Sunday, October 13, 2019

Worth a Look

Here are a few posts from last week's Greenpage that might be worth your time...

Old Vic's Gender Neutral Toilets: A Dialogue

Exeunt Magazine: We are spilling out of the Northern line on our way to rehearsals when The Stage publishes Sarah Ditum’s article criticizing the Old Vic’s decision to implement gender neutral toilets. Rehearsals for a play in which we hire cis body doubles to take over our lives as trans people, to see if we ever get to author our own stories.


Inside the Living, Breathing World of the Washington National Opera's Costume Design

On Tap Magazine: “They think of the costumes as living, breathing things. They develop intense relationships with the costumes themselves as they’re literally forming them with their hands.”

Timothy O’Leary is describing the love story between the Washington National Opera (WNO)’s costume team and the works of art they fit to singers not like a glove, but like a second layer of skin, an extension of their very being. And it’s an easy romance to get swept up in.


Geena Davis Unveils Partnership With Disney to "Spellcheck" Scripts for Gender Bias

Hollywood Reporter: During a closing keynote speech at the New Zealand Power of Inclusion Summit, the actress explained how a new digital tool will prevent film and television works from perpetuating underrepresentation and stereotypes — and their pernicious real-world effects.


We need to talk about money…

ProSoundNetwork.com: Us freelancers are all entrepreneurs—whether we like it or not—so let’s embrace that and not be afraid of more business-focused dialogue. We can also be more honest about downtime (we all get it) and what constructive activities can be used to fill that time.

So, I’m going to get the ball rolling by discussing some things that I have found useful in negotiating more than a decade of freelancing.


The Second-Order Problem: A Participant-Centered Approach to Immersive Design

noproscenium.com: In proscenium theatre, an invisible, imaginary wall separates the performers from the audience: the fourth wall. In an immersive experience, this fourth wall is pierced or broken (or perhaps does not even exist in the first place).

But why do we break down the fourth wall? What is the rationale for doing so?

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