Friday, September 30, 2011

[Ada_list] Fwd: Crossed Lines: Encounters between Art, Literature, and Performance - CALL FOR PAPERS

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Date: 29 September 2011 23:40
Subject: [Ada_list] Fwd: Crossed Lines: Encounters between Art,
Literature, and Performance - CALL FOR PAPERS
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sorry if this has come thru previously&  i didn't notice it; been busy.
but this may be of interest to some. :)


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Subject:        Crossed Lines: Encounters between Art, Literature, and
Performance - CALL FOR PAPERS
Date:   Thu, 29 Sep 2011 18:33:48 +1300

Hi All

If you are interested in submitting a paper for the symposium, please
contact Cy Mathews at cyelzamathews@gmail.com
<mailto:cyelzamathews@gmail.com>.  Be quick as proposals must be in to
him by 14th October.

*University of Otago, Dunedin, Thursday, 10 November 2011*

The symposium Crossed Lines: Encounters between Art, Literature, and
Performance will bring together scholars interested in critical and
creative works or projects that challenge traditional boundaries between
art forms and media.

The twentieth and twenty-first century have seen a proliferation of
creative interactions among artists, writers, and performers, in the
form of both cross-media collaborations and in individual artists
creating works that defy easy categorization. This symposium aims to
explore these areas from the perspectives of Literary Studies, Art
History, Performance Studies and Cultural Studies.

Professor Gerald Janecek (Kentucky U) will give the keynote address on
"Moscow Performance Art: The Collective Actions Group. Professor
Janecek's books include /The Look of Russian Literature: Avant-Garde
Visual Experiments, 1900-1930/ (Princeton UP), /ZAUM: The Transrational
Poetry of Russian Futurism/ (San Diego State UP), and /Sight&  Sound
Entwined: Studies of the New Russian Poetry/ (Berghahn).

Possible topic areas for papers include:

 *
   Avant-garde and experimental writing
 *
   Performance art
 *
   Performance writing
 *
   Visual media and graphic art
 *
   Digital media in literature, art, and performance
 *
   Poetry and performance
 *
   Poetry and art
 *
   Poet's Theatre
 *
   Digital, multimedia and trans-media art and literature
 *
   Collaboration
 *
   Creative translation
 *
   Creative interdisciplinary projects
 *
   Visual media and text

Papers should be twenty minutes in length. Please send paper proposals
(200 words and a brief biographical note) to Cy Mathews at
cyelzamathews@gmail.com<mailto:cyelzamathews@gmail.com>  by *14 October
2011*.

The symposium is jointly convened by Jacob Edmond and Cy Mathews and
supported by the Russian Studies Research Cluster.


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[Ada_list] Sparkling Spices - Interactive Exhibition

SPARKLING SPICES
Interactive Exhibition

Created by Kritteka Gregory in association with Rebecca Jury
Music by Nikhil Mokkaptai & Saketh Vishnubhotla

Digital Art Live Owens Foyer, Level 2, Aotea Centre, THE EDGE

Exhibiting from Friday 7 to Sunday 16 October 2011

Sparkling Spices

Sparkling Spices is an interactive artwork based on Diwali, the
Festival of Lights. One of the main feature attractions of Diwali
Festival is its fireworks.  Kritteka's interactive artwork will fuse the
Auckland City cityscape with the vibrancy and colour of her Indian
culture using traditional Indian artwork called Kolam patterns.  This
dynamic artwork reacts with the movement of people and these patterns
explode across the interactive screen.

This event is happening in conjunction with Auckland's Diwali Festival,
8-9 October in Aotea Square. Auckland's popular Diwali Festival brings
the sights, sounds, tastes and energy of India to the heart of Auckland.


Kritteka Gregory

Kritteka Gregory migrated to New Zealand from India in 1999. In 2010
she graduated from AUT University with a Bachelors of Art & Design in
Digital Design. She is currently studying Masters dealing with Indian
diaspora in New Zealand culture.  Krittekas' work varies from 2D to 3D
with her main focus on Visual Effects.

EVENTS AROUND THE EXHIBITION

Sparkling Spices Opening Event
Digital Art Live gets festive at Sparkling Spices. Join us for Happy
Hour with drinks with discount rates.
Friday 7 October / 5 to 7 pm / Owens Foyer, Aotea Centre, THE EDGE

This event is happening in conjunction with Auckland's Diwali Festival,
8-9 October in Aotea Square. Auckland's popular Diwali Festival brings
the sights, sounds, tastes and energy of India to the heart of Auckland.


Brought to you by: Colab, AUT University, THE EDGE, Auckland City
Council, Diwali Festival

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