tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1658202452707400073.post6423795158504264308..comments2023-12-27T05:20:26.800-05:00Comments on BAM blog: In Context: A Gun ShowUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1658202452707400073.post-79189059685142047082016-12-03T06:41:49.200-05:002016-12-03T06:41:49.200-05:00I think that was the point--that there is no defin...I think that was the point--that there is no definitive thing to say about what guns are now. I was blown away by this show (excuse the pun). I went on the hook that it might just be one of those wonderfully corky performances BAM New Wave is known for, but I got something spectacular. They are artists doing what artists do which is to make something superb art wise but also to ... I don't want to say respond... maybe use what they have? Make art that thinks too? Something happens when the performance is high caliber (they sure can drum) the production is surgically precise (every move of a hand without its redacted drum was riveting) and relevant. You walk away feeling whole even in fractured times.Maria Sieirahttp://www.mariasieira.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1658202452707400073.post-64494270275991740622016-12-01T12:41:20.963-05:002016-12-01T12:41:20.963-05:00While I understand the program was conceived after...While I understand the program was conceived after the Sandy Hook shootings, I didn't understand a lot of what the performers were doing or saying and what it all meant. I don't necessarily need to have messages or intent explained to me, but in this case I could certainly have used it. I wanted to understand what everything meant, but most of it just didn't make any sense to me. I just enjoyed the displays of percussion ... and understood the fact that a portion of the show was performed on guns purchased on the Internet. I really hate to say that the intricacies of the message were muddled, but they were and as much as I tried to understand, I couldn't. I'm curious what others think.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com