Webspinna

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http://www.flashkit.com/soundfx/Ambience/Restaurant
http://www.hark.com/clips/bcgnrchtkq-i-have-a-dream-part-2

Artist's Statement
I guess I didn't know what to expect out of this whole new experience, but I'm glad we were given this opportunity to try something new. The phrase that continued to come to mind was from the screenplay from our reading. One section talked about the collectivism that arose during the boom of Deejaying in the 80's. It talked about art belonging to everyone, and that fine art tended to run away from that idea, and making it less accessible to the average person. I felt this webspinna event was the exact opposite of that notion. Content available to anyone with an Internet connection was compiled and performed in an extremely casual social gathering. It was less focused on the art itself and more on the fact that art bring people together. My personal performance tried representing two equally famous, yet polar opposite figures: John Wane and Martin Luther King Jr. Many of the westerns I have seen Wane in have depicted him as an Indian hating old Calvary man. I almost have to laugh at some of his racial lines. Dr. King on the other hand speaks for the exact opposite. My performance was a dialogue between the two put to music.
He whole experience, to include finding and compiling the sounds as well as performance night, reminded me of watching my friend free style break dance. He would go to competitions and I would go watch, but the reason I connect the two is that neither would be very impressive without the social gathering behind them. So many recent art form have been formed into communities by e influence of modern technology. Art, even more so in our time has become everyone's. In those dance competitions the competitors would practice moves over and over, but would have to go back and forth with a competitor like a conversation. At our webspinna many had to do a little adjusting to fit the previous act. In this manner our art becomes more like a conversation. It was really fun to be a part of.