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GLOBAL FUSION CONFERENCE 2007
Contested Intersections: publics, movements, institutions
Sheraton Westport Hotel, St Louis, MO, Friday 2pm September 7th - Sunday midday September 9th.
This year's conference theme is the interface between media research, media arts, media professions and media activism. As usual, an international focus will be evident. Proposals for conference panels and papers are encouraged to focus within this area, but in principle may be on any communication-related topic.
Panel proposals are due by February 28 to downing.john@gmail.com. Include up to 500 words abstract; plus names, affiliations, email addresses and telephone numbers of all panelists; plus a copy of an email from each panelist signifying commitment to participate.
Paper proposals are due by April 30 to downing.john@gmail.com. Abstracts of up to 250 words; plus name(s), affiliations, email addresses and telephone number(s) of author(s).
More information will be posted at intervals on this site, and on the Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Global Media Research Center site.
ANJALI MONTEIRO to be Main Keynote Speaker at 2007 Global Fusion conference, St Louis, Friday September 7 - Sunday September 9
Dr Anjali Monteiro is a documentary film-maker and university professor of media studies at the Centre for Media and Cultural Studies, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, to which she has been attached since 1983. Currently she is a Fulbright Visiting Scholar in the Center for South Asian Studies at Berkeley. She has also been attached to the University of Western Sydney and has been a visiting scholar at the University of Bergen, Norway.
She has been a visiting faculty member at many leading Indian university campuses, including the Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai; the Asian College of Journalism, Chennai; the National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad and the Mudra Institute of Communication Arts, Ahmedabad.
Her documentaries, jointly produced and directed with her colleague and spouse, K.P. Jayasankar, have won a whole series of national and international awards. They include Pani Panchayat (1986); Lage Jiva Ghar Ghar: A Document on Women and Shelter (1990); The Plot Thickens (1993); Identity - The Construction of Selfhood (1994); Odhni - A Collective Exploration of Our Selves, Our Bodies (1993); Kahankar: Ahankar [Story Maker: Story Taker] (1995); YCP 1997 [voices from Yerawada Central Prison, Pune]; Jungle Tales: Surviving Development in Uttara Kannada (1999); Saacha [The Loom] (2001); Naata: The Bond [on communal harmony] (2003); SheWrite (2005) and Gender Unpack (2006).
She is active in Films for Freedom, a campaign of over 250 documentary filmmakers opposing censorship in India.
Her current teaching focuses on television texts and audiences, critical analysis of development communication, and documentary film.
Her published research, mostly authored with various colleagues, addresses issues of media education, development, documentary film, audiences and spectatorship, and gender.
The SIUC organizing committee (John Downing, Walter Jaehnig, Sarah Kanouse, Jyotsna Kapur, Cinzia Padovani, Jake Podber, Deborah Tudor) is extremely pleased that Dr Anjali Monteiro has agreed to keynote Global Fusion this year. Her blend of creative artistry, teaching, research, and engagement with social issues, means she can bring to bear on our discussions a rich experience of the majority of zones of media activity highlighted in this year's conference theme. We are delighted to welcome her.
Her keynote address will be as follows:
Spaces for Dialogue- Rethinking Critical Media Praxis in India
Anjali Monteiro
This presentation is a reflection on what it means for 'alternative' media praxis to engage with the new sites of contestation that have emerged in the wake of new media and communication technologies in an India that is neo-liberal, market-oriented and rapidly globalising. Negotiating this treacherous and complex cultural terrain involves questioning two-dimensional notions of power, where the activist/practitioner intervenes 'on behalf of' the oppressed. It means questioning the safe space where one stands. It means looking at media institutions, discourses and audiences not as seamless, consistent entities but as contradictory spaces, which offer possibilities for a foot in the door. The presentation will discuss issues such as impact, censorship and new modes of networking and distribution.
Paul D. Miller, "Rhythm Science"
Paul D. Miller's award winning Rhythm Science collection of essays (MIT Press, 2004) - named among the books of the year by The Guardian (UK) - explores the hidden connections between collage based aesthetics and what Miller likes to call the "politics of perception". His lectures unpack some of the issues that modern artists face: intellectual property, ownership of ideas, and above all, how art navigates the complex culture of digital media. Miller's discussion will focus on how "sound" acts as an invisible theater where the distinction between sound art, information, and digital production methods are viewed as tools for the creative spirit of the artist in a world that is rapidly becoming more and more connected in unexpected and sometimes astonishing ways. Miller's lecture will be an hour, and is accompanied by his use of many historic texts, rare audio recordings and films to demonstrate the complex relationship between text and art in a multimedia context.
