ICE Announcements 2.21.12
http://ice.uga.edu
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*ICE-Sponsored Events*
1. ICE-Vision: Death Race 2000 (2/23)
2. ICE Seminar: Art and Social Practice (2/28)
3. Binaries Call for Entries (deadline 2/29)
*Events and Opportunities*
1. UGA Fashion Week (2/20-24)
2. Lecture: Chris Cuomo (2/22)
3. Performance: Hidden Man (begins 2/23)
4. Lecture: Carol Crown (2/23)
5. Exhibition: Science and Medical Illustration (2/23)
6. Performance: UGA Wind Ensemble (2/23)
7. Film: Double Victory – The Story of the Tuskegee Airmen (2/24)
8. Lecture: Katrin Sigurdardottir (2/27)
9. PULSE Art and Technology Festival (2/27-3/4 Savannah)
10. CORE Dance Company (2/29-3/3)
11. Service Learning Fellows Opportunity (deadline 3/19)
13. Call for proposals: 121212 UpStage Festival of Cyberformance (deadline 4/12)
14. Cine Screenings and Events
For more listings visit http://iceannouncements.com
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*ICE-Sponsored Events*
1. ICE-Vision: Death Race 2000 (Paul Bartel, 1975)
Thursday, February 23 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. “Vintage 1975 sleazebucket production from Roger Corman’s New World Pictures, loaded with sex, violence, and general vulgarity, but orchestrated by one of the most interesting personalities then operating in the exploitation field, Paul Bartel. The story, about a road race in the not-too-distant future for which the drivers are given points for running down pedestrians, becomes an elaborate and telling fantasy about our peculiar popular entertainments. Fine work carved from minimal materials. With David Carradine and a pre-Rocky Sylvester Stallone. R, 78 min.” -Chicago Reader
“…may well represent the most immediate effect of late-60′s radicalism on American filmmaking. Mr. Corman’s habit of hiring promising young talents fresh out of film school introduced a deep strain of anarchic rebellion into otherwise routine exploitation formulas. As a character in ”Death Race 2000” announces, ”The era of obedience has passed,” and the film gives free rein to anti-authoritarian sentiments.”
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2. ICE Seminar: Art and Social Practice
Tuesday, February 28
5:30 PM
Miller Learning Center Room 214
Over the past twenty years, discourse in the arts has increasingly blurred with that of the social sciences. Art critic Nicolas Bourriaud popularized the term “relational aesthetics” to describe “a set of artistic practices which take as their theoretical and practical point of departure the whole of human relations and their social context, rather than an independent and private space.”
Despite this trend, voices from professionals in social sciences are largely missing from the conversation. Come hear an interdisciplinary panel of faculty from anthropology, psychology, social work, and sociology share their reactions to some “classic” examples of relational art.
Jody Clay-Warner is a Professor of Sociology and Director of the Criminal Justice Studies Program. Her specialty areas include social psychology, criminology, and gender.
Psychology professor W. Keith Campbell is the author of several books on narcissism including “The Narcissism Epidemic” and his research focuses on the regulation of the self in the context of close relationships.
Shari Miller joined the School of Social Work as an assistant professor after practicing as a social worker in New York City in a variety of settings, with a primary focus on the delivery of individual, family, and group mental health services to a diverse population of children, adolescents, and adults.
J. Peter Brosius is a Professor of Anthropology and the Director for the Center for Integrative Conservation Research. His research focuses on the understanding of the human impact on the physical and biotic environment, but also in showing how that environment is constructed, represented, claimed, and contested.
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3. Binaries Digital Exhibition Call for Entries
Deadline: February 29
http://idealab.uga.edu
Idea Lab is hosting Binaries, an exhibition of digital art. The show will take place on campus and online on March 29.
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*Events and Opportunities*
1. First Annual UGA Fashion Week Events
The Department of Textiles, Merchandising and Interiors in the College of Family and Consumer Sciences will host the first annual UGA Fashion Week. The week brings together several student organizations in a number of events, including two fashion shows, a panel discussion on fashion films, and a presentation by fashion entrepreneur, Erica Benoit.
Fashion Film Panel Discussion
Tuesday, February 21 at 7 PM
Miller Learning Center, Room 171
UGA professors Ivan Ingermann (Department of Drama and Theatre), Mark Callahan (Lamar Dodd School of Art), and Jose Blanco (Department of Textiles, Merchandising and Interiors) will present and discuss short films showcasing collaborations between fashion houses and movie directors. The screening is sponsored by Vince Camuto with giveaway prizes and raffle items.
Erica Benoit presentation: Styling: Inspiration to Success
Wednesday, February 22 at 7 PM
Miller Learning Center, Room 171
Erica Benoit has over 12 years of experience in the fashion industry with her own company, BenoitEnstyle, creating editorials in Elle and Essence magazines and professionally styling Usher. The event is sponsored by Rent-the-Runway with gift card raffles and other promotions. The night includes a sneak peek of the African Night Fashion Show “Earth, Wind, and Fire” to be held on March 2nd and 3rd at 7 PM. at the Oconee County Civic Center. Student stylists will showcase traditional, modern, and designer fashions from Africa.
