Drama is a literary form involving parts written for actors to perform. It is a Greek word meaning "action", drawn from the Greek verb δραν, "to do".

Dramas can be performed in a variety of media: live performance, film, or television. "Closet dramas" are works written in the same form as plays (with dialogue, scenes, and "stage directions"), but meant to be read rather than staged; examples include the plays of Seneca, Manfred by Byron, and Prometheus Unbound by Percy Bysshe Shelley. Other dramatic literature may not resemble plays at all, such as the Imaginary Conversations of Walter Savage Landor. Drama is also often combined with music and dance, such as in opera which is sung throughout, musicals which include spoken dialog and songs, or plays that have musical accompaniment, such as the Japanese Noh drama.

Improvisational drama, a form of Improvisational theatre, is drama that has no set script, in which the performers take their cues from one another and the situations (sometimes established in advance) in which their characters find themselves to create their own dialogue as they perform. Improvisational drama is made up on the spot using whatever space, costumes or props are available.

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FOUND Magazine

Bums Hangout
Sat, 06 Sep 2008 05:00:00 -0000
Found this on a door downtown. This is obviously a bum hangout.
In It of Itself - Your Bed Sounds Delicious
Sat, 06 Sep 2008 05:00:00 -0000
Either schizophrenic or one sided, either way it is random. I cannot imagine the context-- a meeting? a class?
I'd Like to Do This with You
Fri, 05 Sep 2008 05:00:00 -0000
I found this note while leaving class one day.
Kentucky Girls
Fri, 05 Sep 2008 05:00:00 -0000
I found this card folded up in the dining hall. I had no idea Kentucky girls had such a bad rep.
The Dotes Are the Ships
Thu, 04 Sep 2008 05:00:00 -0000
These were plastered all over the streetlights in my neighborhood. They have been up for weeks, not sure what date I was supposed to be looking up. And where do you even find foolscap anymore?
Butt Buddy
Thu, 04 Sep 2008 05:00:00 -0000
I came into my class (where I would be doing assignments which would soon be lost by my irresponsible teacher with chest hair exploding out the top of his polo shirt), when I spotted this folded note on the dirty ground with an eraser ripped into bits nearby. I just discovered FOUND and was ecstatic to find something sooo hilarious to submit. I put it in my pocket after I showed my lab partner. My next class was math. When I was going to get out the note to show it to someone in that class, I realized it must've fallen out in the bathroom, before I came into class!! I asked my teacher if I could go to the potty; I looked into the stall I had been in, and lo-and-behold there it safely was.

MAKE Magazine

Block printing by hand
Patti Schiendelman Sat, 06 Sep 2008 07:00:00 -0800
This is a great demo of block printing in India. (not my voice on the video) It's amazing how accurately the printer can line up the successive prints by hand. The blocks themselves are gorgeous as objects; I have some that I've used in mold-making for casting glass. Read more | Permalink | Comments | Read more articles in Arts | Digg this!
LIGHTWAVE 2009 - OPEN CALL
Phillip Torrone Sat, 06 Sep 2008 05:00:02 -0800
writes in - LIGHTWAVE 2009 - OPEN CALL Calling all techno-artists, playful scientists, renegade engineers, architects, sculptors, lighting designers, fashion designers, guerrilla projectionists and inventors! LIGHTWAVE returns to the Science Gallery at Trinity College Dublin following the unprecedented success and international acclaim received in its phenomenal inaugural show. Bigger, better and raising the bar, LIGHTWAVE 2009 promises to mesmerize audiences not only within the Science Gallery, but to captivate on-lookers city wide as interactive experiences, roving installations and participatory workshops flood the creative, cultural quarters of Dublin. The launch of LIGHTWAVE 2009 will open with a 9-day festival running from January 24th to the February 1st 2009, with exhibitions continuing to February 21st. Read more | Permalink | Comments | Read more articles in Events | Digg this!
Mitch Altman @ HacDC
Gareth Branwyn Fri, 05 Sep 2008 21:22:50 -0800
Mitch Altman, microcontroller hacker extraordinare and inventor of wonderful gadgets like the TV-B-Gone will be at HacDC on Sunday, September 7 at 2:00 PM to help show you how to build your own Brain Machine. Mitch will be bringing all the parts, tools and inspiration necessary, all you need to do is show up! The event is free and open to the public, however, if you want to build your own Brain Machine, bring $25 to cover the cost of the kit (HacDC will be purchasing some kits you can help build if you don't want to take one home.) HacDC Read more | Permalink | Comments | Read more articles in Announcements | Digg this!

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