re|ACT: symposium on arts and environment
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The Brown Arts Initiative (BAI) is proud to host re|ACT: symposium on arts and environment March 3 & 4, 2017. The March symposium will serve as the official programmatic kickoff of the BAI and will bring together cutting edge artists and scholars whose work engages with the multiplicity of environments in which we live. From the natural environment to data mediascapes to sonic ecologies, re|ACT will showcase the latest arts practice and research that reacts to/with the environment. To view a complete list of panels and the full schedule, visit the symposium website here.
Registration is required. Tickets are valid until 10 minutes prior to the start of each event. Standby audience will be admitted on a first-come, first-served basis as space permits.
Friday, March 3:
12:40 pm – 2:30 pm: re|IMAGINE: How Artists Interpret the World
Panelists: David Buckland, Amy Lipton, Seitu Jones, Paul Villinski
Moderator: Anne Bergeron
2:45 pm – 4:15 pm: re|BUILD: Water and Constructed Space
Panelists: Manit Rostogi, Sonali Rostogi, Shannon Scrofano, Arturo Vittori
Moderator: Sheila Bonde
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm: Keynote Address: Natalie Jeremijenko
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm: Chris Jordan | Message from the Gyre
Reception & Light Supper
7:30 pm - 8:30 pm: Voices of the Rainforest
Soundscape by Steven Feld
Saturday, March 4:
9:00 am - 9:45 am: Registration
Continental breakfast available
9:45 am – 11:30 am: re|SOURCE: Mediascapes
Panelists: Jennifer Gabrys, Lev Manovich, Marko Peljhan, Andrea Wollensak
Moderator: Lynne Joyrich
11:30 am – 1:00 pm: Lunch
12:00 pm – 12:30 pm: Rooms Etude: a Site Specific Performance
American Dance Legacy Initiative (ADLI): Carolyn Adams & Julie Adams Strandberg, directors
Studio 2 and Living Rooms (note: Studio 2 is visible from Studio 1)
1:00 pm – 2:30 pm: re|SOUND: Sonic Ecologies
Panelists: David Dunn, Steven Feld, Alan Nakagawa, Tina Pearson
Moderator: Joshua Tucker
2:45 pm – 4:15 pm: re|NEW: The Plastic Ocean
Panelists: Marcus Erickson, Chris Jordan, Pam Longobardi, Carl Safina
Moderator: Jo-Ann Conklin
4:30 pm - 5:00pm: EXPERIMENTAL ANIMALS (A REALITY FICTION)
Multimedia reading/performance by Thalia Field
Projections by Laurie Olinder,
Performed by Thalia Field, Kevin Townley, and Hanna Cheek
Studio 2, Level 4N
5:00 pm - 7:30 pm: Free Time
7:30 pm – 9:00 pm: Keynote Address: Mierle Laderman Ukeles
Agnes Gund Presidential Lecture
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