Twenty-Four Hour Arty People

What is with all these twenty-four hour, speedy art projects? By this, I am referring to such things as the 24-Hour Play Project, even this, the “24-Hour Collaboration,” a slumber party involving several University of Minnesota composers, most of whom live in the same ramshackle in south Minneapolis. It’s not that I oppose the application of such time restraints. It’s just that, for the life of me, I can’t fathom the compulsion to stay up all night while slogging through the creative process with others–or worse even, without the luxury of slogging. But maybe that’s because I’m but a lowly, solitary writer. When I stay up all night working on a deadline, there’s seldom anyone else around to get barked at.

But there are apparently plenty of art-makers wanting to participate in these 24-hour collaborations, because I’ve noticed several such speed-art events cropping up.

At least they double the allotted time for making film–and by this, of course, I am referring to the 48-Hour Film Project. There is a best-of screening at the Riverview Theater tonight. Check out the website for the lineup.