A great part of the appeal of Blue Man Group is that their projects work on several levels simultaneously. In addition to tribal-rock music, humor and stunning visuals, here are some of the ideas and references presented in Blue Man’s work:
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SOCIAL COMMENTARY |
MATH, SCIENCE, SOCIOLOGY, MYTHOLOGY AND PSYCHOLOGY |
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| Technology’s impact on modern society | Fractal geometry | ||
| Urban isolation | The function of the eye and perception of moving images | ||
| Connection to others through ritual | Dynamics of a vortex | ||
| Individuality vs. conformity | Recycling | ||
| Cultural masks and repression of self | The Internet | ||
| Technology | |||
| Carl Jung | |||
| Joseph Campbell | |||
| Tricksters and shamans | |||
| Tribal communities | |||
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ART AND MUSIC |
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| Performance art |
Post-modernism |
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| Deconstruction | Trompe L'Oeil | ||
| Dadaism | "Found objects" | ||
| Yves Klein | Jackson Pollack | ||
| Mark Rothco | Salvador Dali | ||
| Vincent van Gogh | Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec | ||
| Jean-Francois Millet | Pablo Picasso | ||
| Constantin Brancusi | The Marx Brothers | ||
| Alberto Giacometti | Robert Smithson | ||
| Maurice Ravel | The Sex Pistols | ||
| Jefferson Airplane | Lynyrd Skynrd | ||
| 60s television | Gary Numan | ||
| Spaghetti Westerns | Devo | ||
| Madonna | Ozzy Osborne | ||
| Nena | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | ||
| AC/DC | The Comedian Harmonists | ||
| Karaoke | Seeed | ||
Blue Man Group also encourages inquisitiveness and life-long learning. Find something that interests you here? Go learn some more about it! For more about Blue Man’s connection to these ideas, visit www.blueman.com and the Message Board.
