monday - arts in society...sunderland, newcastle upon tyne, uk "rethinking curating: art after...

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Monday 08:00-09:00

CONFERENCE REGISTRATION OPEN

09:00-09:30

CONFERENCE OPENING - Phillip Kalantzis-Cope, Common Ground Publishing, USA

09:30-10:05

PLENARY SESSION - Sarah Cook, Writer, co-editor of CRUMB, and Reader at the University of Sunderland, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK "Rethinking Curating: Art After New Media"

10:05-10:40

PLENARY SESSION - Patricia Leavy, Author and Arts-Based Researcher, USA "Arts-Based Research and Technology: New Possibilities for Reaching the Public"

10:40-11:15

GARDEN SESSION & COFFEE BREAK - Featuring Sarah Cook and Patricia Leavy

11:25-12:10

TALKING CIRCLES (Themes Listed Below) Room 1: Arts Education Room 2: Arts Theory and History Room 3: New Media, Technology and the Arts Room 4: Social, Political and Community Agendas in the Arts

12:10-13:10

LUNCH

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13:20-15:00

YOURS, MINE, AND OURS: PUBLIC ART

Room 1 An Analysis of "Signs of Imperfection" Exhibition at the Istanbul Design Biennial Halime Fisenk, Baskent University, Turkey

The graphic solutions of "Imperfect Signs" at the İstanbul Design Biennial exhibition will be analyzed in terms of cultural aspects.

Living the Pseudo-event: Tourism and Economic Development of Place Anna Gogh, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK

This proposal regards places that are transformed into forms of spatial art in the sense that they are designed to evocate a heightened sense of locality, culture and identity.

Taking It to the Streets: Finding Funds for Neighborhood Sponsored Public Art Geraldine Macsai, City of Evanston, Illinois, United States — Lyn Delliquadri, United States

When residents were presented with a framework that could bring Public Art into their own neighborhoods, they identified five locations and became proud owners of their art projects.

A Visual Renegotiation of Urban Space: Utilising New Media to Gain an Understanding of a Virtual Landscape Dr. Jennifer Kamp, Victoria University, Australia

My presentation describes my experience of the impact of technological change on the urban landscape. Through my art practice, I research new media to explore and visualize new spaces.

EVOLUTION OR REVOLUTION: CHANGING VIEWS

Room 2 Artscience: Venturing beyond the Two Cultures Paradigm Prof. Marta del Pozo Ortea, New York University, United States

This presentation will therefore introduce Artscience to the audience and also some of its most interesting practitioners.

Technology, the Participant, and the Passer-by: Being Convival and its Relationship to Forming Opinion Mel Jordan, Loughborough, Antoinette Burchill, School of the Arts, Loughborough University, Derby, UK

What is the process of converting a digital ‘passer-by’ into a potential member of the ‘public’? Is this a series of strategies and opportunities and a range of technologies?

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Multidimensional Learning: Education in a World that is not Flat Prof. Leslie Tamarra Yarmo, Salisbury University, United States

Given our multidimensional world, a new method of learning uses the iPad in tandem with multisensory, onsite performance to examine students’ perceptions and expand their minds and imaginations.

EYE OF THE BEHOLDER

Room 3 Banned to Beloved: Retrospective of Harold Stevenson, American Contemporary Artist Dian Jordan-Werhane, Texas Woman's University, United States

In 1962, The New Adam by Harold Stevenson was a male nude deemed “distracting”. A proffered gallery invitation was withdrawn. Fifty years hence, it is among the Guggenheim’s permanent collection.

Bourdieu and the Beach Boys: Educating the Artistic Eye Prof. Michael Grenfell, Trinity College, University of Dublin, Ireland

This paper uses the work of the ideas of philosopher Bourdieu to investigate the way art is presented within a national gallery context in the aesthetic education of students.

Pathways from Aesthetic Experience to Personal Meanings of Pieces of Music Dennis Foster, University of New England, Armidale, Australia, Australia

Music’s meaning and musical meaning-making processes remain vibrant areas of scholarly discussion. A recent qualitative inquiry highlights embodied responses as the foundations of aesthetic experiences and personal meanings of music.

A Study about the Extraordinary Adventures of Abdulcanbaz Dr. Tolga Erkan, TOBB University of Economics and Technology, Turkey

Turhan Selçuk created Abdulcanbaz. His adventures are beyond time and place. The core of the stories is always based on fighting against injustice, protecting people’s rights, uncovering tricks of exploiters.

ART AS CHANGE AGENT

Room 4 Activism by Design: A Case Study of the Activist Book as Sellable Artwork in Contemporary Micropublishing Dan Christie, The Rag and Bone Man Press, Australia

This paper is a reflection on the relationship between activism, graphic design, readership and the book market in a successful case study of contemporary micropubishing.

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Collaboration for the Improvement of Tolerance: Artistic Practice in a Societal Context Ulrika Florin, Mälardalen University, Sweden — Prof. Inger Orre, Malardalen University, Sweden — Prof. Yvonne Eriksson,

The purpose of this study is to look into artists’ ability to reflect on and mediate perspectives and messages in a collaborative process.

Cultural Policy and the Australian Suburb Penelope Stannard, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia

This discusses the evolution of cultural policy direction in Australia’s suburbs and tensions, ambiguities and contradictions emerging when physical and imagined dimensions of suburbia intersect with the cultural policy discussion.

A Window to Discover: A Socially Engaged Art Project on Social Isolation Dr. Pierre Leichner, Canada — Eve Lagarde, EPSM, Lille Metropole, France — Christelle Lemaire, EPSM, Lille, France

A sculpture/installation was created by artists, mental health consumers and professionals to explore the theme of social isolation in the community in the course of 3 month artist residency.

THE APPRENTICE ARTIST

Room 5 Visual Literacy Plus Reading Strategies Equals Multi-literacy? Georina Westradt, Lecturer, Faculty of Education, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, South Africa

Pre-service students who are registered for module Art Education are assisted through the implementation of metacognitive strategies to improve their visual literacy in an art appreciation assignment.

Education Composers in and for the Community: The Development of Artistic Connections between Conservatory Music Students and Primary School Children Anne-Marie O'Farrell, DIT Conservatory of Music and Drama, Ireland — Dr. Lorraine OConnell, DIT Conservatory of Music & Drama, Ireland

This paper reports on a project in which conservatory students lead children's composition workshops and compose works appropriate for children, promoting the connection between composers’ artistry and community contexts.

Mixed-Media Arts for Children: Open-scores and the Development of Creative Contexts within the Educational Process Sapfo Pantzaki, University of Exeter, Sociology and Philosophy Department, United Kingdom

Open-scores and mixed-media arts as explored and developed during the 1950s offer stimulus for the examination of and experimentation with various issues concerning the educational process and artistic creation

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Transforming Learning Outcomes into Learning Foci Dr So-lan Wong, Hong Kong Institute of Education, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China

This research project focused on how student-teachers differentiated learning outcomes and learning foci and what challenges they faced in teaching art making.

GENDER ISSUES IN ART

Room 6 Aesthetic Transformation and the Independent Lives of Artworks Dr. Frances Alter, University of New England, Australia

Iconic consciousness theory and the field of new sociology in art will be discussed.

The Body Politic: Visuality and the Fabrication of Identity Ken Hassell, Elon University, United States

The body and identity are inextricably intertwined in Western modernism. This presentation examines the visuality of the female body and fashion as ideological sites of both colonialism and liberation.

