Sunday, February 21, 2021

Worth a Look

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

#WeSeeYou antiracist accountability report includes 11 DMV theaters

DC Metro Theater Arts: An accountability report released by the We See You, White American Theater collective (WSYWAT) points to more than 100 theater institutions nationwide that have responded to the group’s BIPOC Demands for White American Theater in the past seven months. Included are 11 theaters from the DMV.

 

No Longer Able to Easily Work in Europe, UK Artists Are Urging Boris Johnson to Renegotiate Brexit Terms to Allow for Visa-Free Travel

news.artnet.com: Artists are lobbying for the UK government to renegotiate the terms of Brexit to make it easier for them to travel to work in the European Union.

 

The Technological Theatre Experimenters

HowlRound Theatre Commons: At this very moment, the theatre industry is being thrust into a site-specific venue called the internet. Like any other site-specific process, the unconventional performance environment should inspire us to define what makes theatre theatre and celebrate how our form can adapt to any space it inhabits. This present moment places us in an exciting crossroad between former traditions and the emergence of technical and multi-platformed storytelling.

 

Finnish film industry features carbon-neutral production

thisisFINLAND: The carbon footprint of the film was calculated based on the numerous products, services and activities necessary to make it, including transportation, food and electricity. To monitor and report their carbon footprints, all crewmembers read Ekosetti, a sustainable-production guidebook that Aalto University created for the Finnish audiovisual industry. “It was fun and interesting because it brought the team together,” says Gould. “Once you work with offsetting your emissions, there’s no way back.

 

Mardi Gras This Year Becomes 'Yardi Gras'

The Mary Sue: It’s hard to have massive parades and parties during a pandemic, even if it’s a tradition to wear masks for some of the revelers, so Mardi Gras has been a bit different this year in the cities of Mobile, Alabama (where the tradition started in case you didn’t know) and New Orleans, Louisiana. Folks along the gulf have adapted and turned their homes into “house floats” in what they’re calling “Yardi Gras” and the results are fantastic.

 

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