Asunto: McLuhan Legacy Network's Schedule for the McLuhan Birthday Week
(July 18-24, 2011), Toronto
Fecha: Wed, 06 Jul 2011 12:16:06 -0400
De: Alex Kuskis <[email protected]>
Responder a: [email protected]
Para: [email protected]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
*CONNECTING THE VISIBLE WITH THE INVISIBLE *
Toronto ? July 1, 2011 ? The McLuhan Legacy Network (MLN) is pleased to
announce the inaugural McLuhan Legacy Network Festival (MLN Festival)
programme, Connecting the Visible with the Invisible, a multi-disciplinary
event that celebrates and explores Marshall McLuhan?s legacy.
The MLN Festival, a new collaborative initiative, has gathered visionaries,
artists, architects, writers, musicians, academics and technology experts,
business brokers and entrepreneurs for a week-long public celebration,
exploration and exchange of ideas about the work and ideas of Marshall
McLuhan.
Media installations, panel discussions and special events will take place
throughout the city of Toronto from Monday, July 18, 2011 to Sunday, July
24, 2011.
The MLN Festival Programme
CONNECTING THE VISIBLE WITH THE INVISIBLE
McLuhan at 100: Programs from the CBC Archives at the Graham Spry Theatre,
in the Canadian Broadcasting Centre (CBC) provides an introduction to
Marshall McLuhan and the MLN Festival. This special program of rare archival
films will be played continuously from July 4 to July 29. Open to the public
and free of charge, films can be viewed Monday to Friday from 9:00 a.m. to
5:00 p.m. at CBC ? 250 Front Street West, Toronto.
Subway passengers will be confronted by Underground Tarot, a series of clips
that appear to be and blend with existing advertisement, while placing blame
on everyone and no one ? a careful strategy used by American ?tactical
media? collective Critical Art Ensemble (CAE) for showing in a potentially
censorious environment. Commissioned by Sharon Switzer, Digital Content and
Programming Curator for Onestop Media Group, Underground Tarot will screen 3
times per 10 minute cycle, all day from July 15 to July 24 on the network of
300 Onestop LCD screens in 60 stations throughout the Toronto Transit
Commission subway system. Sponsored by McLuhan100.
Monday, July 18, 2011
The inaugural MLN Festival programme is launched on Monday, July 18, 2011
with two events - McLuhan and Transparency: Perspectives on Technological
Mediation and McLuhan100?s Second Monday Night Seminar - Our City as
Classroom.
1. Setting the pace is McLuhan and Transparency: Perspectives on
Technological Mediation, a media-philosophy workshop with Yoni Van Den Eede
- Vrije Universiteit, Brussels and Robert K. Logan ? OCAD University and
University of Toronto, builds on the work of Marshall McLuhan to explore how
technologies mediate our life and our world. This workshop will take place
from 3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the OCAD University?s Strategic Innovation
Lab (sLab), located at 205 Richmond Street West, 4th floor. Doors open at
2:30 p.m.
Free of charge. Reserve your tickets at
http://mcluhan-transparency.eventbrite.com
2. CBC Technology Writer Jesse Hirsh hosts McLuhan100?s Second Monday Night
Seminar. This is the first session of three on the theme of Our City as
Classroom addressing, ?What role did Toronto play in Marshall McLuhan?s
understanding of media and how were we affected in return?? at the Toronto
Reference Library, The Appel Salon from 7:00 p.m. ? 8:30 p.m. This event is
part of McLuhan100, a program that celebrates Marshall McLuhan and his
legacy in collaboration with the City of Toronto and Mozilla, as part of a
city-wide celebration during the centenary year of McLuhan?s birth. Tickets
are free and available online at torontopubliclibrary.ca/appelsalon. Doors
open at 6:30 p.m. for a reception. Cash bar available. For more information
see www.mcluhan100.ca
Tuesday July 19, 2011
The MaRS Centre, Canada?s hub of innovation is the ideal location to explore
The Impact of Mobile and Tablet Technologies and Their Future Development
from 7:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. in the MaRS Auditorium (lower concourse). This
distinguished panel features the participation of Ilse Treurnicht ? CEO of
MaRS Discovery District; Krista Jones ? Advisor and Practice Lead, IT,
Communications and Entertainment, MaRS; Robert K. Logan ? University of
Toronto and OCADU; Yoni Van Den Eede ? Vrije Universiteit, Brussels; Nina
Lassam ? Wattpad, Chris Stevens ? creator of the award-winning best seller
Alice for the ipadapp, Atomic Antelope and Micah Kalen ? Director of Product
Marketing Mobile Solutions, Open Text.
The MaRS Centre is located at 101 College Street. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.
Free of charge. Reserve your tickets at
http://mcluhan-mobile-tablet.eventbrite.com
Wednesday July 20, 2011
The University of Toronto, Faculty of Information is the site for two panel
discussions, Reading and Publishing: Paper or Screen and McLuhan's Poetics:
Modernism and Media.
