This symposium is the first in a series of convenings organized by the Art Research Center’s Art + Time research group that will bring together artists, scholars and curators to discuss the blurring boundary between performance and visual art, and how this inter-penetration impacts the creation, presentation, and reception of new work. This first iteration will ask what it means to produce... [read more]

This symposium is the first in a series of convenings organized by the Art Research Center’s Art + Time research group that will bring together artists, scholars and curators to discuss the blurring boundary between performance and visual art, and how this inter-penetration impacts the creation, presentation, and reception of new work. This first iteration will ask what it means to produce visual artists whose work incorporates live performance, or theatre/dance artists who are presenting their work in galleries and museums. What are the headaches, the new skill sets needed, the unforeseen consequences?

To jump-start the conversation, symposium speakers have been asked to post some brief thoughts in advance of the event. To read (and respond to) their musings, please visit ARC Muses, the Arts Research Center blog at http://arcdirector.tumblr.com

THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 5pm:
Social Works: Performing Art, Supporting Publics
Judith Butler in conversation with Shannon Jackson
Performance Art Institute, 575 Sutter Street, San Francisco

FRIDAY, APRIL 29, 11am-6pm:
Curating People
Geballe Room, Townsend Center for the Humanities, 220 Stephens Hall, UC Berkeley

Topics include:
- When Presenters Become Curators/When Curators Become Presenters
- Curating Screens/Screening Time
- Bay Area Arts Ecologies
- Dancing in Time

All events are free and open to the public. For more detailed information please visit http://arts.berkeley.edu/events.html#5