Performance Art Valhalla The first opera I ever saw was the entire “Ring,” which lasts some 15 hours over four days. This was the 1980 Centennial Ring, or Jahrhundertring, marking 100 years since the world premiere of the cycle, which opened the newly built Festspielhaus in 1876. I was fresh out of grad school, living […]
Author Archives: Bradley Wester
… is a visual artist, writer, and cultural activist. His writing has appeared in Los Angeles Review of Books, Filthy Dreams and Whitehot Magazine of Contemporary Art. His website is bradleywester.com. This essay is adapted from Wester’s manuscript, “Shiny Object, The Making of an Artist,” a memoir represented by Talcott Notch Literary.