Paul D. Miller, aka DJ Spooky That Subliminal Kid, is a conceptual artist, writer, and musician working in New York City. A writer for numerous publications, Miller is Co-Publisher of the respected multi-cultural magazine A Gathering of the Tribes, and was the first Editor-At-Large of the cutting edge digital media magazine Artbyte: The Magazine of Digital Culture. His artwork has appeared in a wide variety of contexts including the Whitney Biennial; the Venice Biennale for Architecture (year 2000); the Ludwig Museum in Cologne, Germany; the Kunsthalle, Vienna; the Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh; and a host of other museums and galleries.
Miller is most well known under the moniker of his "constructed persona". Under that guise, Miller has performed extensively throughout the world. He has recorded a huge volume of music and has collaborated with pre-eminent musicians and composers such as Iannis Xenakis, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Butch Morris, Kool Keith aka Doctor Octagon, Killa Priest from Wu-Tang Clan, Yoko Ono and Thurston Moore from Sonic Youth. Miller has remixed records by artists ranging from Metallica to Steve Reich. His own records include Riddim Warfare (Outpost/Geffen); Songs of a Dead Dreamer, The Viral Sonata, and Synthetic Fury (all on Asphodel); and Necropolis (Knitting Factory Works), His latest CD is Drums of Death, with Dave Lombardo of Slayer, Chuck D. of Public Enemy and other notable collaborators. Other recent productions are "Optometry" (Thirsty Ear Records), featuring jazz pianist Matthew Shipp and his band; "Dubtometry", a remix of the same, with collaborators Lee "Scratch" Perry and Mad Professor; and "Celestial Mechanix", a remix of material from Thirsty Ear Records.
In addition to a regular schedule of DJ'ing, lecturing, and producing music, Miller continues to perform "DJ Spooky's Rebirth Of a Nation" at theaters around the world. The piece was first commissioned by the Lincoln Center Festival, the Spoleto Festival USA, the Vienna Festival and the Festival D'Automne in Paris. The DVD of "Rebirth Of a Nation" is set for release by Starz Media in November 2007. His website: www.djspooky.com
Contested Intersections: publics, movements, institutions
Sheraton Westport Hotel, St Louis, MO, Friday 2pm September 7th - Sunday midday September 9th.
This year's conference theme is the interface between media research, media arts, media professions and media activism. As usual, an international focus will be evident. Proposals for conference panels and papers are encouraged to focus within this area, but in principle may be on any communication-related topic.
Panel proposals are due by February 28 to downing.john@gmail.com. Include up to 500 words abstract; plus names, affiliations, email addresses and telephone numbers of all panelists; plus a copy of an email from each panelist signifying commitment to participate.
Paper proposals are due by April 30 to downing.john@gmail.com. Abstracts of up to 250 words; plus name(s), affiliations, email addresses and telephone number(s) of author(s).
More information will be posted at intervals on this site, and on the Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Global Media Research Center site.
ANJALI MONTEIRO to be Main Keynote Speaker at 2007 Global Fusion conference, St Louis, Friday September 7 - Sunday September 9
Dr Anjali Monteiro is a documentary film-maker and university professor of media studies at the Centre for Media and Cultural Studies, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, to which she has been attached since 1983. Currently she is a Fulbright Visiting Scholar in the Center for South Asian Studies at Berkeley. She has also been attached to the University of Western Sydney and has been a visiting scholar at the University of Bergen, Norway.
She has been a visiting faculty member at many leading Indian university campuses, including the Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai; the Asian College of Journalism, Chennai; the National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad and the Mudra Institute of Communication Arts, Ahmedabad.
Her documentaries, jointly produced and directed with her colleague and spouse, K.P. Jayasankar, have won a whole series of national and international awards. They include Pani Panchayat (1986); Lage Jiva Ghar Ghar: A Document on Women and Shelter (1990); The Plot Thickens (1993); Identity - The Construction of Selfhood (1994); Odhni - A Collective Exploration of Our Selves, Our Bodies (1993); Kahankar: Ahankar [Story Maker: Story Taker] (1995); YCP 1997 [voices from Yerawada Central Prison, Pune]; Jungle Tales: Surviving Development in Uttara Kannada (1999); Saacha [The Loom] (2001); Naata: The Bond [on communal harmony] (2003); SheWrite (2005) and Gender Unpack (2006).
