Coming Up on Thursday is a special reading of Genny Lim's newest performance piece, WHERE IS TIBET? on Thursday, June 3rd. This work, an artistic collaboration between Tibetan and Chinese American theater, dance, and music artists, explores the history of relationships between the two cultures and my own dilemma as a Chinese American in questioning China's policies in Tibet. Genny Says: Where is Tibet? which premiered at CounterPULSE last Dec. 2009, was my artistic effort to bring the two communities of Chinese and Tibetans together in a theater collaboration that would explore the shared ancient history of these two countries, which have coexisted in peace and harmony for hundreds of years. Ethnic tensions between the two groups have only been a recent phenomenon of the last sixty years, due to Tibetan resentment against the invasion and occupation of Tibet by the Chinese government. The mounting tensions reached a climax during the Beijing Summer Olympics, which culminated in a government crack-down resulting in hundreds of arrests and deaths at Kardze in March 2009.

The performance piece interweaves the past and present. I tell the story of the Tibetan King Songsten Gompo's conquest of Zhangzhung (believed to have encompassed Central Asia and parts of India) around 650 c. and his marriage to the Chinese Princess Wencheng and my understanding of that historic union as a Chinese American today in the face of Chinese occupation in Tibet. My hope is that the piece will raise awareness about Tibet and hopefully re-establish dialogue and friendly relations between the two groups as we have nothing to gain, but everything to lose as enemies. China is a large country with a population of over two billion. Its state-controlled media reinforces negative images of Tibetans and other minority groups, whether they're the Falun Gong or Uyghers on a daily basis, fueling paranoia and xenophobic nationalism. It's incumbent upon me, as a Chinese American, who has the privilege of free speech and information access to speak out, through the medium of art, against social injustice.

School of Visual Arts (SVA) presents the MFA Computer Art Thesis Exhibition 2010

Students in the MFA Computer Art Program at SVA in New York  has a unique curriculum that exposes students to theories and technologies that allow them to explore their work in the areas of telecommunications, interactive multimedia, animation and installations. The Thesis Exhibition on May 21 will showcase graduating students' work that pushes the boundaries of digital art. Viewed more as contemporary art, the artists express their personal vision and current world view through digital media," says Charley Lewis, curator. According to department chair Bruce Wands, "This exhibition includes a wide range works: 3D animation/motion graphics, experimental video, networked media, interactive/video/audio installation, digital fine art, and prints."

May 21 – June 5, 2010
Reception: Tuesday, May 25, 6 – 8 pm
Meet the Artists: Thursday, June 3, 6 – 8 pm

Visual Arts Gallery
http://www.mfaca.sva.edu

via e-flux

The international selectors for the Nam June Paik Award 2010 met on the last weekend of February in the Museum Kunst Palast in Düsseldorf.

Solange Farkas (Sao Paulo), Udo Kittelmann (Berlin), chairman, Antoni Muntadas (Barcelona/New York), Miklós Peternák (Budapest) and Yukiko Shikata (Tokyo) came together to draw up the shortlist for the media art award established in 2002 by the Kunststiftung NRW.

Competing for the award, and taking part in an exhibition that can be seen from September 2010 in the Museum Kunst Palast in Düsseldorf, are the following artists: Daito Manabe, Tokyo, Japan and Ei Wada a.k.a. Crab Feet, also from Tokyo; Hajnal Németh, Berlin; Eike, Budapest; the artist group Chelpa Ferro, Sao Paulo, Brazil; Ali Kazma, Istanbul, Turkey; Rosa Barba, Berlin and Amsterdam; Ignas Krunglevicius, Oslo, Norway.

The winners of the Newcomer Prize of the Nam June Paik Award 2008, Adriane Wachholz, Münster and Thorsten Hallscheidt, Cologne and Karlsruhe, will also present new works in the exhibition.

Kunststiftung NRW
Roßstraße 133
40476 Düsseldorf
Germany
http://www.kunststiftungnrw.de

Here's an opportunity to do work/study in Aboriginal Research and Arts Administration at the Banff Centre in Banff, Canada. You will have the opportunity to learn arts administrative responsibilities including ongoing communication with artists prior prior to their residency as wel as providing support to the artists while they are in residence at Banff. The work study participant will work closely with the department's administrative staff to book space, equipment, repare paperwork, filing,writing, update correspondence, etc.

If you are interested here's more information and how to apply.

The Disposable Film Festival was created in 2007 to celebrate the artistic potential of disposable video: short films made on non-professional devices such as one-time use video cameras, cell phones, point and shoot cameras, webcams, computer screen capture software, and other readily available video capture devices. With people everywhere gaining access to these devices, we felt the time was right to draw attention to the creative potential of this new mode of filmmaking. Far beyond its initial roles for video blogging and documentation, the DFF offers a forum to display how disposable media can be used for creative purposes. The DFF hosts screenings, competitions, and other events to showcase the best work within the disposable genre..

David Lynch, filmmaker; Fred Tavis, neuroscientist, Maharishi University; John Hagelin, physicist, Maharishi University. 

David Lynch, the award-winning writer, director, and producer, answers questions on his films, his 32-year practice of Transcendental Meditation, and the role of consciousness in the creative process. He is joined by physicist John Hagelin, who was featured in the documentary "What The Bleep Do We Know?" and neuroscientist Dr. Fred Travis, Director of the Center for Brain, Consciousness, and Cognition at Maharishi University of Management.

PBS | NPR Forum Network in partnership with Emerson College 2005 Oct 1

This movie is part of the collection: PBS | NPR Forum Network Arts & Media
Producer: WGBH Production Company: WGBH Forum Network

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