EMILY CARR INSTITUTE PANELS

Location: ECI LECTURE THEATRE 1400 Johnston St. Granville Island

In collaboration with Emily Carr Institute(ECI), the LIVE 2007 panels and keynote speakers will be presented in the lecture theatre at ECI. All LIVE panels are open and free to the public.

MONDAY OCTOBER 15 7PM
The History Panel: Vancouver Performance Art History
An overview of the past 40 years of the local performance art activity. What is its past, current condition, and future direction of the practice?

Moderator: Glenn Alteen, Director grunt gallery, Co-founder the LIVE Performance Art Biennale

Panelists: Glenn Lewis, Margaret Dragu, Judy Radul, Paul Wong

TUESDAY OCTOBER 16 7PM
Art VS. Politics: Considering Strategies for Political Activism in Art
How have the terrain changed in the recent past for artists engaged in activism? What strategies are being employed by artists today?

Moderator: Alan Atlif, Canada Research Chair, Art History, University of Victoria

Panelists: Iwan Wijono (Java), Mideo Cruz (Philippines), Rachel De Loyola (Philippines), Irwin Oostindie (Vancouver)

MONDAY OCTOBER 22 7PM
New Actants: Relational Aesthetics and the Politics of the Participatory
A conversation at the intersection of relational aesthetics, ‘art-action’, and participatory intervention work. Six artists whose work engages these interlocking forms debate their
histories, differences and possibilities.

Moderator: Natalie Loveless, Ph.D. candidate, History of Consciousness Program, University of California, Santa Cruz

Panelists: Marilyn Arsem (USA), Paul Couillard (Canada), Roddy Hunter (UK) , Pirun of iKatun (Montenegro), Sal Randolph (USA), Artur Tajber (Poland)

TUESDAY OCTOBER 23 7PM
Bodies – Real & Virtual: Performances In/Outside of the Body
An exploration of issues that arise from performance art practices that are embodied, about, and mediated through the body, vis-a-vis performances that, through technological
mediations, have outstripped the need for the artist to perform in situ, to become virtual or ‘posthuman.’

Moderator: Jeremy Owen Turner

Panelists: Skawennati Tricia Fragnito, James Morgan, Diana Burgoyne, Brady Marks