Fashion show: Where the Wild Things Are
Friday, February 24 at 7 PM
The Conservatory at the State Botanical Garden of Georgia
Join student designers as they enter into a world of wild creations and adventures in the realm of fierce fabrics and delicate designs, tickets are $7. Proceeds benefit Radio Tanzania: Reviving the Forgotten Archives, a project aiming to preserve over 100,000 hours of Tanzanian music on reel-to-reel tapes. The event also includes a pre-show, featuring the UGA Tartan and student products for TXMI and Co.
Ellie’s Clothes Exhibition
Miler Learning Center, first floor
Monday, February 20 to Friday, February 24
The items are a part of UGA’s historic clothing and textiles collection and are from the Montgomery Collection. The pieces were worn by Eleanor “Ellie” Morgan Montgomery Atuk and include designs by Yves Saint Laurent, Oscar de la Renta and Bill Blass.
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2. Lecture: Chris Cuomo
Willson Center Science for Humanists Lecture
Wednesday, February 22 at 4 PM
Miller Learning Center, Room 150
Science for Humanists Lecture by Chris Cuomo, Philosophy and Women’s Studies Institute ” On the Social Dimensions of Climate Change”
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3. Performance: Hidden Man
Thursday, February 23 to Saturday, February 25 at 8 PM
Wednesday, February 29 at 8 PM
Thursday, March 1 to Sunday, March 4 at 8 PM
Sunday, March 4 at 2:30 PM
Tickets: $15 and $12 for students.
University of Georgia Theatre, in collaboration with Atlanta’s 7 Stages Theatre, will present the world premiere of “Hidden Man” by playwright Pamela Turner based on research by Russell Blackmon.
“Hidden Man” tells the true story of an unlikely friendship between Sherer, a young, gay, nihilistic punk artist from Atlanta and Finster, a visionary, conservative, Baptist preacher turned folk artist. The story moves between Sherer’s artistic life in Atlanta and Finster’s four-acre folk art “Paradise Garden” in the north Georgia mountains in the early 1980s. It explores the uneasy harmony between artists whose world views and temperaments are at opposite poles. This is exemplified not just by their visual art but also by the contrast between sacred harp shape note singing and 80s punk rock, two musical styles that clash and intertwine throughout the play.
The production explores the tropes of vision and dreams, the strangeness of an “outsider artist” and the “good old” South. “Hidden Man” ultimately unearths the reason for creating art and being an artist, which together mark the worlds of both characters.
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4. Lecture: Carol Crown
Thursday, February 23, at 5:30 PM
Georgia Museum of Art
“Will the Real Howard Finster Come on Down?” Carol Crown, professor of art history at the University of Memphis. In conjunction with the department of theatre and film studies’ production of “Hidden Man.” Crown will focus specifically on Finster, a born-again Baptist who called himself a man of visions, a second Noah and God’s last red light come to save the sinful. He gained international acclaim for Paradise Garden, an outdoor park he built in Summerville, with its wedding-cake styled World’s Folk Art Church. Additionally, Finster gained widespread notice in the 1980s by designing album covers for bands such as R.E.M. and Talking Heads. Finster’s art is often associated with his strong evangelical faith and the teachings of Christian fundamentalism.
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5. Exhibition: Science and Medical Illustration
Thursday, February 23 to Friday, March 9
Reception: Wednesday, February 23 at 6 PM
Plaza and Suite Galleries, Lamar Dodd School of Art
This years exhibition will be the 20th year that the two schools, UGA and Georgia Health Sciences University (previously MCG), have joined forces to create the exhibition of student work. Professional illustrators will jury the event and “The Logan Award of Execllence in Scientific Illustration” and “The Stenstrom Award of Excellence in Medical” Illustration will be presented.
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6. Performance: UGA Wind Ensemble
Thursday, February 23 at 8 PM
Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall
Ticekts: $10, $5 for students
“The neXt festival juxtaposes the works of three rising stars in contemporary music – Michael Ippolito, Jess Turner and John Leszczynski – with pieces by two icons in contemporary music, Karel Husa and John Harbison,” said John P. Lynch, a UGA professor, director of bands and conductor of the Wind Ensemble. “It’s important that we show audiences that wind ensemble repertoire is very much alive, vibrant and evolving; and that’s why we’ve chosen to showcase contemporary music in this concert.”
The performance will include the world premiere of Ippolito’s “West of the Sun,” along with Turner’s “Through the Looking Glass,” Leszczynski’s “Scherzo a la Britten,” Husa’s Concerto for Saxophone featuring UGA faculty member Connie Frigo and Harbison’s “Three City Blocks.”
Before the concert, Ippolito, Turner and Leszczynski will join members of the UGA composition faculty for a public roundtable discussion of new directions in music. The three guest composers will also speak to the audience before their works are performed.