Female Authorship and the Authenticity of the Feminine Voice as Exemplified by Bibliotheque Pascal Katalin Kis, Central European University, Hungary

I will focus on the ambiguous vision of de-authenticating the feminine author as speaking the truth, offered by a contemporary Hungarian movie that features a female prostitute character.

Queering the Point: Shame and Representation in Mainstream Media Caryn Brissey, Virginia Commonwealth University, United States

Examining the relationship of pride and shame within queer individuals and culture, this provides a platform for discussion pertaining to inappropriate queer representation in mainstream media.

HISTORY AND ART

Room 7 The Innovation of the Traditional Chinese Art of Paper Cutting Yu Chun Huang, The University of Leeds, United Kingdom — Briony Thomas, The university of Leeds, United Kingdom

Paper cutting is a recognizable folk art in Chinese society, reflecting the meaning of life through symbolic imagery. The thesis explores stories behind the design, including customs and aesthetic demand.

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Opera as Activism: Social Justice and African American Opera Singers in the White House Dr. Maurice B. Wheeler, University of North Texas, United States

Using the White House’s history as musical venue, this presentation chronicles the political, cultural and social issues that affected American society from the Civil War to the late 20th century.

Visual Representations of Mayan Women in Zapatista Murals: Resistance, Sovereignty, and Grassroots Activism Bridget Keating, University of Regina, Canada

Visual representations of Zapatista women in murals and street art in Chiapas, Mexico may be viewed as sites of interrogation that articulate women's stories, experiences, and activism within the movement.

Empowering the Disempowered: The Dùndún Drumming Tradition in a British Prison Dr. Dennis O. Eluyefa, School of Performance and Screen Studies, Kingston University London, London, UK This paper analyses the series of drumming workshops in a British prison, where the inhabitants, through direct participation, were able to express themselves, resulting in psychological empowerment.

WORKSHOPS Room 8

Censorious (13:20-14:05) Carol Jacobsen, The University of Michigan, United States — Shaun Bangert, Saginaw Valley University, United States — Prof. Marilyn Zimmerman, Wayne State University, United States

A funny, provocative, feminist overview of the U.S. culture wars narrated by women artists who fought battles for their politically charged works.

OpenCity: Performing Community (14:15-15:00) Andrew Brown, Nottingham Trent University, United Kingdom

This workshop investigates the critical and creative potential of collective action within public performance through exchange between practice-based inquiry and theoretical / philosophical ideas around collectivity / subjectivity / participation.

15:00-15:15

COFFEE BREAK

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15:15-16:55

ART'S NEW FRONTIERS

Room 1 The Digital Divine and the End of Art Prof. David L. Tucker, Ryerson University, Canada

This examines how the dawning of the cyborg age will challenge us to rethink art.

Geoglyph’s Steganography: Earth Art Using Space-Based X-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar Dr. Yolanda Garcia, CES FelipeII- Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Spain., Spain — Jaime Lobo, Faculty of Fine Arts., Faculty of Fine Arts, CES FelipeII- Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Spain., Spain

This paper aims to analyze the revolutionary application of Space-Based X-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) technology to the field of art.

Remediating Painting: The Painted Body as Support Lauren McCartney, Curtin University, Australia

Through strategies of expanded painting rooted in the past, and approaches of remediated painting embracing future possibilities, this paper investigates the performative body and technology as a contemporary painting project.

The Original Venus de Milo versus Its Replicas: An Interrogation of the Relationship between Art, Kitsch, and Hyper-reality Aysegul Ergul, Carleton University, Canada

In interrogating the relationship between art, kitsch and hyper-reality, I attempt to reconceptualize the concept of kitsch as an analytical tool in understanding one’s relation to reality, non-reality and hyper-reality.

EMPOWERMENT AND ART

Room 2 The Future and I: A Character and Citizenship Education Inspired Figure Drawing Exercise Shi Hui Wang, Ngee Ann Secondary School, Singapore — Qi Ying Tham, Ngee Ann Secondary School, Singapore — Wei Zhong Tan, Ngee Ann Secondary School, Singapore

A drawing module designed based on the teaching for understanding framework explores the potential of using figure drawing and students’ aspirations to support the teaching and learning of character education.

In the Picture: Photography as a Method of Participatory Projects Liisa Söderlund, Aalto University, School of Arts, Design and Architecture, Finland

My research question is how does photography works as a method of participatory projects. It is based on two exhibitions which I have made with homeless people.

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Protecting the Right to Art: Steps to Fulfill International Human Rights Legal Obligations for Vulnerable Communities whose Cultural Integrity Depends on Artistic Expression Ashli Akins, University of Oxford, United Kingdom

This paper explores international human rights laws that defend the right to art, identifies gaps, and offers steps to fulfill this right for communities whose culture depends on artistic expression.

Rescuing Social Cohesion and Integrity through our Lyrical Co-breathing with the Mundane Nilofar Shidmehr, University of British Columbia, Canada

As technological discourse aiming at a complete replacement of life with an economy of synthetic speech prevails more, lyrical art becomes more vital for aspiring social cohesion and ecological integrity.

INTERNATIONAL CANVAS

Room 3 Internationalizing Music Education Dr. Warren Henry, University of North Texas, United States

This paper will provide an overview of the growth of internationalization in university settings and describe how international experiences complement and enrich music teacher education programs.

The Malay Cultural Heritage Interpretation of Light: The Art of Spirit Dr. Azizi Bahauddin, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia — Dr. Aldrin Abdullah, University of Science Malaysia, Malaysia — Dr. Nor Zarifah Maliki, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia

The Malay cultural interpretation of light can be translated from the traditional understanding into a contemporary setting. It reveals the light with the art and the spirit of culture.

Sustaining Mak Yong beyond the Millennium: The Continuity of an Oral Tradition Dr. Jason Kong-Chiang Tye, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia — Dr. A.S. Hardy Shafii, School of the Arts Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia

This discusses the oral tradition of learning and teaching of Makyung, a traditional Malaysian theater.

CULTURAL CURRENCY OF ART

Room 4 Cultural Heritage and the Panorama: From Painting to Imaging Seth Thompson, American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

By providing an overview of the panorama both within a historical and technical context, this paper analyzes past, present, and potential future applications of the panorama for cultural heritage purposes.

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(Continued - Monday, 15:15-16:55) Foreign Folk Songs as a Display of Solidarity with Socialist Germany Charla Schutte, Odeion School of Music, University of the Free State, Germany

This paper focuses on musical meaning and its link to specific social contexts in which music is created, performed and heard, emphasizing political songs used for indoctrination in the GDR.

Revisioning the Classics in Post-Apartheid Theatre Dr. Marcia Blumberg, York University, Canada

My paper focuses on Handspring’s Woyzeck on the Highveld and Yael Farber’s Mies Julie. These post-apartheid South African theatrical revisionings reposition characters to explore race, class, gender and other issues.

The Sogo Bò of the Bamana in Mali: Exploring the Amalgamation of Traditional Festival, Masquerade, and Public Ritual as Collective Memory to Sustain Social Order and Cultural Identity Prof. Marie Kruger, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa

This paper will examine the Sogo Bò in Mali as a traditional festival and public ritual which concretizes the collective memory to sustain cultural identity in a changing world.

THE INSPIRED PATH

Room 5 Artists' Jouissance Prof. Seung Hwan Kim, Chungbuk University in South KOREA, Republic of Korea

Because jouissance is an energetic sexual desire, artists' jouissance becomes the pain and happiness of the subjects, artists themselves, simultaneously. Artists have the same pleasure principle for their creative process.

