Is the rough theater relevant to what we do in 6x1?

Yes. The rough theater is definitely relevant to what we do in 6x1. In a way the rough theater can be compared to filmmaking. For example a nice theater such as a movie theater normally shows hollywood movies. The sound system is perfect and the the quality of the film is top notch. We have all seen hundreds of movies in movie theaters. However, I have seen some movies that I thought were better than these hollywood films at film festivals. At Cucalorus I saw an amazing independent no budget film at the city stage theater. The sound system was terrible, the seats were wooden, and the production quality of the film was significantly less than that of a big budget movie, yet it was much better than several movies I've seen in theaters. I have also seen several experimental films from experimental filmmakers working by themselves in the 1940s-1970s that blow my mind compared to what people make today. We do similar experimental work in 6x1 such as direct film manipulation and other newer experimental techniques such as crowd sourcing. All of the projects we do in 6x1 are not normal narrative films, yet they are really fun to create and to see what other people have created. We also create a small community of artists working together and we use whatever equipment we have to make art. I feel that this is the spirit of the rough theater. What we do in 6x1 is definitely rough filmmaking, especially compared to what most normal people would consider normal film production. The reading also reminded me of micro cinemas, where people show independent or local films either weekly or monthly in a makeshift theater thats usually located in someones basement. All of the people that go to micro cinemas could go to a movie theater instead and see big budget hollywood films that critics rave about, yet they choose to go to a small community gathering and view art together as a community.