[ecrea] LIVEness-- Call for participants

*Call for participants*

Why would you make live work in an age of mass communications? Why work 
in more or less the only field which still insists on presence? For 
artists interested in “the contemporary” this area of live performance 
seems like a bit of a backwater. Do you have something against 
mass-reproduction? Do you work from some quaint notion about immediacy 
and real presence?
I don’t know.
Answer the question.
(Forced Entertainment 1996)


*The Experimental Media Research Group (Emerge) at Bournemouth 
University invites calls for:*

*LIVEness*
A one-day intensive multidisciplinary exchange laboratory for 
practitioners who wish to explore concepts, philosophies and 
technologies of the LIVE through creative practice.

*Date*: Friday 27th of April
*Location: * Bournemouth University

*Deadline for proposals: *Friday 20th Jan.

*Description of the day:*
A one-day intensive experimental workshop* *for artists, writers, 
choreographers, media practitioners and technologists - seeking to 
develop and extend their critical understanding of the LIVE - to deepen 
and underscore artistic creative practice and ultimately further future 
collaborations.

The aim of the workshop is to further understanding and critical 
awareness of the conceptual and technical issues that relate to the 
notion of the LIVE. Throughout the day attendees will engage in a number 
of workshop and knowledge sharing events with the other participants, a 
facilitator and the multidisciplinary members of the BU Emerge research 
group. Through this sharing, participants will obtain a deeper 
understanding of how these issues relate to their personal as well as 
the extended field of creative practice.  It is hoped that this exchange 
will also foster opportunities for future collaboration in creative 
outputs and funding applications*.*

*Indicative Schedule*
The day will start with a keynote presentation framing the theme for the 
event.  Through a series of short presentations participants will then 
explore how notions of 'the live' impact on their own working practice. 
Participants will then be split into small groups to further develop the 
notion of the LIVE in relation to creative practice and critical 
dialogue, with the view to creating a response to the challenges of 
addressing liveness in your work. Technical support for the creation of 
content will be provided. At the end of the day, groups will be 
encouraged to share their findings, be that through performance, 
presentation or otherwise….

*How to apply:*
Participants may apply for the limited places through this open call. We 
will announce whether you have been successful by the beginning of March.

In order to apply please submit 500 words stating how you explore 
notions of Liveness in your practice and how you would benefit from 
attending the workshop.

Please email applications to: Katy Connor: (kconnor /at/ bournemouth.ac.uk) 
<mailto:(kconnor /at/ bournemouth.ac.uk)>

Emerge Research Group
http://www.bournemouth.ac.uk/imcr/emerge/index.html

/**/