The Embodiment of Photographic Imagery through the Lens of Time, Light and Memory Aaron Bellette, Avondale college, Australia — Dr. Kathryn Gushka, University of Newcastle, Australia

Photography has dealt with time and light in construction of imagery. The relationship between time and light is oblivious, and the role of memory and imagery is elusive.

The Ethics of Painting: Affect, Aesthetics, and Agency Elise Richman, University of Puget Sound, United States

Painting models unique, oftentimes integral, relationships between representation and materiality. This vital interplay can embody broader ethically-based concerns and potentialities.

Pictorial Slippage Craig Barber, Coventry University, United Kingdom

This paper will consider the temporal and spatial dislocation of static mediated imagery.

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NARRATIVES IN ART

Room 6 It's Not a Joke!: Bio-art and the Aesthetics of Humor Isabel de Sena Cortabitarte, LUCAS Leiden University Centre for the Arts in Society, Netherlands

An analysis of the rhetoric and aesthetics of humour in Adam Zaretsky’s oeuvre will attest to art’s capacity to open up a new critical space in the life sciences debate.

Superimposed Narratives: Diachronic Identities of the City Ruxandra Puscasu, Technical University Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Cities are inspiring structures with a remarkable potential to encourage artistic discourses. As such, this paper focuses on understanding modes in which art influences and transforms urban and local identity.

The Teacher as Filmmaker and the Filmmaker as Teacher Elizabeth Jane Hoyle, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand

How is teaching extended by the creative pursuits of the teacher? What do creative endeavors offer to your classroom?

When Words Are Not Enough: Art as Therapeutic Self-help Coral Cara, Victoria University, Australia

Life is full of major events either joyous or devastating. When words are not enough examines the need for art as therapeutic self help in times of crisis.

ART THEORY AND HISTORY

Room 7 Analysing Newspaper Art Reviews: A Critical Discourse Analysis Approach Henrik Linden, King's College London, United Kingdom

This paper investigates how contemporary African art has been mediated through newspaper reviews in Britain during the past two decades, using a critical discourse analysis approach.

From Slovenia to America: MarijaPomagaj, An Iconic Image Dr. Elaine Omann, Saint Leo University, United States

An iconic religious painting is found in the ancestral country, birth place, and national capital. What cultural and historical significance is important for future generations?

A Semiotic Reading of Ai Weiwei in the Intercultural Communication Shuchen Wang, Jyväskylä University, Finland

The contradictory narrations about Ai Weiwei from the West and China reveal problems in the intercultural communication and imply the intricate relation between art market mechanism and art history writing.

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(Continued - Monday, 15:15-16:55) The Return of Chinese Imperialism in Shanzhai Architecture in Contemporary China Wing Yin Chan, University of Warwick, Yugoslavia

In China, many of provincial and municipal government offices are built stylistically identical to the Capitol of the US. This emergence of architectural preference symbolizes the return of Chinese imperialism.

WORKSHOPS

Room 8 The Mind, Breath and Body of the Actor (15:15-16:00) Jean McDaniel Lickson, Florida State University, United States — Debra Hale, Florida State University, United States

This workshop focuses on yoga and sound to increase flexibility, energy, breath extension, memory and focus. This will promote truthful moment to moment presence for the actor.

Fail Again, Fail Better: The Case for Formative Assessment in First Year Undergraduate Creative Practice-based Modules (16:10-16:55) Szilvia Naray-Davey, The University of Salford, United Kingdom — Dr Ursula Hurley, The University of Salford, United Kingdom

This workshop will question the usefulness and validity of summative assessment in creative undergraduate modules such as writing and performance. The workshop will include a staged student-teacher dialogue reenactment.

17:00-18:30

CONFERENCE RECEPTION & EXHIBIT - JOIN AND MEET NEW COLLEAGUES OVER FOOD AND DRINKS *Special Exhibition* A Better Society: Words for Life From the United States George Rivera, Department of Art & Art History, University of Colorado, Boulder, USA

This exhibition includes the art of 30 artists from the United States. Each work consists of a photograph of the artist and text completing "A BETTER SOCIETY IS POSSIBLE IF….

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Tuesday

09:35-10:10

PLENARY SESSION - Nina Czegledy, Artist, Curator, and Educator, Canada and Hungary

"Hybrid Collaborations: Art, Science & Technology"

10:10-10:45

GARDEN SESSION & COFFEE BREAK - Featuring Nina Czegledy

10:45-11:35

POSTER SESSIONS (PLENARY ROOM) The Art Ability of Mid-teen Blind Students: The Rate of Progress in Students’ Ability, Influence of Students’ Gender and Age Fahad Mohammed ALshammeri, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia

The purpose of the present study was to explore the art ability of mid-teen blind students in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

The Displacement of Perception: Soft Provocation for Movement in Representations and Structures Ingrid Cogne, Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, Sweden

This discusses displacement as method to challenge perceptions and representations, and an invitation to spectators, visitors, viewers, readers to rethink their respective positions and positioning.

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Otherness Revisited: Looking through East Asian Female Artist's Eyes Jihyeon Park, University of Warwick, Yugoslavia

It is a research-based curatorial project following the South Korean writer, Hye-rin Jeon's daily logs in Europe and reconstructing her complicate mixture of identities and point of view on otherness.

Photovoice and Homelessness in Subarctic and Mainstream Communities in Canada: Art-based Research and Social Justice Dr. Henri Pallard, Laurentian University, Canada

Photographs taken by homeless and precariously housed people about their housing and living conditions reveal hidden aspects of life at the margins and further the struggle for social justice.

Reaffirming Cultural Heritage through an Art Based Housing Design Process Ms. Amanda McLeod, Laurentian University, Canada

Using design charrette, Cree people discussed memories of their cultural heritage. Designs, inspired by traditional Cree culture, investigate architecture as a cultural tool for responding to traditional living patterns.

Traditional Doors in Hail, Saudia Arabia from an Artistic Perspective Dr. Salem Aleid, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia

This is a descriptive and analytical study of traditional doors in the city of Hail from an artistic perspective.

A Thousand Sheep: Art and Territories as a Pathway to Social Change Laurence Elizabeth Jeanne Dube-Rushby, River Bourne Community Farm, River Bourne Community Farm, Salisbury, UK In the context of an art residency based in a community farm, Laurence Dubé-Rushby explores social and physical boundaries. She uses nature and art to connect with resources and people.

ROUNDTABLE SESSIONS (PLENARY ROOM)

Artists in Residence: Two Different Models (Table 1) Dr. Katalin Vecsey, Bates College, United States — Rachel Boggia, Bates College, United States

This presentation highlights two successful and very different artists in residence programs at Bates College, providing models for connecting practicing contemporary artists with students and faculty in the liberal arts.

Cutting Edge Interdisciplinary Program Development: Arts and Mobil Publication (Table 2) Dr. Anna Szabados, Salt Lake Community College, United States

The discussion will focus on finding effective ways to incorporate the arts and technology into new curriculum/program development.

Examples of programs and outstanding student work will be shown and discussed.

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(Continued - Tuesday, 10:45-11:35) Finding Magic and Marvel in Ordinary Things: A Discussion of Award-winning Stories for Children in the Philippines (Table 3) Prof. Rhoda Myra Garces-Bacsal, National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore — Prof. Jesus Federico Hernandez, University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines

This roundtable discussion shares the recurring narrative themes and linguistic socialization of children’s fiction as found in award-winning stories for children in the Philippines from 1991-2011.

Foundation Programs: Design versus Art or Art and Design (Table 4) Sarah Mizer, VCUarts, United States — Elissa Armstrong, VCUarts, Virginia Commonwealth University, United States

Are foundational pillars the same? No longer breeding technical experts, future innovators must be conceptual acrobats. This electric discussion investigates academic foundation programming and the benefits of interdisciplinary research.

