At first I couldn't decide whether this is an unholy marriage of adolescent video game obsession with rockstar dreams or a legitimate art form, but my experience at last weekend's Blip Festival a series of performances, discussion panels, and screenings celebrating 8-bit music and visual art cleared things up for me a bit.
Each event leads audiences through a packed program of storytelling, performances, discussion, and meditation.
The events include performances, discussions, films and classroom resources.
In its wide-ranging programme of performances, discussions, films, interactive talks and workshops under the generic heading of Bitef Polyphony, the festival examines the wellsprings of radicalism.
Free performances, discussions and peeks at works in progress are promised by the Off Broadway theater that lays claim to two Broadway hits.
From Oct. 31 through Nov. 3, the performing arts center will present "Planet Hip-Hop," which will explore hip-hop culture through performances, discussions and a film screening.
There is something for children of all ages at the Imagine festival - stage performances, discussions, dance, music, book readings, games, puzzles.
Sundance London will run April 26 to April 29 at the O2 and include film screenings, live music performances, discussions, panels and other public cultural programming.
From April 7-13, Trisha Brown Dance Companypany will be in residence at New York Live Arts for a series of performances, discussions and classes.
There is plenty more to look forward to in New Territories, which also embraces Into The New at the Arches this week, a four-day event of performances, discussions and workshops produced in association with the RSAMD's remarkable Contemporary Performance Programme.
The Chicago Humanities Festival, which each fall brings dozens of artists, writers and musicians to the city to take part in 16 days of performances, discussions and exhibits, has named a new artistic director.
