Review: Notes on the Classification of Spectral Lines, the Art of Water Writing, and Other Important Ephemera by Catastrophe Theory Arts

by Michael Meigs
Published on May 26, 2016

An entirely opaque title hides a sequence of exploratory performances that produce something expected, surprise and delight.

The title is entirely opaque. It's a curious choice by Stephen Pruitt and Rebecca Whitehurst for the succession of illuminating thought pieces they assembled with great care for a single weekend presentation at the Salvage Vanguard. The Tuesday preview audience could have been met by just about anything, from astrophysics to hoodoo. And in fact, we were.   A miscellany. This short evening somewhat resembles a sequence of TED talks that you might have turned …

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