You can see better than this six times a day on old episodes of "Soul Train" on Centric. Plus you get Don Cornelius.

Conceptual artists can't dance.

What prompted this post, JG?

Who are these "white people" they're talking about?

That isn't funk. That is a lot of people doing the white boy dance. The black people in that clip are doing the white boy dance! We need a video of gay boys teaching us how to dance.

For nuit blanche one year, they broadcasted this video in one of the rooms in Hart house. At midnight, when I passed by, most people were sitting, watching the video. By 4am, it had turned into a party. Participatory art can be such a lovely experience.

@Rich: Reading a book called "Participation" by Claire Bishop as I think about The Long Walk we went on last weekend (led by artists Susan Robb and Stokley Towles). Thinking about leading/not leading participatory artworks, the role of education in the whole process, and the role of healing. Piper's "Funk Lessons" came up in the book and I wanted to share.

@Me: To clarify, book's edited by Claire Bishop, writing's by lotsa folks.