She is active in Films for Freedom, a campaign of over 250 documentary filmmakers opposing censorship in India.
Her current teaching focuses on television texts and audiences, critical analysis of development communication, and documentary film.
Her published research, mostly authored with various colleagues, addresses issues of media education, development, documentary film, audiences and spectatorship, and gender.
The SIUC organizing committee (John Downing, Walter Jaehnig, Sarah Kanouse, Jyotsna Kapur, Cinzia Padovani, Jake Podber, Deborah Tudor) is extremely pleased that Dr Anjali Monteiro has agreed to keynote Global Fusion this year. Her blend of creative artistry, teaching, research, and engagement with social issues, means she can bring to bear on our discussions a rich experience of the majority of zones of media activity highlighted in this year's conference theme. We are delighted to welcome her.
Her keynote address will be as follows:
Spaces for Dialogue- Rethinking Critical Media Praxis in India
Anjali Monteiro
This presentation is a reflection on what it means for 'alternative' media praxis to engage with the new sites of contestation that have emerged in the wake of new media and communication technologies in an India that is neo-liberal, market-oriented and rapidly globalising. Negotiating this treacherous and complex cultural terrain involves questioning two-dimensional notions of power, where the activist/practitioner intervenes 'on behalf of' the oppressed. It means questioning the safe space where one stands. It means looking at media institutions, discourses and audiences not as seamless, consistent entities but as contradictory spaces, which offer possibilities for a foot in the door. The presentation will discuss issues such as impact, censorship and new modes of networking and distribution.
Paul D. Miller, "Rhythm Science"
Paul D. Miller's award winning Rhythm Science collection of essays (MIT Press, 2004) - named among the books of the year by The Guardian (UK) - explores the hidden connections between collage based aesthetics and what Miller likes to call the "politics of perception". His lectures unpack some of the issues that modern artists face: intellectual property, ownership of ideas, and above all, how art navigates the complex culture of digital media. Miller's discussion will focus on how "sound" acts as an invisible theater where the distinction between sound art, information, and digital production methods are viewed as tools for the creative spirit of the artist in a world that is rapidly becoming more and more connected in unexpected and sometimes astonishing ways. Miller's lecture will be an hour, and is accompanied by his use of many historic texts, rare audio recordings and films to demonstrate the complex relationship between text and art in a multimedia context.
Paul D. Miller, aka DJ Spooky That Subliminal Kid, is a conceptual artist, writer, and musician working in New York City. A writer for numerous publications, Miller is Co-Publisher of the respected multi-cultural magazine A Gathering of the Tribes, and was the first Editor-At-Large of the cutting edge digital media magazine Artbyte: The Magazine of Digital Culture. His artwork has appeared in a wide variety of contexts including the Whitney Biennial; the Venice Biennale for Architecture (year 2000); the Ludwig Museum in Cologne, Germany; the Kunsthalle, Vienna; the Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh; and a host of other museums and galleries.
Miller is most well known under the moniker of his "constructed persona". Under that guise, Miller has performed extensively throughout the world. He has recorded a huge volume of music and has collaborated with pre-eminent musicians and composers such as Iannis Xenakis, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Butch Morris, Kool Keith aka Doctor Octagon, Killa Priest from Wu-Tang Clan, Yoko Ono and Thurston Moore from Sonic Youth. Miller has remixed records by artists ranging from Metallica to Steve Reich. His own records include Riddim Warfare (Outpost/Geffen); Songs of a Dead Dreamer, The Viral Sonata, and Synthetic Fury (all on Asphodel); and Necropolis (Knitting Factory Works), His latest CD is Drums of Death, with Dave Lombardo of Slayer, Chuck D. of Public Enemy and other notable collaborators. Other recent productions are "Optometry" (Thirsty Ear Records), featuring jazz pianist Matthew Shipp and his band; "Dubtometry", a remix of the same, with collaborators Lee "Scratch" Perry and Mad Professor; and "Celestial Mechanix", a remix of material from Thirsty Ear Records.
In addition to a regular schedule of DJ'ing, lecturing, and producing music, Miller continues to perform "DJ Spooky's Rebirth Of a Nation" at theaters around the world. The piece was first commissioned by the Lincoln Center Festival, the Spoleto Festival USA, the Vienna Festival and the Festival D'Automne in Paris. The DVD of "Rebirth Of a Nation" is set for release by Starz Media in November 2007. His website: www.djspooky.com