Participation, Access and Social Inclusion in Small Quasi-public Contemporary Art Institutions: An Analysis from 1990 to the Present (Table 5) Charlotte Bonham-Carter, Richmond, the American International University, in London, United Kingdom

This paper explores how the instrumentalization of the arts for a social agenda cultural policy has impacted the political, cultural and social function of contemporary arts institutions in London.

Re-Languaging for Social Change: Re-stor(y)ing our Lives by Rewording our World (Table 6) Danita Rountree Green, Maryland University of Integrated Health, United States — Cheryl J Williams, Virginia Union University, United States

This paper is an examination of language usage, creating new words and phrases that promote harmonic exchanges with potential to change or "re-story" personal history thus influencing events to come.

Writing Ideas: A Novel That Speaks (Table 7) Cathryn Perazzo, Deakin University, Australia

Drawing on Deleuze' notion of the Event, I will consider how that notion sits with the writing of a novel with an agenda.

WORKSHOP Room 1

Monotype Workshop: Demonstration of a Printmaking Technique Assistant Professor Barbara Westman, Slippery Rock University, United States

This Monotype workshop is a hands-on printmaking demonstration presenting the process of making prints where visual textures and painterly effects come together to create compositions.

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(Continued - Tuesday, 10:45-11:35) WORKSHOP Room 2

Creative Swarming: Community Empowerment through Shared Creative Purpose Sam Ingleson, Art and Design, Prof. Paul Haywood, Community Engagement, University of Salford, Salford, UK

Research practice functioning in the realm of social sculpture that proposes a framework methodology of creative social intervention that empowers and supports communities seeking change in local conditions is discussed.

WORKSHOP Room 3

PastCityFuture: Immersive Urban Heritage as a Theatre of Possible Futures Ian Woodcock, Faculty of Architecture, Building & Planning, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne Australia

Heritage plaques indicate what used to be present at city sites; what if they pointed to what will be there in future? PastCityFuture makes theatre with architectural speculations.

11:35-12:25

LUNCH 12:35-14:15

YOUTH AND ART

Room 1 The CID Lens: Looking at Children’s Drawings Using Content, Interpretative and Developmental Methods Dr. Reesa Sorin, James Cook University, Australia — Uta Haring, James Cook University, Australia

This presentation introduces the content-interpretive-developmental (CID) method of analysing children’s drawings, created as an outcome of qualitative comparative document analysis research that critically examined methods for analysing children’s drawings.

Making Movement, Making Meaning: Dance in the Primary School Ms Miriam Torzillo, Education, James Cook University, Cairns, Australia

This presentation describes a methodology used to explore teacher and student experiences of dance in the primary classroom.

Curiosity Created the Classroom: The Gallery; Imagination and Wonder as Key Ideas to an Arts Inspired Pedagogy of Student Engagement Kate Winchester, University of Western Sydney, Australia

This investigates imaginative arts pedagogical approaches that open opportunities for students to connect emotionally and cognitively with their classroom work.

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(Continued - Tuesday, 12:35-14:15) Marking our Pla(y)ce: A School-Community Nexus Staged Artfully Trudy-Ann Barrett, University of Canterbury, College of Education, New Zealand — Prof. Janinka Greenwood, University of Canterbury, New Zealand

This paper reports a project that draws upon play and place to negotiate creative and critical entry points between a New Zealand school and a community through visual arts education.

The Postcards Approach: Young Children Sharing Drawings and Stories about Their Environments Dr. Reesa Sorin, James Cook University, Australia

Employing a social-constructivist perspective and utilising the arts-based methods of drawing and storytelling, children across two continents created visual and verbal texts to describe their local, natural environments.

FULL SPECTRUM LIVING ARTS

Room 2 Excavating Immigrant History and Identity through Object Oriented Storytelling Andreas Kratky, University of Southern California, United States — Daphne Ho, University of Southern California, United States

We are exploring digital storytelling with tangible object interaction as a way to address aspects of acculturation among immigrants of the first, second, and third generations.

Family Albums as Collective Memory of Community: The Public Projects of 'tarshiha.co.il' and 'Tarshiha Nights' Dr. Ya'ara Gil-Glazer, 1. Oranim Academic College. 2. Tel-Hai Academic College., Israel

This presents an analysis of two participatory projects involving online and public displays of photo albums as catalysts of collective memory and communal histories of the village of Tarshiha, Israel.

Participant Explorations of Selfhood through a Biosensing Interactive Artwork Jiann Hughes, University of Technology, Sydney, United Kingdom

This paper seeks to understand participant experience with a biosensing artwork using semi-formal social interactions and a phenomenological praxis to explore how technology changes the way we relate to ourselves.

Reimagining Then and Now: Combining Still and Moving Images. Kiana Beth Jones, Curtin University, Australia

The interest in temporality, memory, and nostalgia, specifically then vs. now photography, is increasing. However, an alternative way to explore this is by adding moving images, to create "photo-filmic images."

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IDENTITIES AND ART

Room 3 Contemporary Art in Indigenous Taskscapes Erika Mosonyi, University of Vienna, Austria

The investigates connections between a contemporary art project and social / political developments related to land use and sheep raising within a North American Indigenous society from an anthropological perspective.

Identity and the Arts: Examining the Role of Art in Influencing the Identity of a Society Dr. Megan Evans, Wyndham City Council, Australia

Identity in Australia is a vexed issue. This paper will challenge the agenda of a white bread art world and explore how art can influence the formation of national identity.

In Search of Identity: Chinese Calligraphy in Twentieth-Century Hong Kong Dr. Chak-kwong Lau, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China

This paper sheds light on Chinese calligraphy as an art form and a vehicle mapping and interpreting the development of cultural identity in twentieth-century Hong Kong.

Māori Made: Visualized in Text Prof. Robert Hans George Jahnke, Massey University, New Zealand

The paper navigates socio-political issues in New Zealand relative to the ethnic labelling of the author’s art practice as customary Māori art, despite the absence of identifiable cultural referents.

FOLK ARTS

Room 4 What Happens to Design?: Drawing Communication Prof. Luís Miguel Moreira Pinto, UNIVERSIDADE DA BEIRA INTERIOR, Portugal — Prof. Paulo Carvalho, UBI University, Covilhã, Portugal, Portugal — Prof. Claudia Sofia Beato, University of Beira Interior, Covilhã, Portugal — Prof. Ana M. Tavares Martins, University of Beira Interior, Portugal

Who observes? Who tries to understand what it is represented, making comparisons between what is known and what is represented?

Beadwork as an Example of Folk Decorative Art Iuliia Tormysheva, Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic

Traditional beads decor in folk dress is a unique form of decorative art. It demonstrates transformations of folk culture and artistic forms in last period of their development.

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(Continued - Tuesday, 12:35-14:15) Contemporary Maya Traditional Dress in Guatemala: Visual Culture as Reaction to Past and Present Repression and Violence Prof. Annette Blum, OCAD University, Canada

This paper examines the making and wearing of traditional Maya dress by Guatemalan women as a form of activism and empowerment, in reaction to past and present repression and violence.

Making Bithooras: Collaborative Sculpture and Craft in India Prof. Andrew Burton, Newcastle University, United Kingdom

Making Bithooras explores a collaborative project in Delhi. A group of village women worked with a contemporary artist to create collaboratively built, but threatened, cow-dung structures for the Craft Museum

THEORIES AND THEORISTS

Room 5 Incorporating Comprehensive Musicianship and Jerome Brunner’s the Process of Education into a Young Beginner’s Piano Method Book Dr. Yumi Yoshioka, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia — Thien Yee Ng, Malaysia

This presents the construction and development of a prototype piano method book for young beginners incorporating the use of the comprehensive musicianship method in combination with Brunner’s Process of Education.

