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10 x 10 preliminary research and images

10 x 10 preliminary research and images

Links to sources:

  1. Perform artist Matthew Silver’s official Youtube site: https://www.youtube.com/user/maninwhitedress

2. A government announcement for street artist in nyc: http://www1.nyc.gov/nyc-resources/service/3003/musician-or-performer-permit

3. A tumblr page for street performers:http://streetperformers.tumblr.com

4. A book in or library about a street musician:https://getit.library.nyu.edu/resolve?umlaut.institution=NS&ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&ctx_tim=2016-02-11T02%3A59%3A54IST&url_ver=Z39.88-2004&url_ctx_fmt=infofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rfr_id=info:sid/primo.exlibrisgroup.com:primo-nyu_aleph003248770&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=book&rft.jtitle=&rft.btitle=Underground+%3A+my+life+as+a+New+York+City+subway+musician&rft.aulast=Nichols&rft.aufirst=Matthew%2C&rft.auinit=&rft.auinit1=&rft.auinitm=&rft.ausuffix=&rft.au=Nichols%2C+Matthew%2C+1979-&rft.aucorp=&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.part=&rft.quarter=&rft.ssn=&rft.spage=&rft.epage=&rft.pages=&rft.artnum=&rft.pub=Matthew+Nichols&rft.place=New+York%5D&rft.issn=&rft.eissn=&rft.isbn=9780615255804&rft.sici=&rft.coden=&rft_id=info:doi/&rft.object_id=&rft.primo=nyu_aleph003248770&rft.eisbn=&rft_dat=%3Cnyu_aleph%3E003248770%3C/nyu_aleph%3E%3Cgrp_id%3E65183856%3C/grp_id%3E%3Coa%3E%3C/oa%3E&rft_id=info:oai/&req.language=eng

5. A book about street performers in Washington Sq during 1980-1984: http://search.proquest.com.libproxy.newschool.edu/docview/303606132

6. A book about the history of buskers:  https://getit.library.nyu.edu/resolve?umlaut.institution=NS&ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&ctx_tim=2016-02-11T03%3A04%3A08IST&url_ver=Z39.88-2004&url_ctx_fmt=infofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rfr_id=info:sid/primo.exlibrisgroup.com:primo-nyu_aleph002633028&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=book&rft.jtitle=&rft.btitle=The+buskers+%3A+a+history+of+street+entertainment&rft.aulast=Cohen&rft.aufirst=David&rft.auinit=&rft.auinit1=&rft.auinitm=&rft.ausuffix=&rft.au=Cohen%2C+David&rft.aucorp=&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.part=&rft.quarter=&rft.ssn=&rft.spage=&rft.epage=&rft.pages=&rft.artnum=&rft.pub=David+%26+Charles&rft.place=Newton+Abbot+%253B+North+Pomfret%2C+Vt.&rft.issn=&rft.eissn=&rft.isbn=0715380265&rft.sici=&rft.coden=&rft_id=info:doi/&rft.object_id=&rft.primo=nyu_aleph002633028&rft.eisbn=&rft_dat=%3Cnyu_aleph%3E002633028%3C/nyu_aleph%3E%3Cgrp_id%3E64612074%3C/grp_id%3E%3Coa%3E%3C/oa%3E&rft_id=info:oai/&req.language=eng

7. A review: The History and Cultural Impact of Street Performing in America: http://www.buskersadvocates.org/saahistory.html#saafranklin

8. Review on New York buskers’ lives: http://www.refinery29.com/nyc-buskers#slide

9. A list of New York street perfermers.http://www.nycsubwaygirl.com/buskers-links/

10. How much do street performers make. https://www.quora.com/How-much-do-street-performers-make

11. A NewYorker review on a busker Gabriel Mayers: http://www.newyorker.com/business/currency/making-money-the-busker

12.NYPD to form new unit in part to battle costumed or nearly nude buskers, crime in Times Square:http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/nypd-form-unit-fight-costumed-nude-buskers-article-1.2338036

Visuals:

1: Official trailer of “Find Your Way: A Busker’s Documentary“

2:An awesome drum player without poor equipment.(performer in adversity)

 

3: An incredible Handpan player. (This instrument is called Hang drum Handpan, and it’s FUCKING EXPENSIVE)

 

4: Really melodic performance with cello.

 

5: This is more familiar in our daily subway trip.(Average performers, but this is a skillful one)

 

6: A elderly woman busker in New York subway in the 60s.(from http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2222770/Stunning-LIFE-black-white-photos-shows-daily-commute-thousands-New-Yorkers-1960s.html )

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7: Pole dancers in the subway.(from http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2348830/We-Are-Family-For-Life-Entertainment-dancers-bounce-New-York-subway-carriages-astounded-commuters.html)

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8: A 1855 painting of a street musician(from Wiki)

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9: STAY AWAY FROM SUPER HEROES WHEN YOU ARE AT TIME SQUARE. (from http://www.neatorama.com/neatogeek/2014/06/28/Times-Square-Considering-Its-Own-Superhero-Registration-Act/)

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10: A plain showing the average salary for street musician in U.S.(from http://www.salaryexpert.com/salarysurveydata/job=street-musician/salary)

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During the research, I, once again, ensured that listening to musics through earphone is completely different with being in the site. When standing in the side with the performers, people can feel not just the emotions embedded in the music, or performance, instead they get empathized by the performer. Some performers dance when their instruments make joyful melody; some moan when the music gets sentimental, and they pass their energies to their audiences. And once again I knew that I am so glad to be in New York City.

My further research will be focusing on street performers’ life style, their believes, and how they see the world.

 

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