Call For Papers: (REFRAINS: MUSIC POLITICS AESTHETICS)

From: Lynne d Johnson (ldj00@earthlink.net)
Date: Sun Jul 29 2001 - 19:36:32 CEST

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    > ---------------------------------------
    >
    > CALL FOR PAPERS
    >
    > ---------------------------------------
    >
    >
    > REFRAINS: MUSIC POLITICS AESTHETICS
    >
    >
    > September 29th, 2001.
    > University of British Columbia,
    > Vancouver, BC, Canada.
    >
    >
    > "What chaos and rhythm have in common is the in-between-between two milieus,
    > rhythm-chaos or the chaosmos: "Between night and day, between that which is
    > constructed and that which grows naturally, between mutations from the
    > inorganic to the organic, from plant to animal, from animal to humankind,
    > yet without this series constituting a progression^" In this in-between,
    > chaos becomes rhythm, not inexorably, but it has a chance to. Chaos is
    > not the opposite of rhythm, but the milieu of all milieus."
    >
    > - Gilles Deleuze & Felix Guattari, ^1837: Of the Refrain,^ A Thousand
    > Plateaus
    >
    >
    > MUSIC. Digital and post-digital music merge media: music fuels social
    > protest; music becomes accident, consequence, and beyond our control.
    > Music becomes a weapon, a defence, and an escape.
    >
    > POLITICS. Three thousand people in a warehouse dancing is a political
    > moment. MP3s stir the music industry into legislation: musical format is
    > political. The power arising from independent music distribution and an
    > aesthetics of consumer control becomes a political power with an aesthetic
    > agenda.
    >
    > AESTHETICS. Failure acquires an aesthetic: the mistake and the glitch are
    > seen as new musical forms that stir a politics and redefines music. The
    > fight over Art is a fight over territory: the gallery, the warehouse, the
    > loft, the street. Reclaim The Streets becomes art on the streets becomes
    > protest and politics.
    >
    > Who: undergraduate, graduate, professional; academic or non-academic.
    > What: topics that merge the above spectrums in creative & imaginative ways.
    > Where: .doc or .rtf format to: refrainsconference@hotmail.com
    > Length: 30-50 minutes speaking time.
    > Deadline: August 31st, 2001.
    > Website: http://www.shrumtribe.com/refrains
    >
    >
    >
    > -----------------
    > The Refrains Conference would not be possible if not for
    > the generous support of our sponsors:
    >
    > The Vancouver New Music Society - http://www.newmusic.org
    > The UBC English Department - http://www.english.ubc.ca
    > The UBC Faculty of Arts - http://www.arts.ubc.ca
    >
    > ---------------
    >
    >
    >
    > -----UPDATE::::::::::::::::::::
    >
    > (Call For Papers below)
    >
    > DATE CHANGE
    >
    > The conference date has been moved to
    > September 29th, 2001.
    >
    > KIM CASCONE
    >
    > Refrains will feature Kim Cascone as our
    > keynote speaker and performer. Mr. Cascone is
    > internationally recognised as an innovator in
    > experimental electronic music, and frequently
    > lectures in California. He will be conducting a
    > lecture based upon his recent paper "The Aesthetics
    > of Failure: Post-Digital Tendencies in Contemporary
    > Computer Music," published in the Winter 2000
    > Computer Music Journal. He will also be giving a
    > live audio-visual performance.
    >
    > Refrains will also feature--besides a packed day of
    > lectures and discussions--an evening of performance,
    > featuring live music, performance art, and poetry,
    > in an altered environment.
    >
    > REGISTRATION
    >
    > Although the conference is free, we are asking everyone
    > to please RSVP to:
    >
    > refrainsconference@hotmail.com
    >
    > If the situation arises where we may have to charge for the evening's
    > performance, anyone who has RSVP'd will gain free admission.
    >
    > WEBSITE
    >
    > Full information on the conference, including accomodation,
    > the Call for Papers, registration, general information and
    > sponsors, is up at:
    >
    > http://www.shrumtribe.com/refrains
    >
    > The conference schedule will also be posted to the site
    >
    >

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    Lynne d Johnson   
    writer / critic / educator
    

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