Käthe Kollwitz and the Neue Sachlichkeit Quim Esteba, University of Girona, Spain

Käthe Kollwitz marked the way of the Neue Sachlichkeit much before this post-expressionist trend was known, after Hartlaub's show of pictures of “tangible reality” in the middle of 1925.

The Location of Contemporary South African Art within Nicolas Bourriaud’s Altermodern World Art Theory Nahani Luneburg, University of South Africa (UNISA), South Africa

This paper investigates selected contemporary South African artworks according to Bourriaud’s altermodern theory. The focal point is on alterglobalization and how it relates to South African art.

Slave Narratives in South African Theater from a Post-Apartheid Perspective Johan Coetser, University of South Africa (UNISA), South Africa

This paper explores the depiction of slave narratives by South African playwrights Reza de Wet and Mark Fleishman, from a contemporary, post-apartheid perspective.

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(Continued - Tuesday, 12:35-14:15) NATIONALISM AND ART

Room 6 Ambiguous Certainty: Descriptions of Non-complete Architecture in Kafka's Writings

Amos Bar-Eli, Holon Institute of Technology, Israel The paper identifies descriptions of non-complete architecture in the writings of Kafka. It elaborates on their meaning, and proceeds to assume their contribution to architecture and design education.

Architecture and Nationalism: The Case for the Georgian Style in Grenada Dr. Oliver Benoit, School of Arts and Sciences, Grenada

Georgian architecture in the Caribbean resulted in the institutionalisation of a particular architecture style. Grenada's capital consists of the Georgian style. The paper examines this style from a nationalism perspective.

National and Global Spaces at World Music Festivals: Celebrating Plurality in a Global Village Dr. Andrew Alter, Macquarie University, Australia

This paper examines how global unity is emphasized at World Music festivals through fictive notions of "national" and the "global" spaces.

Re-living Representations of Fascist Italy: An Interactive Exploration of the Italian Pavilion at the Paris Exposition of 1937 Dr. Flavia Marcello, Deakin University, Australia

Through the use of 3-D modelling and gaming software this workshop gives participants the opportunity for an inter-active virtual experience of the Italian Pavilion at the Paris Exposition of 1937.

ARTS PRACTICES

Room 7 Conductors Courageous: Sacred Music in Hungary during the Communist Era and the Leaders Who Took Risks to Perform It Dr. Wayne Barrett, Sam Houston State University, United States

During Hungary’s Communist era (1945-91), church musicians found ways to continue their art and expressions of faith. Their courage resulted in a rich, sustained culture of music and worship.

Producing a Drama with Disabled Individuals Dr. Yener Sisman, Anadolu University, Turkey — Hilmi Etci, Social Policy, Turkey

The main purpose of this study is to contribute to the elimination of social exclusion. Disabled people feel alienated from society due to disadvantages they encounter in life.

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WORKSHOPS

Room 8 King Lear in Siberia: Exploring Culture and Identity through Literature (12:35-13:20) Dr. Nicholas McGuinn, University of York, United Kingdom — Ms Amanda Naylor, York University, United Kingdom

This discusses a joint Anglo / Siberian Shakespeare project involving undergraduates from the Universities of York, UK, and Ulan Ude in the Buryat Republic.

Art-based Research in the Classroom: Creative Art Research for Understanding One’s Self and the World (13:30-14:15) Professor Julia Marshall, San Francisco State University, United States

This presentation examines creative art-based research as an approach to teaching art that draws on student interest to develop student autonomy, authorship and engagement with real world ideas and issues.

14:15-14:30

COFFEE BREAK 14:30-16:10

ROLES OF THE MUSEUM

Room 1 Blood, Guts and the Landscape: Deconstructing Seventeenth-Century Dutch Paintings of Brazil Marja van der Loo, Flagstaff Cultural Partners, United States

Adriana Varejão recreates paintings illustrating Dutch colonialism in Brazil. Exhibitions including historic and contemporary works will contextualize the art and emphasize the importance of hanging contemporary and historic pieces together.

Creative Collaboration on Curatorial Teams in Art Museums: An Analysis of Contributions by an Artist, a Musician, and a Poet on Exhibition Teams at Two Museums in the U.S. Ann Rowson Love, Western Illinois University at Figge Art Museum, United States

The presenter shares findings from two exhibitions that incorporated artists as co-curators on exhibition teams at mid-size art museums in the U.S. Grounded theory and content analysis guided the study.

Social Meaning and the Legitimacy of Art in the Educational Context Dr. Marcelo de Andrade Pereira, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Brazil

This study deals with the meaning and legitimacy of art in the educational context. It raises the issue of the pedagogical use of art.

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(Continued - Tuesday, 14:30-16:10) Two Discourse Dimensions for Interpreting Artworks in Classes and Museum Visits: Interactive and Non-interactive and Dialogic Authoritative Rachel de Sousa Vianna, Universidade do Estado de Minas Gerais - UEMG, Brazil

The research reported here investigated the discourse used for interpreting artworks in classes and museum visits. Data were analyzed according to two discourse dimensions: interactive and non-interactive, and dialogic authoritative.

TECHNOLOGY AND ART

Room 2 Data Visualization as a New Art in the 21st Century Associate Professor Nina Czegledy, University of Toronto, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada

Data visualization as a new art form has an ever growing role in our information society, so the significance of art education in this expanding realm has become essential.

Emotional Encounters with Climate Change Issues through Immersive Digital Art Environments Irida Ntalla, City University, United Kingdom

The paper will reveal findings from a research study conducted in the "High Arctic" immersion art installation at the National Maritime Museum in London.

LocoMotoArt: Digital Arts Practice in Natural Settings Laura Lee Coles, Simon Fraser University, Canada

LocoMotoArt, an independent powered creative field system, was used to study and exhibit new media in natural settings to explore the hypothesis of human, technology, and nature interconnectedness.

Searching for Aristotle in the Digital Age: Creating Contextual Narrative with 21st Century Media Technologies Maggie Burnette Stogner, American University, United States

This paper examines the evolving use of 21st century media technologies to create story and context in cultural exhibitions.

ART INCORPORATED

Room 3 The Abend Singleton Story: The Human Dimension Dr. David Sachs, Kansas State University, United States

This paper will discuss the ways in which human relationships fueled the remarkable creative collaborative achievements of a late 20th century American architectural firm.

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(Continued - Tuesday, 14:30-16:10) The Artists' Institute and the Institute of Art: A Place Which is Not Yet a "Place" Dr. Alec Shepley, University of Lincoln, United Kingdom — Prof. Steve Dutton, University of Lincoln, United Kingdom

Drawing on our own practices as artists and academics this paper discusses our attempts to subvert and use the rhetoric and structure of institutional knowledge production.

Elitism for Cultural Sustainability: Museums as Agents for Social Change Maria Nicolacopoulou, New York University, United States

A discussion of how the hegemonic power of the museum can transform it into a culturally sustainable agent for social change.

Social, Political and Financial Aspects of the Dia Art Foundation Support of Site Specific Artworks for the Creation of a Differential Space Dr. Mira Banay, The Open University of Israel, Israel

Space occupied by site specific American artworks must be considered for their socio-political aspects.

