Fri 26 Sep 2008
PDL Blog Theater
Posted by Janet Galore under Art , Comedy , Items of Interest , Performance , Theater , politicsNo Comments
PDL strikes again… this time on Regina Hackett’s blog.
PDL would like to invite you to witness the conclusion of our first two act blog theater production called “George Washington.”
Last Thursday, September 18th, we posted the first act on the Strangers Slog (http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/overstimulation_roundup) under the posting ‘Overstimulation Roundup” (September 18th, 4:23 pm).
Tonight we completed act two on Regina Hackett’s blog (http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/art/archives/149593.asp#comments) under the posting “Ignoring the online arts community while joining it” (September 24th, 8:41 pm).
It clocked in at around 700 posts and took about 7 hours. As crazy as a task as this may sound, we recognized the great potential to use public comments on media blogs as a stage for presenting plays, stories, improvisation and other acts of text based art. In an age where the blog forum is filled with chaos and random chatter, we saw an opportunity to create and present stories embedded in other organizations websites.
We encourage you to read the entirety of George Washington. We encourage you to reconsider the possibilities and potential for collaborative fiction. But most of all we hope you think about it, enjoy it, and give it a shot sometime. It is one way to get your ideas and your stories out to a larger audience.
I love this call to action. Shall we have a little collaborative fiction? Maybe if the presidential debates don’t happen tonight, some creative minds could enact fantasy debates in the comments of the appropriate political or newspaper blogs….
