Post #6

In this technological era, I think we can use it to improve our theatrical culture. In my arts management class, we talked about recordings of broadway plays and if it would positively or negatively affect theatre. I think that we should embrace technology and the media to be innovative in what we consider performance. I think you can video a performance and it still be a performance because it was filmed live and present. Although, it is not happening in a present form. I do not think we are in danger or losing this artistic expression. However, I think we can use it to compliment it.

I think that "imagined memory" is a very interesting concept. I think social media gives you a way of keeping up with people's lives and feeling like you are "there" without really being "there". It almost reminds me of watching home videos that my parents recorded when I was younger. We've gone back and watched the old videos from time to time when all the family is together or on holidays and sometimes I confuse my memories from when I was younger with what I actually remember or what I remember seeing on video. For instance, there is a video of my first Christmas, so in my mind I remember it because over the years we've watched the video. However, I think that my memories are of the video rather than actually remembering things when I was six months old. This does make me feel fully present in that moment after seeing the video of myself being there. I think this impacts art and theatre because if you see a video of a performance, you are left with the memory of the performance after you watch it even if you weren't actually there for the live performance. The memory is still with you.