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7. Film: Double Victory -The Story of the Tuskegee Airmen
Friday, February 24 at 6 PM
Miller Learning Center, Room 171
Documentary film, produced by George Lucas, is a companion to his feature film, “Red Tails,” and was aired on The History Channel. John Morrow, history, who appeared in the documentary, will introduce the film and lead a discussion afterward.
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8. Lecture: Katrin Sigurdardottir
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9. PULSE Art and Technology Festival
February 27 – March 4
Telfair Museums, Jepson Center for the Arts
Savannah, Georgia
http://telfair.org/museum-events/specialevents/pulse-2012/pulse-2012-schedule/
PULSE, Telfair Museums’ Art and Technology Festival will be back in 2012 with exciting exhibitions, performances, lectures, workshops, and events celebrating technology and creative innovation. This year’s featured exhibition is a 10-year survey of work by renowned light sculptor Leo Villareal. PULSE will also include an exhibition and related programs by artists working within the medium of videogames, musical performances, and a “Green Machine” Art Bike Ride, coordinated with the Savannah Bicycle Campaign.
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10. CORE Dance Company Contemporary and Aerial Dance 2012
Wednesday, February 29 to Saturday, March 3 at 8 PM
New Dance Theatre
The sixty-minute non-stop concert performance of AWE-WAKENING! consists of a range of contemporary and aerial dance, including bungee, trapeze, lyra and silks, which blend with digitally rendered film projection and lighting effects. The evening’s concert explores a connection to current topics about global awareness and is primarily performed by UGA students with international representation, including performers originally from Saegu, South Korea, Bosnia and Kagoshima, Japan.
Guest Choreographer Meaghan Muller, Atlanta, GA premieres “Earthchanges” a lyra quartet requiring specialized aerial training for the CORE members and reflects some of Muller’s artistic development during her seven-year affiliation with Cirque de Soleil. JoAnna Mendl Shaw, Artistic Director of The Equus Projects who also teaches dance composition at Julliard and Ailey schools in NYC, NY created “Interlude for Nine” for the company during her recent residency at the UGA Department of Dance, January, 2012.
Tickets are $15 for students, $10 for seniors, and are available at the Tate Student Center cashier’s window.
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11. Service Learning Fellows Opportunity
Deadline: March 19
http://servicelearning.uga.edu/service-learning-fellows-program/
The Office of Service-Learning is accepting applications for the 2012-13 Service-Learning Fellows (SLF) program. The SLF Program is a year-long faculty development program that provides an opportunity for selected faculty members to integrate service-learning into their teaching, research, and public service work while becoming recognized campus leaders in service-learning pedagogy and community engagement. The fellowship includes a $2500 faculty development award.
Up to 8 Fellows will be selected for 2012-13. All permanent, full-time UGA faculty members (academic tenure track, academic professionals, public service faculty, clinical faculty, and lecturers) with an interest in service-learning are eligible. Previous experience in service-learning pedagogy or familiarity with service-learning or community engagement is not required.
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13. Call for proposals: 121212 UpStage Festival of Cyberformance
Deadline: April 12
http://upstage.org.nz/blog/?p=3320
Proposals are warmly invited for new cyberformance work (live online performance) to be presented at the 121212 UpStage Festival of Cyberformance, to take place online on 12 December 2012.
This year we are breaking the format of the annual UpStage festivals with a two-part festival. The first part, “Walking Backwards into the Future”, will feature remounted UpStage performances from past festivals. The second part, “Testing 1 2, 1 2, 1 2″ will present new works in UpStage and other online platforms.
Sound-checking for a gig, a technician steps up to the mic and intones “testing 1 2, 1 2, 1 2″ to test volume levels; in this part of the festival, we are testing many things: a new engine for UpStage; the variety of live performance being created in other platforms; the possibilities of collaborating across platforms; a new format for the annual festival; new partnerships and new relationships. We invite proposals that are boldly experimental, exploring the dynamics of online communication and interaction. We also invite collaborators from other platforms to contribute to the planning and organization of the festival.
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14. Cine Screenings and Events
http://www.athenscine.com
m o v i e s
OSCAR NOMINATED SHORT FILMS FEB 17-23
A DANGEROUS METHOD FEB 17-23
THE ARTIST THRU FEB 23
SHAME ENDS FEB 16
TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY ENDS FEB 16
THE ROOM LATE SHOW FRI/SAT FEB 17-18
e v e n t s
BAD MOVIE NIGHT: BEAKS! WED FEB 15
SHARKWING COMEDY SHOW! SAT FEB 18
CINECLUB OSCAR TRIVIA TUE FEB 21
AIDS ATHENS POTLUCK WED FEB 22
c o m i n g s o o n
ECOFOCUS FILM FESTIVAL MARCH
HUGO TBA
THE DESCENDANTS TBA
INTO THE ABYSS MARCH
WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN APRIL
THE ROOM MONTHLY LATE SHOW
