SHOWS

IN>TIME 2010 Symposium

Presented by Chicago Dept. of Cultural Affairs and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago Performance Dept.

Friday, March 26
1:00 PM — 5:30 PM
Chicago Cultural Center
VENUE CHANGE: Claudia Cassidy Theater, 2nd floor
FREE, Reservations Required

IN>TIME 2010 Symposium
Performing Futures: Sustaining and Continuing a Live Art Performance Practice

To accomodate demand, the venue has been changed to CLAUDIA CASSIDY THEATER, located on the second floor of the Chicago Cultural Center, entrance at 77 E Randolph.

Join IN>TIME artists and curators along with special guests Sara Jane Bailes (UK based Performance Studies Scholar, Head Drama University of Sussex), Julie Laffin (Artist & Curator of Site Unseen), Nick Lowe (Artist & Chair Arts Admin SAIC), Trevor Martin (Artist, Director of Exhibitions & Performance Faculty, SAIC), Abina Manning (Video Data Bank), Roell Schmidt (Director of Links Hall) Roberto Sifuentes (Co Founder of La Pocha Nostra / Performance Faculty SAIC), Lorelei Stewart (Director Gallery 400, UIC), Shannon Stratton (Director, threewalls), Tricia Van Eck (Curator, MCA), Faith Wilding (Artist & Chair of Performance, SAIC) and others as they discuss strategies for sustaining and continuing a live art performance practice.

This special symposium, presented in conjunction with the bi-annual IN>TIME Performance Series Showcase, will examine questions such as:

--How do you balance the needs of presenters, funders and audiences while maintaining innovative, radical practice?

--How do you keep your practice alive and motivating?

--How do you transition from institutional training to self-directed practice?

Click here to download the program. [PDF]

Developed as a collaboration between the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and the Chicago Performance Network, IN>TIME is an annual Chicago performance series of local, national, and international artists. This year’s events are co-sponsored by the School of the Art Institute of Chicago Performance Department.