Interstitial Arts


Best defined by this, from the Interstitial Arts website:

Interstice: (noun) a crack, a crevice, a space between

Interstitial: (adj) existing in the interstices; capable of binding two or more things together

Interstitial Arts: art made in the interstices between genres and categories. Art that flourishes in the borderlands between disciplines, mediums, and cultures. Art that blurs the divide between fine art and craft, high art and low. Art that crosses boundaries. Artists without borders.

The website is at <http://www.artistswithoutborders.org>

The discussion board is at <http://pub103.ezboard.com/binterstitialarts>

Authors involved in establishing a foundation for the movement include Terri Windling, Barth Anderson, Ellen Kushner, Christopher Barzak, Delia Sherman, Alan Deniro, Charles Vess, Midori Snyder and Kelly Link.

I assume that this must be an April Fool's Joke. Surely anyone must realise that any attempt to genre-tag and then 'support' (however you manage that) something defined by its very genrelessness is a complete waste of time.

Interstitial Arse more like.


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