GLOBAL IMPACTS: ART WITHOUT BOUNDARIES

Room 4 Collecting Chinese Art in Hong Kong: A Global Perspective Dr. Jenny F. So, Chinese University of Hong Kong, China — Dr. Ling-Yun Tang, Hong Kong University, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China

This study investigates the key institutional and historical factors that have made Hong Kong a cultural base for the collection and dissemination of Chinese art on a global scale.

Contextuality as a Musical Frame of Reference: Examples of Hans Huyssen's Post-Apartheid Oeuvre Prof. Martina Viljoen, University of the Free State, South Africa — Prof. Nicol Viljoen, University of the Free State, South Africa

Investigating the role of the arts in post-apartheid South Africa, this paper investigates the notion of context as a frame of reference for reading the musical text.

Makyung: The Malay Traditional Theatre and Its Survival Dr A.S. Hardy Shafii, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia — Dr. Jason Kong-Chiang Tye, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia

This paper traces the survival of Makyung’s performance by staging commercial Makyung.

Narrating versus Connoting in a Public Space: Public Sculptures in Cyprus Prof. Vicky Karaiskou, Open University of Cyprus, Cyprus

Public sculpture in Cyprus enhances the collective memory mechanisms. Through strong visual narrative elements and abstract symbolic codifications, it anchors and secures national traumas.

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(Continued - Tuesday, 14:30-16:10) CANVAS OF THE IMAGINATION

Room 5 Nini Theilade: Innovator in Modern Ballet Dr. Lisa Fusillo, University of Georgia, United States

This presentation offers fascinating, firsthand information about the career and innovations of the ballerina Nini Theilade and provides a compelling and long overdue inclusion to the literature in dance history.

Site Specificity in Transit: Movements between Artistic, Touristic and Ethnographic Inquiry Kaya Barry, Deakin University, Australia

This is a discussion of how the material interactions within travel reveals ways for site specific, creative knowledge production through interdisciplinary practices.

Spectacle: Magic, Misdirection and New Art Prof. Richard K. Merritt, Luther College, United States

This paper examines how the structure of spectacle, cognitive biases, and the principles and methods of performance magic have informed the practice of intermedia art for the past hundred years.

POLITICS OF ART

Room 6 The Exemplary Economy of the Arts Dr. Scott Brook, University of Canberra, Australia

Contrary to arts sector concerns, Creative Industries policy-making continues to extol the exemplary status of the artist for society; claims for the economic contribution of the arts are secondary.

Who Is the Us That Them Is Protecting?: Audiences, Austerity and the Identity Crisis of the Arts Sector Dan Eastmond, Firestation Arts & Culture, United Kingdom

Bubbling underneath the myriad questions about the value of the arts coughed up by austerity measures, is an identity crisis more potent than a thousand budget cuts.

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(Continued - Tuesday, 14:30-16:10) Whose Art Is It, Anyway?: Investigating the Impact of the "Active Viewer" on the Authorship of the Art Form Shreepali Patel, Cambridge School of Art, United Kingdom

This paper asks whether the process of constructing a short film for an interactive platform removes authorship of the art form from the artist to the viewer.

Between Myth and History: Black Market International 1985-2012 Jana Pisarikova, Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Technology, Brno, Czech Republic

The presentation argues with various approaches to documenting and archiving of performance art in a context of Black Market international performance art group and movement.

SELF EMPOWERMENT THROUGH THE ARTS

Room 7 An Art Education for Disabled People: The Governor’s Disability Coordination Centre in Eskişehir Hilmi Etci, Social Policy, Turkey — Dr. Yener Sisman, Anadolu University, Turkey

The Governor's Disability Coordination Centre provides art education to disabled people pairing them with college student peers in Eskişehir.

Manifesting Manifestos: Learning about Self and Place through Observation, Making, and Writing Bambi L Yost, Iowa State University, United States

Artists and designers can use writing as a tool for self-reflection but it is through the iterative process of making, remaking, and rewrit(h)ing that self-awareness and identity are revealed.

Responding to the Portrayal of Disability in the Theatre: Still No Voice for Joe Egg Maureen Royce, Liverpool John Moores University, United Kingdom — Ruth Gould, DaDaFest, United Kingdom

This is a case study analyzing post performance discussions concerning disability as portrayed in " A Day in the Death of Joe Egg" by the Everyman and Playhouse Theatre, Liverpool.

The Vampire as an Image of Social Change Prof. Barbara Brodman, Nova Southeastern University, United States

By highlighting images of the vampire as a harbinger of social change, this paper challenges traditional interpretations of the vampire myth and its place in the arts and society.

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(Continued - Tuesday, 14:30-16:10) WORKSHOPS Room 8

The Roots of Infinity: Cosmic Spaceprints (14:30-15:15) Dr. Peter Magyar, As above, United States

A workshop posing some very simple questions, and attempting to answer them, as they relate to the generation of ideas in architectural design

Theatre As an Agent of Ecological Change (15:25-16:05) Dr. Angie Farrow, Massey University, New Zealand

This workshop will enable participants to build a theatre text around an ecological theme. It will use theatre games, devising techniques, and automatic writing exercises to facilitate action and language.

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Wednesday

09:00-09:35

PLENARY SESSION - Attila Nemes, Independent Curator / Cultural Mediator, Kitchen Budapest, Kantine / Fictionlab, Budapest, Hungary "The Media Lab Highway / Multiple Effects of Media Labs"

09:35-10:10

GARDEN SESSION & COFFEE BREAK - Featuring Attila Nemes

10:20:12:00

SOCIETY AND THE ARTS

Room 1 Dancers Speak Out: What Makes a Good Choreographer Dr. A. W. Brian De Silva, RMIT University, Australia

Eight dancers in Australia and New Zealand relate their personal experiences working with different choreographers.

Memory, Narrative and Archive Usage in Documentary Filmmaking Wilma de Jong, University of Sussex, UK, United Kingdom

This presentation addresses the effects of archive footage on the narrative and our relation to the past in documentary filmmaking. Example clips and an experimental film project will be shown.

On the Edge: The Spaces of Pixaçāo Debora Faccion, State University of New York in Binghamton, United States

The presence of pixaçāo (a type of Brazilian graffiti) in Biennials further problematized the definition of the practice and its relation with art.

Public Art as Extra-curricular Learning Dr. Jennie Winter, University of Plymouth, United Kingdom — Sarah Chapman, Plymouth University, United Kingdom

This paper reports on a United Kindom based research project which investigated how a University–based contemporary arts gallery could potentially enhance the student learning experience.

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(Continued - Wednesday, 10:20-12:00) AESTHETIC SPACES

Room 2 Barcode UK - Moving beyond the Visible: Collaborative Research between a Photographic Artist and Botanical Scientists Prof. Andrea Liggins, Swansea Metropolitan - University of Wales Trinity Saint David, United Kingdom

This discusses a photographic research project exploring notions of value and identity of wild flora through the interaction with scientists working on Barcode UK.

The Dead Zone: From Boundary to Border Richard Dargavel, University of Manchester and Manchester Metropolitan University, United Kingdom

This research explores spatial networks and programme possibilities afforded by the River Irwell in central Manchester as territory, in opposition to its existing condition as boundary and residual space.

Learning from Experience: Society and Contextually Situated Architecture Prof. Ben Shacklette, Texas Tech University, United States

Vernacular architecture, originating from distinctive cultural memories, can facilitate the synthesis of spatial cognition, contextual aesthetics, and settlement patterns expanding the possibility for a situated relationship between society and artifact.

