ICE Announcements 2.15.11
http://ice.uga.edu
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*Today: ICE Visiting Scholar Edward Shanken*
1. Ruined (2/15-20)
2. The Art and Science of William Bartram (2/16)
3. Poetry Reading: Michael Palmer (2/16)
4. ICE-Vision: Ride Lonesome (2/17)
5. UGA Symphony Orchestra Concert (2/17)
6. ATHICA Taking Part Events (2/17-19)
7. Liszt Society Festival (2/17-19)
8. Cinema Roundtable Discussion (2/18)
9. Poetry Reading: Lynn Xu and Michael Tod Edgerton (2/18)
10. Exhibition: Torso Series (2/18)
11. CURO Best Papers Award (deadline 2/21)
12. Cine Screenings and Events
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*Special ICE event today at 4 PM in the Miller Learning Center*
ICE Visiting Scholar Edward Shanken
"From the Space Race to the Telematic Embrace and Beyond: A Research Trajectory"
Tuesday, February 15 at 4 PM
Miller Learning Center Room 171
ICE is pleased to host Edward Shanken, a leading scholar of interdisciplinary new media art, for a
public lecture supported by the Willson Center for Humanities and Arts.
Shanken is the author of "Art and Electronic Media," a groundbreaking and critically-praised
survey published by Phaidon Press (2009). He is known as a dynamic speaker with the ability to
weave together the histories of art, science, and technology, inspiring audiences to think beyond
the traditional boundaries of the arts.
Shanken obtained an M.A. and Ph.D. in Art History from Duke University after receiving an M.B.A.
from Yale University. He is a researcher at the Amsterdam School for Cultural Analysis at the
University of Amsterdam and a member of the Media Art History faculty at the Donau University in
Krems, Austria. He was formerly Executive Director of the Information Science + Information
Studies program at Duke University, an interdisciplinary program that studies new information
technologies and their impact on art, culture, science, commerce, society, and the environment.
In 2003 he edited a collection of writings by artist Roy Ascott entitled "Telematic Embrace:
Visionary Theories of Art, Technology and Consciousness," where his introductory essay, "Art in
the Information Age: Technology and Conceptual Art," received honorable mention in the Leonardo
Award for Excellence. He created the indispensable online "Interdisciplinary Collaboration
Bibliography", a resource that documents writings relevant to the historical origins of
interdisciplinary collaborations, and the "Art and Electronic Media Online Companion", a repository
of images, videos, texts, and links about work by individuals, groups, and institutions that have
made valuable contributions to the discourses of electronic art. His work has been published
extensively in book chapters, journals, and exhibition catalogs, and he presents lectures at
conferences and institutions around the world.
In Dr. Shanken's own words, "I'm especially interested in the way artists envision the future and
create models of it in the present. Throughout the history of art, artists have often employed
emerging technologies and scientific ideas in this pursuit. I believe that art, at its best, offers deep
insight - a type of knowledge that Gregory Bateson likened to wisdom - that can help build a more
compassionate and peaceful future."
The lecture is free and open to the public. For additional information about Edward Shanken visit:
http://artexetra.wordpress.com
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1. Ruined
February 15 through 20 at 8 PM
February 20 at 2:30 PM
Cellar Theatre, Fine Arts Building
Ruined is by Lynn Nottage. This gripping Pulitzer Prize-winning drama uses humor and song to
address the raw and brutal realities of war in the Congo. Tickets $10 ($7 for students). For tickets,
call 706-542-4400.
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2. Lecture: "The Art and Science of William Bartram"
Wednesday, February 16 at 4 PM
148 Miller Learning Center
Dorinda Dallmeyer, Director of the Environmental Ethics Certificate Program. Sponsored by the
Willson Center for Humanities and Arts.
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3. Poetry Reading: Michael Palmer
Wednesday, February 16 at 7 PM
Cine
Michael Palmer is the author of nine poetry books, the most recent of which, Company of Moths
(New Directions, 2005), was shortlisted for the Canadian Griffin Poetry Prize. His other volumes
are The Promises of Glass (2000), At Passages (1996), Sun (1988), First Figure (1984), Notes for
Echo Lake (1981), Without Music (1977), The Circular Gates (1974), and Blake's Newton (1972).
Palmer's poems have likewise been gathered into The Lion Bridge: Selected Poems 1972-1995
(1998) and as Codes Appearing: Poems 1979-1988 (2001). He is also the author of the prose
work The Danish Notebook (Avec Books, 1999), as well as of a volume of selected essays and talks,
Active Boundaries (New Directions, 2008). Born in New York City in 1943, Palmer participated in
the 1963 Vancouver Poetry Conference, where he met Robert Duncan, Robert Creeley, and Clark
Coolidge, who each became important influences on the development of his poetics. Frequently, if
uneasily, associated with L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E writing, Palmer is more lately credited as foremost
among the poets responsible for cross-pollination between overtly experimental poetry and more
traditional lyricism. A translator from French, Russian, and Portuguese, Palmer edited and
contributed translations to Nothing The Sun Could Not Explain: Twenty Contemporary Brazilian
Poets (Sun & Moon Press, 1997) and Blue Vitriol (Avec Books, 1994), a collection of poetry by
Alexei Parshchikov. He also translated Theory of Tables (1994), which Emmanuel Hocquard wrote
after having translated Palmer's "Baudelaire Series" into French. Palmer has collaborated with
others artists, including painter Gerhard Richter and the Margaret Jenkins Dance Company. Michael
Palmer's honors include two grants from the NEA, a Lila Wallace, Reader's Digest Writer's Award, a
Guggenheim fellowship, the Shelley Memorial Prize from the Poetry Society of America, and the
Wallace Stevens Award from the Academy of American Poets. He lives in San Francisco.
