Oral Presentations - Session 2E: UC 332
Presentation Type
Presentation
Faculty Mentor’s Full Name
G. G. Weix
Faculty Mentor’s Department
Anthropology
Abstract / Artist's Statement
In the age of the internet, the World Wide Web is fully integrated in our daily lives— and careers. The internet also is increasingly important to artists for marketing and publicity—and as actual performance. My research project investigates Youtube as well as text-based social media (twitter, facebook, blogs, etc.) to ask how such forms are integrated art performances for the modern age. My project has been approved as part of an Ethnographic Field Methods course for Spring 2014, focusing on the cyber-nation of UM over the past two decades. I will focus on the artistic aspects of this process within specific communities at UM. Through interviews with Youtube users/personalities at UM, and observing social media, I aim for a comprehensive view of the internet can—and will—do for the performing arts community at UM.
Category
Visual and Performing Arts (including Creative Writing)
Cyberstage: A New Era of Theatre Practice
In the age of the internet, the World Wide Web is fully integrated in our daily lives— and careers. The internet also is increasingly important to artists for marketing and publicity—and as actual performance. My research project investigates Youtube as well as text-based social media (twitter, facebook, blogs, etc.) to ask how such forms are integrated art performances for the modern age. My project has been approved as part of an Ethnographic Field Methods course for Spring 2014, focusing on the cyber-nation of UM over the past two decades. I will focus on the artistic aspects of this process within specific communities at UM. Through interviews with Youtube users/personalities at UM, and observing social media, I aim for a comprehensive view of the internet can—and will—do for the performing arts community at UM.