Sites of Forgetting: Australian Artists’ Engagements with Histories of Place Dr. Thea Costantino, Curtin University, Australia

Creative modes can offer tools for interpreting contested histories of place. Australian artists’ efforts to reconstruct experiences of place can be viewed as a response to an unsettled national history.

THROUGH THE ARTIST'S EYES

Room 3

Moving Walls: The Politics of the Given and the Art of Disruption Jenny Stümer, University of Auckland, New Zealand

Drawing on Jacques Rancière, this paper discusses the disruptive potential of two art projects in a spatial "regime of the visible" as perpetuated by the divisive setting of political walls.

Uncanny Urges: The Familiar Made Strange Adrienne Brown, Wellington Institute of Technology, New Zealand

This practice-based research examines the possibility of an uncanny aesthetic through W.D. Winnicott’s theory of play. Photographs and sculptural forms are constructed from various everyday materials available or on hand.

The Works of Vincenzo Chilone as Primary Sources for Venetian History Dr. Thomas E. Schweigert, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, United States

Vincenzo Chilone’s “mediocre” ottocento paintings have appeared in books about Venice for their historical content, often without comment. A close examination of his paintings reveals a complex narrative heretofore unnoticed.

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LIFE IMITATING ART

Room 4 The Art of Genetics: Works By Geraldine Ondrizek, 2009-2012 Prof. Geraldine Ondrizek, Reed College Departemnt of Art and Art History, United States

A paper presentation of art works generated from collaboration with the University of Washington Medical Genetics Department that brought together artists and geneticists to raise awareness of genetic cancer research.

Art, Production, and the Myth of Progress: Understanding Critical Questions by Nietzsche, Camus, and Kuspit Jorge Miguel Benitez, Virginia Commonwealth University, United States

Niestzsche, Camus, and Kuspit questioned the meaning of progress, production, and freedom in the arts. What do their questions mean in second decade of the twenty-first century?

Jancso Miklos and the Vernacular Modernist Aesthetics of Political Satire Christopher Mildren, La Trobe University, Australia

Miklos Jancso's late films draw from national and international traditions of popular and high art theatre and film to explore through style the disjunctions inherent in contemporary Hungarian society.

Paradox, Paradigms and Participation: Widening the Pathways to Participation in Amateur Orchestras Jamie Arrowsmith, Cambrian College of Applied Arts and Technology, Canada

This paper discusses the need for a paradigm shift in the training and acceptance of amateur musicians by community orchestras to ensure their sustainability as a public art.

SECOND ACT: IMPACTS OF DRAMA

Room 5 Between the Words?: The Influence of Performance on Translating from Source Text to Target Text in Contemporary Hungarian Drama Szilvia Naray-Davey, The University of Salford, United Kingdom

The questions raised focus around the validity of a target production oriented translation verses a target text one. The author substantiates her claim with her own translation.

The Desiring Performer: Searching for Something Performable Jennifer Munday, Charles Sturt University, Australia

This considers the lack of performance material available for me, situated in my own unique experiences and the synchronicity of the articulated desires of other theatre artists

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Theatre as a Tool for Social Awareness: How the Wichita State University 1991 Theatre Production of Secrets by Patricia Loughrey Confronted the Problem of AIDS in the Adolescent Population Dr. Judith Babnich, Wichita State University, United States

This paper will examine how the Wichita State University Theatre addressed the problem of HIV and teens through the 1991 production of Secrets by Patricia Loughrey.

The Merging of Live Theater and Film: Into One Prof. Paul Bernstein, Rutgers University, Camden, United States

This paper examines performance research combining theater and film. Collaborations between directors Paul Bernstein and Robert Emmons span thirteen works, each requiring an alternate conceptual basis for interdisciplinary possibility.

HUMANITIES AND ART

Room 6 Engaging Students through Art: A Thematic Approach for the Culturally Diverse Humanities Classroom Rebecca Daniels, Greenhill School; University of Texas at Dallas, United States

Research and practice show that a thematic approach to the arts can provide an effective means for humanities students to embrace diverse perspectives and engage in critical debate.

Graffiti: Art or Crime? Dr. Joo Kim, University of Central Florida, United States

Graffiti was considered vandalism rather than an art form. Many companies commission graffiti artists to create large-scale advertisements. The study will examine the aesthetics, forms, and histories of commercial graffiti.

Performance Drawing for Animators: Breaking Conventions and Exploring Experience Sharon Campbell, The University of Dundee, United Kingdom

In order to create the illusion of performance, an animator has to experience performance first, and then produce drawings that are based on a more personal relationship to the performance.

The Singularity: Where Theater, Science, and the Future of Humankind Meet

Prof. Ann M. Elder, Western New Mexico University, United States — Dr. Manuel Bustamante, Western New Mexico

University, United States Interdisciplinary Expressive Arts Program at Western New Mexico University created/performed an original multimedia piece. We share the themes of the singularity, the myth and story, the development, and the performance.

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Room 7 Histories of South African Arts Education: The Implications of People's Education for Arts Education in the Contemporary Moment David Andrew, Division of Visual Arts Wits School of Arts, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa

Overview: This paper is part of a wider project of researching histories of arts education in southern Africa in order to inform a reconceptualisation of arts education in the 21st century.

Strategies to Reframe an Institutional Web TV as a Training Resource for the Arts and Media Domains Aldo Passarinho, Arts Department Art and Multimedia Communication Laboratory, Viviane Silva, Tiago Nunes, Marco Silva, Ana Velhinho, Art Department Art and Multimedia Communication Laboratory, Polytechnic Institute of Beja, Beja, Portugal

Overview: This discusses a project applying communication and media strategies to reframe an institutional web TV into a training resource in higher education for the arts and media domains.

WORKSHOPS

Room 8 Shared Experience: Creating Community through the Use of Vernacular Arts (10:20-11:05) Abi Rhoades, Texas Tech University, United States

Traditions of music, dance, storytelling, and related arts have evolved strategies for inclusivity, crossgenerational communication, and community engagement. Community arts revitalization can be rooted in and inspired by such models.

Reaching into the Past: Role Play in the College Art History Classroom (11:15-12:00) Dr. Dena Gilby, Endicott College, United States

This workshop discusses using role play in the Art History classroom and contains an interactive component consisting of a short role-play in small groups with a debrief following it.

12:00-12:10

BREAK

12:10-12:40

TALKING CIRCLES (Themes Listed Below) Room 1: Arts Education Room 2: Arts Theory and History Room 3: New Media, Technology and the Arts Room 4: Social, Political and Community Agendas in the Arts

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12:40-13:20

LUNCH 13:30-15:10

ALL THE WORLD'S A STAGE: PERFORMANCE ARTS

Room 1 Defining Performance Space: Exploring Traditional African Performance, Interactive Theatre and Cyber Performance Schalk Willem Van der Merwe, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa

This paper explores performances spaces that includes areas and technology not exclusively reserved for performance by looking at masquerading in traditional African performance, forum theatre, children’s theatre and cyber performance.

Musical Performance as Critical Training for Music Educators: Socio-cultural and Artistic Implications Vânia Beatriz Müller, State University of Santa Catarina - UDESC, Brazil

This paper critically reflects on the musical performance, both in the community and experiential aspects of music, as a space-time of subversion of the social market order.

The Tomsich School of Contemporary Dance: Theory and Practice Lena Ferrufino, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales/ CNS-Fed, France — Dr. Olivier A. Coubard, The Neuropsychological Laboratory CNS-Fed, France

We present a Bolivian school of contemporary dance and its applications in education and health.