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4. ICE-Vision: Ride Lonesome (Budd Boetticher, 1959)
Thursday, February 17 at 8 PM
Lamar Dodd School of Art Room S150
Film Studies major Will Stephenson continues ICE's informal weekly series, selecting a variety of
world cinema classics and subcultural curiosities.
"Budd Boetticher stretched the format of his Randolph Scott westerns into CinemaScope with this
1959 entry in the cycle, and in some respects the narrative seems drawn out as well: there is
hardly any pretense of action or suspense as the characters move, almost aimlessly, through an
open landscape, testing each other's strengths and weaknesses through conversations that become
psychological chess games. Scott, as usual, is looking for the man who murdered his wife; his
companions are two wisecracking outlaws (James Coburn and Pernell Roberts) and a woman whose
husband has been killed by Indians (Karen Steele). With James Best and Lee Van Cleef. 73 min" -
Dave Kehr
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5. UGA Symphony Orchestra Concert
Thursday, February 17 at 8 PM
Hodgson Concert Hall
The University of Georgia Symphony Orchestra (UGASO) is one of the School of Music's premier
performing ensembles, under the direction of Mr. Mark Cedel. It is composed entirely of students,
the majority of whom are from the School of Music. Members are selected by auditions held the
first week of fall semester. The UGASO is dedicated to the study and performance of significant
orchestral music. The symphony also collaborates with many faculty and guest soloists in
performances of the major concerto literature.
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6. ATHICA Events
The 'Taking Part' Walk & Talk
Thursday, February 17 from 7 to 8 PM
With Taking Part artist Hope Hilton, ATHICA Educational Coordinator Sage Rogers, Taking Part
Assistant Curator Sheena Varghese, ATHICA Director Lizzie Z. Saltz. Free!
Artist Hope Hilton will be on hand to address her experiences with her walk with me series and its
current incarnation in the exhibit. Prior to the opening reception, Hilton led a silent walk in and
around the Chase Street warehouses to inaugurate her interactive project Walk with me: Athens.
There are now many responses from area participants in the form of drawings, stories and maps,
which the artist will discuss as well as her philosophy about walking, contemplation and
community. Hilton's walks provide participants with a chance to share their experience of Athens
with others and to take a turn walking through someone else's vision of the city.
Open Lines: A VOX Reading Series Event
Friday, February, 18 from 7 to 9 PM
ATHICA
Writers:
Patrick Denker
Sara Dever
Michael Tod Edgerton
Sara Henning
Anderson Holderness
Kevin Vaughn
Reception with refreshments by Jittery Joe's and Big City Bread
$3 - $6 Suggested donation (but no one turned away for lack of funds)
The 2010-2011 VOX Committee--currently CJ Bartunek, Nicole Higgins and Joshua Hussey--has
once again put together a wonderful evening of readings of original works by local writers and UGA
creative writing students that enhance the current exhibit by extending the exhibit themes into
the literary realm. In this case, since the Taking Part exhibit explores participatory art--i.e
artworks that incorporate material by people other than a single artist, be they friends and family
or internet strangers--the organizers have been gathering some pretty unique works. Many of the
writers such as Denker, Edgerton and Henning are returning to ATHICA from previous VOX events.
Kids Take Part: an afternoon of crafts & art appreciation activities
Saturday, February 19
3:00 p.m.: 8-12 year olds
Do puzzle crafts, make biographical drawings inspired by the 'Send Me the Pillow that You Dream
On' installation & talk about the works in the exhibit.
4:00 p.m.: Teens
Interact with a light sculpture via Twitter and make personalized postcards inspired by the 'Where
are you going, where are you from?' installation.
Play with Gretchen Elsner's life-size wearable board game "The House of John King ," to explore an
imaginary house of riddles.
Cookies by Donderos' Kitchen
GROUP LEADERS: ATHICA's NEW Educational Coordinator, Sage Rogers & 'Taking Part' Asst. Curator
Sheena Varghese.
Suggested Donation $3.00-$6.00 (but no one turned away for lack of funds)
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7. The American Liszt Society Bicentennial Festival
Thursday, February 17 through Saturday, February 19
Hodgson Concert Hall
The annual festivals of the American Liszt Society provide an opportunity to learn more about one
of the most influential musicians in history. They are open to all: scholars, performers, music
teachers, and interested music lovers of all ages. The 2011 festival presents twenty-three sessions.
Orchestra, string, wind, and vocal performances, and a master class on Liszt songs by baritone
Thomas Hampson are featured as well as the offerings of forty-two pianists and nine lecturers.
