Thursday, October 18
4 pm Thursdays at Four series presentation by Talya Chalef, Theatre Maker/Director and Kelly Ryall
InFlux space, Regis Center for Art, 405 21st Avenue South, Minneapolis
5 pm Informal poetry reading follows by Harriet Tarlo, Sheffield Hallam University, England
InFlux space, Regis Center for Art, 405 21st Avenue South, Minneapolis
6-8 pm Opening of shadows traces undercurrents, international group exhibition mapping unseen and unacknowledged pasts that continue to structure present-day social relations. Reception at Nash Gallery, with Dubbelboss band. Regis Center for Art
Show runs October 16-November 17, 2012
Companion Exhibition, Here I Am / Not group exhibition of artworks that explore personal and esthetic experiences of geographic places Reception: October 20 6-8 pm. Show runs October 18-November 24, 2012. Form+Content Gallery, 210 N 2nd Street, Minneapolis
Friday, October 19
11 am Performance and Q & A by Gülgün Kayim, Affiliate faculty, Theater Arts and Dance, University of Minnesota and Glenda Eoyang, founding executive director, Human Systems Dynamics Institute, Minnesota
Armory Gym, 15 Church Street Southeast
1 pm Welcome, Introduction of Keynote Speakers and sessions by Rebecca Krinke, Landscape Architecture, University of Minnesota
100 Rapson Hall Auditorium, 89 Church Street Southeast
1:15 pm Hidden in Plain Sight, keynote presentation by Iain Biggs, University of the West of England, Bristol, and Mary Modeen, University of Dundee, Scotland
Aspects of spectral traces as they concern place-based research from multi-disciplinary perspectives are traced through social, geographical, artistic and performative modes, looking at history, cultural memory, philosophy, aesthetics and phenomenological observations. The appeal to ways of knowing is layered with attention to specificity, the lived experience and affirmation of the work of many individuals.
2:15 pm Spectral Ecologies, session moderator Christine Baeumler, University of Minnesota
Victoria Walters, University of the West of England, Bristol; Gini Lee, University of Melbourne, Australia; Judith Tucker, University of Leeds, England; Harriet Tarlo, Sheffield Hallam University, England
3:30 pm Seeing the Unseen: Body, Place, Pattern, session moderator Joyce Lyon, University of Minnesota
Gerry Kearns, National University of Ireland, Maynooth; Stuart McLean, University of Minnesota; Megan Johnston, Plains Art Museum, Fargo, North Dakota; Gülgün Kayim, University of Minnesota; Glenda Eoyang, Human Systems Dynamics Institute
5 pm PLaCE publications books launch
Joseph Beuys and the Celtic Wor(l)d: A Language of Healing, Victoria Walters; Quantock Dreaming/Weatherproof, Antony Lyons and Iain Biggs; Between: Ineffable Intervals, PLaCE Research Center Associates. Refreshments provided by PLaCE associates
Rapson Hall, lower level gallery space
6-8 pm Sense of Place in Artist Books, an exploration of individual art practices through a small, international, wide-ranging selection of artist books. Reception provided by University Libraries and Department of Landscape Architecture
Rapson Hall library, second floor; Show runs October 12-December 12, 2012
