For any further information about the network please email Bobbie Millar at b.j.millar@leeds.ac.uk.
Other Events which may interest members of the network -
Vital Bodies : International conference
15th and 16th November 2007 , Liverpool John Moores University
Vital Bodies is a two-day international conference, organised in conjunction with the Vital 07 Festival of Chinese Live Art.
VITAL 07 continues the major programme of Live Art events by Chinese Arts Centre. The festival will take place on the 13th and 14th November 2007 followed by the conference at Liverpool John Moores University .
Vital Bodies will consider both historical and aesthetic representations of 'the body' in visual art practices by artists of Chinese descent, bringing into dialogue a broad range of participants including artists, theorists, curators, policy-makers and arts educators.
Proposals for 30 minute papers considering the following broad areas, are invited:
Representations of the body in art historical terms
Current artistic and curatorial strategies in the field of Live Art
Considering audience in the presentation of Live Art
Communicating meaning through documentation of Live Art practice
Interventions in public space and site responsive work
Panel proposals of up to three people will also be welcomed.
Conference papers and transcripts from discussions will be brought together with writing and documentation from the festival programme, and will be reproduced in a publication due out in Spring 2008.
Proposals for papers should include a one-page abstract and a CV, and can be submitted via email to Cathy Butterworth at Liverpool John Moores University c.j.butterworth@ljmu.ac.uk
Deadline for submissions is 1 June 2007
Chinese Arts Centre, Market Buildings, Thomas Street, Manchester, M4 1EU
T: +44 (0) 161 832 7271
F: +44 (0) 161 832 7513
E: info@chinese-arts-centre.org