Performance online
The whole idea of online performance kind of still baffles me. I think that I still think of performance as people sitting and watching without the use of a screen in between, yet, this is rather old fashioned for someone my age. As much as time as I spend on the screen in my own time, I think it's funny that I separate that from my chosen career. This view has changed this semester because of the work we've been doing, both in other units, and now in Web Presence. In this unit, however, it goes beyond using technology in performance to using it AS the performance. The interaction is virtual. Even though we didn't get a lot of traffic for our Second life performance, I think it interesting that even a few people came to interact with us. Also, it's interesting there were performance theatre groups that could've been potential hot spots for us. I think what we need in online performance is consistancy and time. Give people enough time to find us, and be consistantly great. But also there has to be change in order to keep the interest. Something new and different to explore.