1. Authors, publishers and aggregators come together at Reading and
Publishing: Paper or Screen from 6:00 p.m. ? 7:30 p.m. to discuss the
changing format of the book and the future of reading, publishing and
libraries. The panel participants include: Alex Kuskis ? Professor of Media
Studies, Gonzaga University; worked for 10 years in Canadian publishing;
John Cruickshank ? Publisher, Toronto Star; Susan Caron, ? Manager,
Collection Development, Toronto Public Library; Jian Ghomeshi ? host of Q,
Radio One, CBC; Nathan Maharaj ? Merchandising Director, Kobo eReader;
Alana Wilcox ? Editorial Director, Coach House Press; and Carolyn Wood ?
Executive Director, Association of Canadian Publishers.
The University of Toronto, Faculty of Information is located at 140 St.
George Street. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. Free of charge. Reserve your tickets
at http://mcluhan-paper-screen.eventbrite.com
2. The second panel of the evening, McLuhan's Poetics: Modernism and Media,
offers the insights of artists, filmmakers, poets and architects exploring
how modernist literature shaped McLuhan?s? understanding of techne and
technology, and what today?s poetry and art reveal about the mentality
today. Panel participants are Bruce Elder ? Ryerson University; Philip
Beesley ? architect, University of Waterloo; Judith Fitzgerald ? poet,
author, critic and cultural commentator Globe and Mail; Paul Hoffert ? York
University; Izabella Pruska-Oldenhof ? filmmaker, Ryerson University, and
Dot Tuer ? cultural theorist, OCADU.
The University of Toronto, Faculty of Information is located at 140 St.
George Street. Doors open at 7:45 p.m. Free of charge. Reserve your tickets
at http://mcluhans-poetics.eventbrite.com
Thursday July 21, 2011
This date marks the centenary of the birth of Herbert Marshall McLuhan. The
MLN Festival honours this date with a special celebration programme and the
presentation of the Gutenberg Galaxy Award for Literature.
Innis Town Hall is located at 2 Sussex Ave. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.
Free of charge. Reserve your tickets at
http://mcluhanfestival-celebration.eventbrite.com
Friday July 22, 2011 and Saturday July 23, 2011
Ryerson University welcomes the public to experience McLuhan?s Media: An
Installation at the George Vari Engineering & Computing Centre. Visit more
than 80 types of ?Media? displays, from Cave-Art to Virtual Reality, with
plenty in-between. Explore why the 'medium is the message'. Listen to
recorded sound bites of Marshal McLuhan on both radio and telephone as you
are transported from past to future, and interact with some of the latest
digital technology. Curated by Sal Greco, Ryerson University
George Vari Engineering & Computing Centre, Ryerson University is located at
245 Church Street. Doors open from 1:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Free of charge.
Sunday July 24, 2011
A warm invitation is extended to one and all by Professor Anne Anderson,
C.S.J. and Professor Domenico Pietropaulo from St. Michael?s College,
University of Toronto to join the discussion, Spirits of a Winnipigeon ?
Personal Stories Exploring Marshall McLuhan?s Religious Faith from 9:00 a.m.
to 11:45 a.m. This program also includes a film and the presentation of The
Medium and Light Award.
Father Madden Hall - Carr Hall is located at 100 St. Joseph Street.
Free of charge. Reserve your tickets at
http://mcluhan-spirits.eventbrite.com
Please join the McLuhan family and friends for a Memorial Mass at 12:00
(noon) on Sunday, July 24, 2011 at St. Basil Church, 50 St. Joseph Street.
A Limited, Fine-Print Edition Poster by Someone.ca
The MLN is proud to partner with Someone.ca, a design and letterpress studio
to produce two-colour, limited edition, fine-print posters, making a
Marshall McLuhan quote visible for print ephemera lovers of today.
Since the 1970s Someone.ca (formerly Dreadnought Press) has carried on the
practice of design and publication using 19th century print technology while
continuing to be innovators in web design and brand development. Someone.ca
has conserved the largest collection of moveable type circa 1880 in Canada
and recently positioned their letterpress operation in their new storefront
at 1691 Dundas Street West. Employing traditional equipment, merged with
current digital technologies informed by decades of experience in fine-print
and design, Someone.ca is well positioned to demonstrate Marshall McLuhan`s
poignant statement, ?The role of obsolescence is sparking creativity and the
invention of new order.?
The poster will be available for purchase throughout the week at event
locations, or to order please contact, Deborah Barnett ? [email protected]
or 416.548.7385 ext.201
The McLuhan Legacy Network would like to acknowledge and thank their
partners and sponsors, friends and volunteers for their time, effort and
tremendous support.
About the McLuhan Legacy Network
The McLuhan Legacy Network (MLN) is a not-for-profit, organization whose
vision is to present local, national and international programming dedicated
to celebrate Herbert Marshall McLuhan?s legacy, restore and foster the
community of McLuhan scholars and support McLuhan legacy projects.
For more information contact:
Marie Nazar ? 416.762.7702 or email [email protected]
http://mcluhangalaxy.wordpress.com/
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