Fishwick Papers: The "Against Artsploitation" Edition

September 23, 2021

Good evening my dear Paperees!I write to you from my office in Kirikiriroa Hamilton, Aotearoa. The local independent black box theatre The Meteor has a coworking space upstairs, where I rent a desk. It's a gorgeous space – originally a bottle factory, then a roller disco, now a theatre, a natural progression – and it's very good for my noggin to be able to go somewhere to do work and feel some semblance, however fleeting, of work-life balance.Something I've been working on recently is a series of articles about Westworld and Immersive Theatre. I've found that the tv show Westworld is a useful way to explore and break down some of the key concepts that I use in my immersive, interactive and improvised theatre, and this series is a mini-thesis covering a lot of what I've learned in the last ~6 years. My goal is that it's of use to those looking to get started in experiential theatre, but also of interest to people who've been at it for a while. Let me know what you think!And with that, here is the main course: Links To Things

Gradual Changes

Searching Problems

Category Problems

Art x Work x Art

Chess Opening of the Week

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