Franz Liszt was a composer, pianist, conductor, teacher, mentor to young composers, new music
advocate, author, music editor, fundraiser, and organizer of music festivals. His multi-faceted
professionalism and work ethic influenced the artistic culture of his time and the future. Late in his
life, he complained, "Pianists are like sheep. Whenever one jumps in, all the others jump in after!"
Liszt deplored falling into a rut safely in one's comfort zone.
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8. Willson Center Cinema Roundtable Discussion
Friday, February 18 at 4 PM
148 Miller Learning Center
Richard Neupert, theatre and film studies, moderates a discussion on The Girl with the Dragon
Tattoo movie series. Panelists: Doris Kadish (French, Women's Studies, and LACSI), Nate Kohn
(Grady College), Antje Ascheid (Film Studies), Susan Rosenbaum (English), and Michele Schreiber
(Film Studies, Emory).
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9. One-of-a-Kind Mint Condition Poetry Reading: Lynn Xu and Michael Tod Edgerton
Friday, February 18 at 7 PM
162 West Clayton Street
Dog Ear Books is hosting another top-of-the-line poetry reading this Free and open to the public
(and the private). There will be coffee, probably some beer and wine, probably some cheese and
crackers (you know, poets' food). You should all bring your friends and family and unarmed
enemies and enjoy the reading since it promises to be an A-list event! Once you are all suited up
and seated and ready, poets Lynn Xu and Michael Tod Edgerton will rise up from the depths of the
bookstore to bestow a yet undiscovered species of flower--in the form of poetry--upon you all.
Here's a sneak peak of the flower's roots (for you, in the meantime, to make a special tea with)--
Lynn Xu was born in Shanghai. Her poems have been published in Octopus, UDG, 6x6, Zoland
Poetry, Court Green, Poor Claudia, Tinfish, The Walrus and other journals, and have won Phoebe's
Greg Grummer Prize, the SLS St. Petersburg Fellowship, and have appeared in the 2008 edition
ofBest American Poetry. Most recently, a selection of her poems were featured in a Boston Review
Poets Sampler. Her chapbook June was published by Corollary Press. Lynn holds an MFA from
Brown University and is currently pursuing a PhD in Comparative Literature at UC Berkeley. She co-
edits Canarium Books.
Michael Tod Edgerton has won the Boston Review and Five Fingers Review poetry contests, and was
a finalist for the Sonora Review contest. His poems have also appeared in New American Writing,
Denver Quarterly, New Orleans Review, Eoagh, Word For/Word and other publications. He is an
editor for Tarpaulin Sky, a literary journal focusing on hybrid and cross-genre writing, as well as
innovative poetry and fiction. A graduate of the Program in Literary Arts at Brown, he is currently a
PhD candidate in English at the University of Georgia.
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10. June Yong Lee: Torso Series
Opening reception: Friday, February 18 from 7 to 9 PM
Continues through February 18 to March 9
Lamar Dodd School of Art Gallery 101
June Yong Lee is a post MFA photography fellow at the Lamar Dodd School of Art. He holds an MFA
from Indiana University. Some of his exhibitions includes UMKC art gallery at University of
Missouri, Griffin Museum of Photography, and Pingyao International Photo Festival in Pingyao,
China. He received the Jeannie Pearce Award from the 2010 Society Photographic Education
Conference and his work is a part of the art collection at the Kinsey Institute.
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11. 2011 CURO Symposium Best Paper Awards
http://www.uga.edu/honors/forms/current_students/curo/symp/bestpaper.pdf
Papers on work being presented at the CURO Symposium may be submitted for consideration for a
2011 CURO Symposium Best Paper awards in six categories: arts, humanities, social sciences, civic
responsibility focus, international focus, biological and physical sciences.
A multi-disciplinary panel will review the Best Paper submissions according to the following
criteria :
- originality in topic
- design of research
- clarity in stating the problem or thesis
- thoroughness in treatment of topic
- limitations or conclusions drawn
- understanding of research principles
- appreciation for technical principles
- adherence to conventions of the discipline
- organization of the research paper
- use of acceptable grammar and proper spelling
- definition of terms when necessary
- clarity of meaning
Undergraduates must be presenting at the 2011 Symposium in the Oral, Poster, or Thesis
Roundtable session.
Submitted paper must be a maximum length of 12 pages, double spaced, excluding references and
appendices.
Submit papers electronically to [log in to unmask] by February 21, 2011.
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12. Cine Screenings and Events
http://athenscine.com
THE FIGHTER - FEB 11-17
BLUE VALENTINE - THRU FEB 17
ANOTHER YEAR - THRU FEB 17
SPECIAL PEABODY SCREENING - WED FEB 16: BUSING - VOICES FROM THE SOUTH
VHS LOCAL VIDEO SHOW - THU FEB 17
BARNEY'S VERSION - FEB 18-24
FRESH - FRIDAY FEB 18
OSCAR NOMINATED SHORT FILMS - 2/18
ATHENS JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL - 2/19-22
THE ROOM - LATE SHOW: FRI 2/18
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