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<B>From: </B>Yuji Sone <y.sone@unsw.edu.au><BR>
<B>Date: </B>Tue, 7 Dec 2004 13:14:23 +1100<BR>
<B>To: </B>Yuji Sone <y.sone@unsw.edu.au><BR>
<B>Subject: </B>Call for papers/presentations<BR>
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</SPAN><FONT SIZE="4"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:14.0px'><B><I>e-Performance and Plug-ins<BR>
</I></B></SPAN></FONT><B><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'>A Mediatised Performance Conference<BR>
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01 and 02 December 2005<BR>
</SPAN></B><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'><I>The School of Media, Film & Theatre, University of New South Wales, Australia<BR>
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<B>Introduction<BR>
</B></I>The hybrid phenomena created by new media performance-makers traverse a range of academic disciplines and approaches from philosophical enquiry into the ontology of liveness to the very technical and logistical questions of performance in a mediatised environment under diverse conditions of actualisation.<BR>
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Some performance theorists have questioned the notion of liveness by asking 'How is the liveness of the performance changed when it occurs within the spaces of technology?' Others have discussed the phenomenon of Internet use as 'performance on-line' and have used terms commonly found in new media discourses, such as 'posthuman', 'virtual bodies', 'embodiment' and 'telepresence'. Yet others draw upon Lacanian film theory in their analysis.<BR>
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This symposium will address the range of these extant approaches and seek new discourses with which to talk about this emergent area of study. It is intended as a forum for cross- and multi-disciplinary investigations of issues around media/technology-based performance. Paralleling the diversity and range of artistic and theoretical approaches to media-based performance, conference contributors will present multi-modally, including live video interventions by speakers outside Australia, live performances, as well as presentations of scholarly papers and practice-led research.<BR>
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<B><I>Areas of enquiry<BR>
</I></B>In developing their submissions, delegates are asked to address one or more of the following areas of enquiry:<BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'><FONT FACE="Symbol">∑</FONT><FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"> What terminology is appropriate to the discussion of mediatised performance? Is the traditional language of performance studies, terms such as 'dramaturgy' or 'ritual', helpful in discussing media/technology-based performance? Or are information-technology terms such as 'interface' and 'interactivity' more useful?<BR>
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</FONT><FONT FACE="Symbol">∑</FONT><FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"> What are the key challenges arising in collaborations between theorists from different disciplines when discussing live performance in a mediated matrix?<BR>
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</FONT><FONT FACE="Symbol">∑</FONT><FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"> What issues, for both critic and practitioner, lie at the nexus of theory and practice in digital performance?<BR>
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</FONT><FONT FACE="Symbol">∑</FONT><FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"> What are the epistemological differences between a virtual performance in a virtual venue (on the Internet and/or computer) and a new media 'live' performance in a theatre?<BR>
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</FONT><FONT FACE="Symbol">∑</FONT><FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"> Where exactly would a history of mediatised performance begin? What would that history cover, and what would it privilege? What is the future for mediatised performance?<BR>
<B><I> Abstracts and proposals are invited in the following forms:<BR>
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</I>1. Scholarly Paper<BR>
</B>A paper of 20 minutes duration, with time then allocated for questions and discussions (10 minutes). Papers should address an aspect of the conference's areas of enquiry as described above. Abstracts to be sent by<B> 01 June 2005</B>. (Response by 15 July 2005)<BR>
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<B>2. Presentation of Practice-Led Research<BR>
</B>Artist/scholars are invited to submit proposals for a 20-minute theoretical discussion of their own art/performance works through documentation in relation to any of the conference's areas of enquiry. Abstracts to be sent by<B> 01 June 2005</B>. (Response by 15 July 2005)<BR>
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<B>3. Panel<BR>
</B>Design, curate, and organise a panel which addresses any of the conference's areas of enquiry. Panel sessions will be two hours in duration and should include no more than four speakers in order to set a framework for discussion. Proposals including brief details of panel framework and speakers' contributions to be sent by<B> 01 April 2005</B>. (Response by 01 May 2005)<BR>
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<B>4. 'Live' performance<BR>
</B>Proposals for a short 'live' media-based/intermedia performance (max. 20 minutes duration) may be submitted. Artists will be responsible for providing for the particular technical needs of their performances, while the conference organisers will provide a theatre venue with basic audio and visual equipment and Mac computers. The selected works will be showcased as an evening performance event. Proposals including technical requirements to be sent by<B> 01 May 2005</B>. (Response by 01 June 2005)<BR>
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<B><I>Please submit the following:<BR>
</I></B></FONT></SPAN><FONT SIZE="4"><FONT FACE="Wingdings"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:14.0px'>ß</SPAN></FONT></FONT><FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'> An abstract (approx. 300 words) for Categories 1 and 2<BR>
</SPAN></FONT><FONT SIZE="4"><FONT FACE="Wingdings"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:14.0px'>ß</SPAN></FONT></FONT><FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'> A proposal (approx. 800 words) for Categories 3 and 4<BR>
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<B><I>Conference organisers<BR>
</I></B>Executive committee: George Kouvaros, Andrew Murphie, Ed Scheer<BR>
Advisory committee: John Golder, Su Goldfish, Clare Grant, Ross Harley, Moe Meyer<BR>
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<B><I>Enquires:</I></B> Yuji Sone (Conference Coordinator) at y.sone@unsw.edu.au<BR>
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Dr Yuji Sone<BR>
Vice-Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellow<BR>
School of Media, Film and Theatre<BR>
The University of New South Wales<BR>
Sydney 2052 Australia<BR>
Ph: +61 2 9385 4862<BR>
Fax: +61 2 9662 2335<BR>
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