22/2/10

SCENOGRAPHY EXPANDING, Riga - Belgrade - Evora 2010

Invitation and Call for Papers

Throughout the past decade, scenographic practice and performance design have continuously moved beyond the black box of the theatre toward a hybrid terrain located at the intersections of theatre, architecture, exhibition, visual arts, and media. This terrain and its spaces are constructed from action and interaction. They are defined by individual and group behavior, and are contrasted by distinct behavioral patterns.

It is proposed here that spaces that are staged in such a way – spaces that are at the same time hybrid, mediated, narrative, and transformative – result from a trans-disciplinary understanding of space and a distinct awareness of social agency. These two factors of “expansion” are seen as the central driving forces in contemporary scenographic practice and thought.

With the aim of initiating and hosting an active and trans-disciplinary discourse on the notion of an expanding scenography, the Prague Quadrennial for Performance Design and Space issues an invitation for participation and a Call for Papers for the symposia and workshop sessions, Scenography Expanding 1-3 in 2010. Grouped under the overriding and programmatic title of Scenography Expanding, invited academic papers, artist’s presentations and expert workshop sessions will be looking to engage with notions of spectatorship, artists/authors, and curating in relation to the diverse artistic positions in contemporary spatial design.

In preparation for the Intersection Project of the Prague Quadrennial in June, 2011, we invite researchers in practice and theory (artists, curators, programers, directors, dramaturgs, critics, and theorists) to participate in 3 international scenography symposia held in Riga, Belgrade and Évora during 2010. The overall aim of these symposia is to unfold the wide range of disciplines, genres, theoretical, and artistic positions that comprise the relationships between spectator, artist/author and curator in contemporary scenographic/performance design practice.

Scenography Expanding 1-3 will be followed up by a peer-reviewed publication comprised of selected speakers` contributions in the form of academic papers and visual essays.

MORE INFORMATION: www.intersection.cz/symposia/scenography-expanding/

9/2/10

TERCER CONGRESO DE ESTUDIANTES ORGANIZADO POR LA ASOCIACIÓN A TOPE CON EL SER LA CRÍTICA DE LA MODERNIDAD EN EL PENSAMIENTO CONTEMPORÁNEO

CALL FOR PAPERS DE LOS ORGANIZADORES:

"Con el objetivo de realizar un congreso anual en el que los estudiantes puedan participar con ponencias o exposiciones donde desarrollen sus reflexiones , estamos organizando el TERCER CONGRESO DE FILOSOFÍA DE ESTUDIANTES, que se celebrará esta primavera, DEL 23 AL 25 DE MARZO.

El tema que hemos escogido este año pretende abordar un estudio de la crítica que ha recibido desde finales del XIX y hasta nuestros días todas las grandes ideas del pensamiento de la Modernidad: democracia, humanismo, globalización, universalismo, dominación de la naturaleza, la ciencia como verdad, la idea de progreso... Todos los campos de las ciencias humanas han sido interpretados y elaborados bajo el paradigma de la Modernidad, paradigma que primero las guerras mundiales, luego el 11 S y finalmente la reciente crisis de 2008 han hecho tambalearse. Posmodernos, conservadores, nostálgicos, ecologistas y pensadores de todo cuño han criticado e intentado repensar los cimientos de nuestra sociedad y pensamiento prescindiendo del enfoque moderno, tarea que tampoco está resultado tan sencilla.

Nos gustaría con este congreso poder colaborar en el análisis y crítica de la Modernidad, tanto mediante una vuelta a los autores y textos que mejor lo han focalizado y analizado como con las visiones y posiciones particulares de los ponentes y las personas interesadas en acudir.

TODOS AQUELLOS INTERESADOS EN PARTICIPAR, ROGAMOS MANDEN UN BOCETO DE SU INTERVENCIÓN (no más de medio folio) ANTES DEL 20 DE FEBRERO a la dirección: atopeconelser@gmail.com"

5/2/10

WORKSHOP "EMOTIONS & ETHICS" Universidad de Salamanca


DATES: March 3-5, 2010
LOCATION: Faculty of Philosophy, Historical Building, University of Salamanca, Spain
ORGANIZERS: Carmen Velayos & Mar Cabezas (Department of History of Law and Juridical, Moral and Political Philosophy, University of Salamanca, Spain)