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>
> CALL FOR PAPERS
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>
>
> 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
>
>
>
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> 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
>
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>
>
> -----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
>
>
-- Lynne d Johnson writer / critic / educatorc: 347.693.9669 e: ldj00@earthlink.net p: 19781001@my2way.com w: http://go.to/LynnedJohnson
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