Hi Frank:
Being a college professor, I certainly have no excuse for finding a common denominator to define the audience reactions to the different pieces presented in the festival.
Sometimes I am overwhelmed with things and, in a hurry, I focus on conveying an immediate message. In this particular case, announcing the posting of the photos in the internet. Most times I don't have enough time to, carefully, analyze each word I am using.
Needless to say but not an excuse, my mother tongue is actually Spanish.
Having said this, I agree:
Perhaps going back to our press release and using words such as "daring" and/or "controversial" or "outrageous" might have been more accurate. Specially in relation to your work.
Well... I'll try to do a better job next time.
best,
guillermo
gal*in_dog
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ah, yes Gal*in_dog! It is more about what the expectations are that the audience comes into the performance with than anything else. They read DARING, CONTROVERSIAL PERFORMANCE and they come for hip TV... And they actually get pissed when they actually get what we told them they'll get! I have been working with this for over forty years! On the flier for my monthly performance series it states:
"REALITY PLAYINGS: experiments in experience/participation performance... Frank Moore, world-known shaman performance artist, will conduct improvised passions of musicians, actors, dancers, and audience members in a laboratory setting to create altered realities of fusion beyond taboos. Bring your passions and musical instruments and your senses of adventure and humor. Other than that, ADMISSION IS FREE! "
but each time there is someone who gets pissed /shocked that it's actually experiments in experience /participation performance, etc. It's a part of our job as artists to explode these limiting expectations.
In Freedom,
Frank Moore
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