the series programme

the series programme

Wed. 20 September 2006 14:00-18:00 hrs Programme
Key words: Ecology; biophysics; immersive practices; introduction to the Live Art
Garden Initiative.
Presenters: Bill Aitchison, Tsai-Wei Chen, Lauren Goode, Dr. Mae-Wan Ho

Sat. 21 October 2006 14:00-18:00 hrs Programme
Key words: Deleuzian philosophy; architectures of time.
Presenters: Ayssar Arida, Mark Fisher, Brandon Labelle, John Lely, Carla Vendramin

Sat. 18 November 2006 14:00-18:00 hrs Programme
Key words: Sound; electromagnetic fields; meditative perception and movement.
Presenters: Professor John Gruzelier, Christina Kubisch, Jockel Liess, Fabrizio Manco, Lawrence Upton

Sat. 9 December 2006 14:00-18:00 hrs Programme
Key words: Sound; electromagnetic fields; vibration; acoustics and environmental architecture.
Presenters: Jem Finer, Ruairi Glynn, Mick Grierson, Honor Harger, Thor McIntyre-Burnie

Sat. 20 January 2007 14:00-18:00 hrs Programme
Key words: Durational, immersive performance and consciousness.
Presenters: Ajaykumar, Charlotte Bernstein, Sebastian Lexer & Emmanuelle Waeckerle, Maria Llanderas, Lawrence Upton & Dr John Levack Drever

Wed. 14 February 2007 14:00-18:00 hrs Programme
Key words: Ecology and interactivity; sensing; responsive systems.
Presenters: Robert Davis, Professor Johnny Golding, Helen Palmer, Dr Aura Satz, Jon Thomson & Alison Craighead

Co-Chairs
Dr John Levack Drever Info: forthcoming
Ian Stonehouse Info: forthcoming
Lauren Goode Info: Introduction to the trans-interdisciplinary research interests
It is intended that the following issues and questions will be encompassed, but not necessarily directly, through the range of presentations, whose actual topics will unfold in relation to each presenter’s concerns. However, presenters have been selected for invitation because of the relevance of their research interests to the Live Art Garden Initiative, Associates or host organisations research interests. Issues and questions outlined by Lauren follow:-

• What are the contradictions of, and what would be important about, a Deleuzian garden-environment?
  This question is expected to explore the implications of concepts of time and territory; and problematise representational and non-representational architecture.
• What can immersive arts practice bring, as experimentation in 'becomings' (eg of thought or perception) from immersivity, as opposed to objectives of rational communication) and through intensity, for instance, that of literature and performance?
  It is intended to consider immersivity in relation to: ecology through focusing on issues relating to biophysics, perception and consciousness; and arts practice, particularly through focusing on sound and movement practice; and environmental architecture.
• How can a sustainable, ecological garden-farm environmental architecture be achieved?
  This question invites addressing environmental energy issues and practice also as a political act.
• Environmental architecture and in situ live art – how can performance with environment be understood?
  This question is intended to lead to identifying important ideas relevant to conceiving the potential of new large scale and experimental garden-environments that lend themselves, sensitively, to the situation of experimental live art performance works; and with particular focus on garden-environments of dynamical movement fields, for instance, with ecosystems as the integral architectural fabric, and with movement produced through: the movement of plants and their shadows; live art – particularly durational and movement-based performance; temporary, subtle and sophisticated visual and sonic installations – of the becomings of light and sound; the movement patterns of the integrated garden-farm work; and through additional, and various, temporary architectural interventions.

Facilitating critical and creative exchange, discussion and review through an informal and supportive atmosphere; and guided by trans-interdisciplinary research interests.

The general focus areas are: live art and mixed media performance; landscape & interactive architecture and sustainability; critical studies and philosophy; biophysics, acoustics, ecology and sound art.

The aims of the artist review meetings are both to support the development of researchers or practitioners, through the sharing and review of recent practice including work-in-progress, and the Live Art Garden Initiative, an art, architecture and ecology project.

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