deavere-Smith.pdf
Anna Deavere Smith’s 2005 TED Talk
https://www.ted.com/talks/anna_deavere_smith_s_american_character?language=en
Information to explore on Media Lab Opera of the Future Group’s City Symphonies
http://opera.media.mit.edu/projects/city_symphonies/#
Article on Toronto collaborative symphony in Sweden’s LOFT magazine
http://web.media.mit.edu/~tod/media/pdfs/LOFT_TorontoSymphony_8-13.pdf
Documentary on A Toronto Symphony project
Video excerpt of world premiere performance, A Toronto Symphony
For some background on the Barr Foundation and public art in Boston, consult the following. If possible before the next class, visit at least one of the works described in The Artery list of public art, and check out the 8 installations currently on the Boston Greenway:
The Barr Foundation – Arts & Creativity section
https://www.barrfoundation.org/arts-creativity
The Barr Foundation – strategies for arts and creativity
https://www.barrfoundation.org/strategies/arts-creativity
WBUR/The Artery list of 50 best works of public art in Boston
http://www.wbur.org/artery/2016/08/29/boston-best-public-art
Rose Kennedy Greenway – Public Art