Using Theatre and Performance for Promoting Health and Well-being amongst the 50+ Community: An Arts-based Evaluation Dr. Katherine Wimpenny, Coventry University, United Kingdom — Professor Maggi Savin-Baden, Coventry University, United Kingdom

This paper will present findings from a community arts project that explored the benefits of theatre, performance and arts activities for raising and maintaining well-being for the 50+ population.

AN ARTIST'S VOICE

Room 2 The Arts and Disability: Representation of Mental Illness in Video Eileen Lavranos, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand

A documentary that captures narratives of family members who support a family member who has a mental

illness presents challenges. An ethical framework of working enables participants to speak.Distant

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Painterly Perspectives: War, Atrocities and the Suffering of Others

Rebecca Holden, Massey University, Wellington, New Zealand, New Zealand This sets out to establish how a socially engaged painting practice can operate to activate its audience to acknowledge the suffering caused by atrocious events.

The Knesset Menorah: The Relationship between Israel's Clerical Political Parties

and the Commission of Artworks in Public Spaces

Dr. Alec Mishory, The Open University of Israel, Israel The relationship of religious parties in Israel to public commissioned works of art in regard to the biblical second commandment forbidding the making of graven images will be discussed.

Theatre and Social Change Dr. Timothy Wilson, The University of North Texas, United States

This is an exploration of the potential relationship between theatre and contemporary issues from social, political, and personal perspectives.

PEDAGOGIES OF ART

Room 3 Community Arts Projects and Their Relationship with Teaching and Learning in Primary Schools Ian Bowell, Victoria University of Wellington. New Zealand., New Zealand

This paper will examine the impact of a series of community visual art projects on teaching and learning in New Zealand primary schools.

Drivers of Creativity: How Theory Can Inform Contemporary Dialogues in the Art School Curriculum Prof. Howard Riley, Swansea Metropolitan, University of Wales Trinity Saint David, United Kingdom

This paper discusses an innovative strategy for the integration with students' practice of MA taught modules, 'Drivers of Creativity', which introduce contemporary theoretical issues.

Using a Concept Map for Collaborative Learning in Visual Culture Education: Experiences in an Undergraduate Visual Culture Course in Turkey Elvin Karaaslan Klose, Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Turkey

This paper describes using Concept Mapping as a collaborative exercise to facilitate critical group discussion and learning in an introductory Visual Culture course with undergraduate Art Education students.

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THE MANY FACES OF ART

Room 4 The Arts and Design: Creative Industries and Sustainability Dr. Fabio Parode, Unisinos, Brazil — Ione Bentz, Unisinos, Brazil

This article, in an exploratory way and by the methodology of the strategic design, seeks to question, in current Brazilian art, the principle of desacralization of arts and design.

Break a Leg!: Raising the Curtain on Performance Pedagogy Marita Kerin, Trinity College, University of Dublin, Ireland — Prof. Michael Grenfell, Trinity College, University of Dublin, Ireland

The paper reports on an action research project designed to develop skills in music performance pedagogy. It outlines the principal components of performance pedagogy for development in future pedagogical contexts.

Facsimile and Originality: Changing Views of Classical Casts in Arts Education and Art History Dr. Joseph Basile, Maryland Institute College of Art, United States

Paper examines history of plaster cast collection, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, Maryland, as a case study in the exploration of the role of classicism in US arts education

Living on the Outside: A Photo Exhibit Using Art in the Struggle for Social Justice Dr. Carol Kauppi, Laurentian University, Canada — Jessica Hein, University of Toronto, Canada

Using photovoice methods, we explored a neglected theme in art: substandard housing and homelessness. We engaged homeless people in a collaborative artistic practice to work towards social change.

TRANSFORMATIVE ART

Room 5 Mental Illness, Treatment, and the Cult of the Heroic Artist Dr William Buse, The Juilliard School, United States

An ethnographically-based critique of the myth of the heroic artist and its resonance through the performing arts, conservatory training, and clinical treatment

The Mental Life of the Metropolis in Contemporary Public Art Ruth Wallach, University of Southern California, United States

This paper examines two common types of contemporary public art projects using Georg Simmel's ideas laid out in his essay on the mental life of the metropolis.

A Performing Arts Approach to Library Special Collection Development Kevin Marshall, University of Florida, United States

This paper discusses how libraries can use their collection’s primary resources to fuel the creation of public performances to develop their special collections.

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A Pop up as Catalyst for Change Merryn Spencer, Parramatta City Council, Australia

The presentation will cover the core research, tools, successes, challenges, pitfalls and possibilities in the form of case studies and discussion around an empty spaces project in Western Sydney, Australia.

DIVERSITY IN IDENTITIES AND PRACTICES

Room 6 Chaos, Order and Arts Practice Miik Green, Curtin University of Technology, Australia

The paper investigates chaos and order in the natural world, via the fields of arts and science, specifically significant to an arts practice.

Disability, Participation, and Empowerment through Media Performance Andy Best-Dunkley, Aalto University, School of Arts, Design and Architecture, Finland

Can media technologies enhance possibilities for people with disabilities to express themselves creatively on equal terms with able bodied people through a design process in which they are deeply involved?

The Landscape Colouredge Prof. Paul Haywood, University of Salford, United Kingdom — Maxine Kennedy, Design Informatics, United Kingdom

This discusses a public art commission hosted by a community footing the Lancashire Peninnes (England), seeking to initiate creative conversations about the nature and scope of locally made culture.

Productivity vs Young Sculptors in Malaysia Syed Alwi, University Malaya, Malaysia — Dr. Sabzali Musa Kahn, University Malaya, Malaysia

This research attempts to analyze the issue of productivity of young Malaysian sculptors.

ARTS IN SOCIETY

Room 7 Reclaiming the Commons: Participatory Vernacular Arts as a Framework for Community Revitalization Dr. Christopher J. Smith, Musicology, Texas Tech Vernacular Music Center, Lubbock, USA

This discusses a practice-based model based in the history and mission of the Vernacular Music Center, for developing participatory vernacular arts as tools for community empowerment and revitalization.

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Expanding Academic Learning, Personal Commitment and Creative Practice through Intensive Immersive for Off Campus Photography Camps: The Lecturers’ Perspective Ingrid Boberg, Visual Arts, School of Art & Design, AUT University, Wellesley Campus, New Zealand

This paper maps the planning and thinking for two off campus, intensive and immersive learning experiences for art students. A Deleuzian approach underpins the design and its implementation.

Creating Intensive and Immersive Learning Experiences: The Impact of an Off Campus Intensive Residential Camp Dieneke Jansen, Visual Arts School of Art and Design Faculty of Design and Creative Technologies, AUT University, Auckland, New Zealand This paper explores the inherent academic and personal learning possibilities within immersive learning experiences taking place off campus in distant rural settings through a Deleuzian lens form student’s perspective.

WORKSHOPS

Room 8 Art Making for Incarcerated Youth: New Approaches (13:30-14:15) Dr. Joan Wines, California Lutheran University, United States — Jeanne Wines-Reed, The Emanuel Project: Director of Integrated Art Curriculum, United States

This presentation and workshop demonstrate how art making in U.S. juvenile detention centers can enhance the effectiveness of a core curriculum and contribute to healing and rehabilitating bright young minds.

Rehearsing Your Life: Using Improvisation to Address the Problems of Homeless Veterans (14:25-15:05) Dr. Charlie Mitchell, The University of Florida, United States

This will be a demonstration of a recreational therapy program using improvisational theatre techniques designed for homeless veterans, including focus/memory exercises and scene work designed to help rehearse difficult situations.

15:15-15:45

CONFERENCE CLOSING - Phillip Kalantzis-Cope, Common Ground Publishing, USA

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