SITAC Referents and references 2: Do the Arts Cross-contaminate?

Cross-contamination among different forms of artistic expression has always been a part of their respective histories. How do we articulate the relationship between space and time, as well as between different supports and languages, in light of new, redefining horizons in the visual arts, cinema, music or dance? How do they confront one another, using the pressures of new reception contexts, in a society increasingly beholden to spectacle and globalized mass entertainment?