Curtis... thanks for your reply and the interesting information on contemporary interview practices (I've had similar experiences)...... >> Yudhijit Bhattacharjee first contacted me while researching the story in mid October, predating the dance tech wearable thread by quite some time.....:>> sure, I was being ironic, I don't think the New York Times writers were monitoring our dtz discussions..... nevertheless, i think we should, as you rightly point out, improve and expand our relations to the "science writers" >> But, this article was for "Circuits" in the Science and Technology coverage of the Times, and I think rather then flawing them for reaching out to our community we should question why it is so difficult to have the dance and music writers cover more work with technological components. In our case, many people that would not have otherwise heard of our work have contacted me and said they would love to see it. Perhaps this is just one more step in gaining wider approval and exposure for work of this sort in general.>>> Interesting point. When I was in Düsseldorf recently, at a dance/media festival, I gave a talk and a writer (for a theatre journal) came up afterwards and wanted more information and we had an interesting chat, it turned out this person was doing extensive research on dance and technologies, attending a number of concerts and installations to inform himself and get a first-hand view. But it probably is a rare occasion to find dance or theatre or music writers who really investigate and spend time to inform their readers with reviews and in-depth reports. But I think awareness is slowly spreading, since various journals have recently dedicated special issues to performance and technologies. The forthcoming issue of "Performing Arts Journal," which I helped to edit, will also have a special section on dance-technology. what are other people's experiences concerning this issue? greetings Johannes Birringer OSU_Dance & Technology AlienNation Co. http://www.aliennationcompany.com
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