April 22, 2006
Performance Studies international #12:
Performing Rights
Performance Studies international (PSi), in collaboration with Queen Mary, University of London, East End Collaborations and the Live Art Development Agency announce the opening of registration for their major international conference and performance festival Performing Rights which takes place across the East End campus of Queen Mary, University of London, from June 14 – 18, 2006.
To register for the conference (and take advantage of early booking rates) go to: http://www.psi12.qmul.ac.uk
Performance Studies international (PSi) is an international powerhouse of innovation for academics, artists and activists, holding annual conferences across the globe. In London for the first time, PSi 12 will focus on questions of performance and human rights and will feature plenary addresses, numerous panels and commissioned performances, a diverse programme of challenging and innovative live art and theatre, practical workshops, a space for debate and presentations, and the making of an archive of performance activism in support of human rights.
Bringing together curators, policy makers and directors of some of London’s key cultural agencies and institutions, alongside artists, activists and thinkers from all over the world, this event will be a unique crossing between the arts, the academy, activism and public policy. Human rights are too important to leave to the politicians. How does performance practice and thinking open up new possibilities for the understanding, enactment and sustenance of human rights? Queen Mary, University of London will become an open, public platform where the making and unmaking of human rights can be debated and performed.
Participating artists, activists and writers include: Irene Khan (Secretary General of Amnesty International), Guillermo Gomez-Peña, Peggy Phelan, Luiz Eduardo Soares (former Brazilian Minister for Public Security) John Jordan, Karen Finley, Jon McKenzie, Lois Weaver, William Pope.L, Goat Island, Coco Fusco, Alan Read, Nao Bustamante, Amelia Jones, Zai Kuning, Bobby Baker, Baz Kershaw, Naeem Mohaiemen, Curious, Gustavo Ciriaco, Luiz De Abreu, Leibniz, Peggy Shaw, Chumpon Apisuk, Paul Heritage, Anjalika Sagar and Kodwo Eshun of the Otolith Group, Rebecca Schneider, Richard Dedomenici, Janelle Reinelt, Gavin Butt, Stacy Makishi, Monica Ross, Rabih Mroue, Adrian Heathfield, Diana Taylor, Franko B, Freddie Rokem, Carol Becker, Jose Esteban Munoz, Peta Tait, Mike Pearson, Jen Harvey, Yara El Sherbini, Adrien Sina, Oreet Ashery, Reem Fadda, Nick Ridout, Una Chaudhuri and Eduardo Bonito.
The conference will present the work of participants from over thirty different countries including: Brazil, USA, Egypt, Israel, Bangladesh, Japan, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Australia, Austria, Turkey, Denmark, Croatia, Romania, Germany, France, UK, Ireland, Mexico, Lebanon, Morocco, Greece, India, Pakistan, Taiwan, China, the Czech Republic, Finland, Argentina, Canada, Nigeria, Switzerland, Italy, and Zimbabwe.
Over four hundred participants are anticipated for this conference and hundreds more will come to the galleries, installations, performances and workshops that will be run throughout the four days.
Here you will also be able to access on-campus accommodation details and booking. Full details of the schedule of panels, presentations, installations and performances will be available closer to the time. Registration at the conference includes membership of PSi for 2006.
Posted by jo at April 22, 2006 10:08 AM
