Dear Colleagues: I am writing to announce plans for an upcoming ICE
Event from May 7-9, entitled "ICE Collab 2." I hope you will also share
this information with your colleagues in your departments, students and
local artists. Also, let me know if you want to add anyone to the Ice
Listserve.

The ICE Collab 2 will be an interdisciplinary collaborative event held
at various locations at the University of Georgia from Tuesday, May 7
to Thursday, May 9, 2002.  Events will include performances by visiting
and local/student/faculty artists, discussions, workshops and the
creation of collaborative projects. ICECollab2 will also include an art
exhibit in conjunction with the event with the curators to soon be
announced.

Two guest artists (Circo Zero and Miranda July) will give
performances and discuss their work and will also work with students,
faculty, and local artists on collaborative projects.  These
collaborative projects will be presented as part of the event on May 9.

Students and faculty from all departments are encouraged to
participate in this exciting interdisciplinary event. Possibilities for
participation in this event include: the presentation of individual or
collaborative works prepared in advance of the event; workshops; artist
discussions; and the creation of collaborative works to occur during
the event.


About the visiting artists:

CIRCO ZERO

intimate and spectacular circus
Directed by Keith Hennessy
Created in collaboration with:
Amanda Starr Ð aerial arts
Benn Mendoza Ð aerial arts
Susan Voyticky Ð aerial arts
Tyler Downing Ð tumbling, trampoline
Jade-blue Eclipse - hand balance, contortion
Gabriel Todd - vocals
Loren Olds - vocals, bagpipe

A group of migrants and exiles gather for a funeral. Embodying remnants
ofvarious cultures, lost and found, they attempt to honor the
ancestors. Humans, briefly playing gods by extending physical and
social limits, invoke strength and flight, flexibility and balance,
whimsy and tragedy. Welcome to the circus.


Circo Zero
is a fusion of popular and experimental, contemporary and ancient
performance forms. Directed by Keith Hennessy, a diverse team of circus
and music artists create a hybrid spectacle for the urban environment.
Circo Zero intends to evolve performance language and build community
through collaboration while crossing lines of artistic discipline,
personal and cultural identity, and social expectations. The work is
intended to be both intimate and spectacular. Performance elements
integrate traditional circus arts (aerial fabric, cloud swing,
acrobatics, contortion, aerial hoop, juggling) and contemporary
performance within a musical landscape of American roots/folk songs
supported by contemporary rhythms (hip hop, breakbeat, ambient groove).
The goal is to reflect and honor the global with the local.

Contemporary Circus
In the 1970Õs a phenomenon of circus renewal, both nostalgic
and progressive, was witnessed in several countries. Circus Oz in
Australia, Big Apple and Pickle Family in the US, Cirque du Soleil in
Canada, Cirque Plume and others in France inspired a movement that is
now recognized as Nouveau Cirque. After many years as both a solo
performer and primary collaborator in the local dance/performance
companies Contraband and Core, Keith relocated to France to be
initiated into the world of nouveau cirque, co-creating the
French-American company Cahin-Caha, cirque b‰tard, which sold out 4
weeks at Yerba Buena Center in November 2000, and has toured
extensively throughout Europe since 1999. CIRCO ZERO is HennessyÕs
return home to collaborate with an emerging community of Bay Area
circus artists.


Miranda July:

Miranda July is a multi-media performer and video artist based in
Portland, Oregon, U.S.A. Her videos (The Amateurist, Nest of Tens,
Getting Stronger Every Day) have screened internationally at sites such
as MoMA, the Guggenheim Museum, and the International Film Festival
Rotterdam. Nest of Tens will be included in the 2002 Whitney Biennial,
in addition to a sound installation commissioned for the show.
Currently July is touring internationally with The Swan Tool, a
multi-media performance commissioned by the Rotterdamse Schouwburg, the
I.F.F.R., and the Portland Institute for Contemporary Art. JulyÕs
previous multi-media performance, Love Diamond, was commissioned by
P.I.C.A., and has been performed at sites around the country, closing
at The Kitchen in New York.

July has recorded several performance albums, available on the Kill
Rock Stars and K record labels. During breaks from her own work, July
has directed a video for the all-girl rock band Sleater Kinney, made
her feature film acting debut in Alison MacleanÕs JesusÕ Son, and
provided consultation for Wayne WangÕs feature film, The Center of the
World. In 1995 she founded Joanie 4 Jackie (formerly Big Miss Moviola),
a movie distribution network for independent women movie makers. This
project has allowed women of all ages and backgrounds to exchange their
movies and give each other support.

Today Miranda is hard at work on a feature-length movie, some
shortstories, a new performance and a few other similar things.


Carmon Colangelo, Director and Professor
Lamar Dodd School of Art
University of Georgia
Visual Arts Building
Athens, GA 30602-4102
706-542-1600
Fax: 706- 542- 0226
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