Special Performance & Talk: Dr. Gretchen Schiller
Date: Oct 29
2:30 pm
- 4:30 pm
Where: Level 3 Atrium
Special Performance and Talk: Dr. Gretchen Schiller and Choreographic Contamination
How do gestures migrate across many forms, from the hand to the page, from the eye to a film, from a gut sensation to a piece of music? As we interact and intersect with art, we find the traces of others’ movements across time and space. Presented as part of the international conference “The Aesthetics of Contamination”, organized by Memorial University’s Department of English, this multi-disciplinary experimental performance is choreographed by Dr. Gretchen Schiller.
Music provided by Jamie Moran (vibraphone/marimba) and Brad Jefford (guitar).
Dancers include Sarah Stoker, Andyra Duff, Nicola Dawkins, Jennifer Dick, Robyn Noftall, and Robyn Breen.
Visual artists Leon Chung, Georgia Dawkin and Richard-Max Tremblay collaborate through gestural drawings. Dr. Schiller will speak about her practice and research during the program.
This is a free drop-in program, standing event.
More about the conference:
The Aesthetics of Contamination: Oceanic Environments, Identities, Intermedial Research Creation
Home | Aesthetics Of Contam (smuscat46.wixsite.com). Hosted by Memorial University.
About the presenter:
Dr. Gretchen Schiller, Director and Principal Researcher at the Interdisciplinary Performance Laboratory, Université of Grenoble-Aples. Dr. Schiller is a principal investigator at the Performance Laboratory - an IDEX label project that brings together academics from the fields of geography, performing arts and computer science over a period of 3.5 years. Her choreographic research focuses on the notion of embodied agentivity through participatory installations, "screen dances," performances, workshops, and critical writing. She obtained her B.A. in Dance and Francophone Canadian Studies from the University of Calgary (Canada), her M.A. in Choreography from UCLA (United States), and her PhD from the Science, Technology and Art Research Program at the University of Plymouth (United Kingdom). She was also a student in the Visual Arts Department at MIT Cambridge (United States).
Events & Programs
Winter may be here, but there’s no need to stay home! Join us at The Rooms to exercise and socialize during this colder and drearier time of year.
While strolling throughout the building and enjoying both the exhibits and the views, participants may focus on a different theme from our collection each week. After our stroll, staff will lead a brief discussion on the weekly theme, and then everyone is encouraged to stay and socialize with friends new and old.
No registration is needed. Included with the cost of admission ($7.80 plus HST for seniors). Free for Rooms Members.
Please wear or bring appropriate shoes.
For further information, please contact catherineoneill@therooms.ca
In Historical Pursuit of Armine Nutting Gosling, Her Life and Achievements as the Newfoundland Women's Suffrage Leader
Though she did not act alone, and had able women surrounding her, Armine Nutting Gosling was the respected leader of the women's suffrage movement in Newfoundland.
What have been the challenges in reconstructing her life? How did she develop her progressive vision of what votes for women might accomplish? Why does she deserve to be honored and remembered with a statue on the 100th anniversary of women's suffrage? Join Dr. Margot Duley to find out more about Armine Nutting Gosling and her accomplishments.
Tickets: $12 plus HST. Free for Rooms Members. Get your tickets online or by calling (709) 757-8090.
About the speaker:
Author, Dr. Margot Duley has written extensively about the history of women’s movements, particularly in India, the United States and Newfoundland, and international women’s alliances. She is co-editor and contributor to the Cross-Cultural Study of Women, and author of Where Once Our Mothers Stood We Stand: Women’s Suffrage in Newfoundland 1890-1925