CALL FOR PAPERS, PLATFORM PERFORMANCES, ELECTRONIC > PRESENTATIONS AND > > WORKSHOP PROPOSALS. > > > > CHAOS, NOTHINGNESS, POSSIBILITIES - A CONFERENCE > ON LIMINALITY AND PERFORMANCE > > > > 'Limen ... A no-man's-land betwixt-and-between ... > a fructile chaos, a > > fertile nothingness, a storehouse of possibilities > ... a striving after new > > forms and structure' (Victor Turner) > > > > The Department of Performing Arts at Brunel > University, West London, is > > hosting an interdisciplinary conference on > performance and liminality. > > > > Liminality has been chosen as a key conference > focus because it opens up > > new ways of practicing and theorizing performance > at the beginning of the > > twenty-first century. The conference is intended > to act as a forum for > > promoting, enabling and debating the possibilities > for innovation and > > experimentation in artistic and > performer/performance practices. > > > > Conference proceedings will be published late > Autumn 2000 in a special > > issue of a new Brunel based journal BODY, SPACE & > TECHNOLOGY. > > > > DATES > > of the conference are from 11am Friday 28 April to > 1pm Sunday 30 April 2000. > > > > Practical studio sessions for performers will take > place over two and a > > half days leading up to the conference, from 26 > April to 28 April. > > > > ABSTRACTS of proposed papers (covering all aspects > of the liminal), to be > > emailed or faxed to: > > Sue Broadhurst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Fax: +44(0)2088918316 > > > > PROPOSALS for platform performances, electronic > presentations and proposals > > to participate in and/or lead half day or one day > performer workshops to be > > emailed or faxed to: > > Barry Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Fax: > +44(0)2088918316 > > > > DEADLINE for all abstracts and proposals 15 Feb > 2000. > > > > The venue for the conference and practical > sessions will be the Twickenham > > Campus of Brunel University which has eight > performance studios including > > five specialist dance studios. The campus is > situated by the River Thames > > less than twenty five minutes by train from > central London. > > > > There will be a range of on site campus and > external accommodation > > available together with full catering and a > conference bar. > > > > REGISTRATION FEE: �40 - �20 for students and > unaffiliated. Payment methods > > and registration details to be advised. > > > > Conference Organizers: Sue Broadhurst, Barry > Edwards, Ross McKim. > > > > CONFERENCE WEB PAGE: > > "http://www.brunel.ac.uk/depts/pfa/liminality.htm" > > > > Dr Sue Broadhurst > > Department of Performing Arts > > Brunel University > > Uxbridge > > Middlesex > > UB8 3PH, UK > > Tel: 01895 274000 x 4489 > > Fax: 01895 203105 > > Mob: 07932 038253 > > Email <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> or > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ===== http://rostasi.8m.com http://www.forcedexposure.com/artists/hunt.jerry.html Syntax, like government, can only be obeyed. It is therefore of no use except when you have something particular to command such as: Go buy me a bunch of carrots. - John Cage __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com
