Original image by kevindooley
Here at Spark, we swim in a sea that blends technology, weird art, science, and culture. It seems like a natural enough mix for life in the 21st century. In spite of the hard line that’s often drawn between ‘art’ and ‘science’, artists quite often explore questions of science and technology in their work. I saw a quirky, funny, and highly entertaining example of that the other night, in a play called Dedicated to the Revolutions. It’s an explanation of seven revolutions in science and technology, from Copernicus to the internet. I call it a play, but it’s really more of a group lecture with songs, comedy, and an internet made out of tin cans. It’s charmingly insistent on the right of non-experts and artists to grapple with what science means for how we understand progress, the world around us, and how we understand ourselves. It made me think that if Spark decided to do live theatre, it would probably look like this. You can check out a video montage here. If you’re in the Toronto area, Dedicated to the Revolutions is at Buddies in Bad Times theatre through April 12th. It will be traveling to Calgary next year. Anyone seen it? I’d love to know what you think.
