LICHTENSTEIN'S AN 8: A NEW FORMULA TO QUANTIFY ARTISTIC QUALITY
	This is number two, the second-highest-ranking work of art: Rothko's "White Over Red". But when viewed upside-down, it would rank 3,809th.
	Some scientists scoff at art. Some artists belittle science. Are the two fields irreconcilable? Will there never be another Da Vinci? Lichtenstein's an 8: A New Formula to Quantify Artistic Quality is a lecture about applying science to better understand art. But no artist could/would/should agree to a system that assigns a work of art a numerical value like a pH rating. Could/would/should she/he? Lichtenstein's an 8 is a hybrid of scientific lecture, artistic rabble-rousing, far too much jargon, subversive slideshow, lo-fi cinema, toy glockenspiel, and environmental-theatre-happening that exposes how science and art are siblings whether they like it or not. This experiment is highly scientific and absolutely Absurdist.
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	"A raucous and culturally savvy investigation of the ways in which science and art intersect -- which employs everything from Super-8 projections to glockenspiel -- Lichtenstein opens with one Dr. Genet delivering her findings on the quantifiability of all artworks ... The presentation soon unravels as a slew of surprises, both scripted and unscripted, tamper with the neat and tidy hierarchy Genet tries to establish." -- David Balzer, eye Weekly
	PRODUCTION HISTORY FEBRUARY/MARCH, 2008: Production at Buddies in Bad Times Theatre (Toronto), as part of Rhubarb Festival
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