Ah yes. I had forgotten about that event (as, I imagine, had everyone else
at the meeting). As I said, the schedule I posted is extremely provisional
-- and I posted it now precisely so that we could discover such conflicts
early. What time is the poetry/guitar event? Where is it scheduled to take
place?

> Dear I.C.E.-ers,
> I'm sorry I missed the meeting on 2 February, but I
> was laid up with back trouble.  Please let me remind you of
> the 25 April project I discussed at the previous meeting,
> the interdisciplinary event organized previously by The
> Georgia Review and the Georgia Museum of Art, and involving
> a poet and a painter-both of whom are also guitarists.  The
> consensus at the previous meeting was that this could be
> incorporated as an opening-evening event; I would hate to
> have this event now end up in competition with the event
> proposed below, since ours is set--and was set prior to the
> I.C.E. planning.
>
> Stephen Corey
>
> On Sun, 4 Feb 2001 17:06:32 -0500 "David Z. Saltz"
> <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> Dear I.C.E. Colleagues:
>>
>> The Projects Committee met on Friday, Feb. 2. We began to formulate plans
>> for the ICE Summit, scheduled for April 25-28, 2001.
>>
>> A number of guests have already accepted our invitation to participate,
>> including George Lewis (renowned jazz and interactive computer musician),
>> and Mark Coniglio and Dawn Stoppiello of Troika Ranch (pioneers in
>> interactive dance and performance). We also have invitations out to Peter
>> Lunenfeld (new media critic), Elise Bernardt (The Kitchen), Ben Davis
>> (Razerfish), Diana Gromala (Georgia Tech), Jeffrey Shaw (ZKM Center,
>> Karlsruhe Germany), among others.
>>
>> We carved out the following rough, very provisional, schedule for the
>> Summit:
>>
>> WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25
>>
>> Evening. Inspirational keynote address by Peter Lunenfeld. Open to public.
>> (Large space required. Fine Arts Balcony?)
>>
>>
>> THURSDAY, APRIL 26
>>
>> Morning. Visitors tour arts facilities throughout campus (i.e. music, art,
>> drama, dance) and meet with a cross-section of our students and faculty.
>>
>> Afternoon. Visitors give presentations about their own organizations and/or
>> work. Schedule published in advance. Open to public. (Space for 30-50
>> people.)
>>
>> Evening. Performance by Melissa Fenley (guest artist in Dance), Troika
>> Ranch, and (hopefully) a jam session with George Lewis and various Athens
>> jazz musicians. (Possible venues: Dance Building, 40 Watt, Georgia Theatre.)
>> [Note, we also discussed launching the summit on Wednesday evening with this
>> performance, and scheduling the keynote address Thursday evening.]
>>
>>
>> FRIDAY, APRIL 27
>>
>> Morning. Working sessions with members of I.C.E. committee and visitors to
>> brainstorm future directions for I.C.E. and begin to forge collaborations
>> with outside organizations.
>>
>> 3:30pm. Panel Discussion: "Collaborations: Arts, Technologies, Cultures."
>> Public event in downtown venue (possibly the Morton Theatre) publicized
>> jointly with the Athens Downtown Development Authority. Reception to follow.
>>
>> Evening. Festivities downtown related to the Twilight Criterium Bike Race.
>> (The race itself takes place Saturday night.)
>>
>>
>> These plans are in their very earliest stages, and everything is open to
>> change. This is the time to offer your reactions and suggestions!!
>>
>> One event that we must set in stone soon is the panel discussion Friday
>> afternoon. The Athens Downtown Development Authority is very eager to
>> collaborate with us on this event, and has offered to publicize the panel
>> and rent a space downtown for it. This collaborative venture will not only
>> help lend visibility to I.C.E. (one of the key goals for the summit), but
>> will reinforce what we hope will become a vital relationship between I.C.E.
>> and the larger Athens community.
>>
>>
>> Respectfully submitted,
>>
>> David Z. Saltz
>> Chair, Projects Committee
>
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> stephen corey
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