Post Natyam Collective- February 2007 Newsletter
Dear friends,
January found three Post Natyam members in Los Angeles: Anjali continued
her work with choreographer David Rousseve and Shyamala
contributed her artistry to a lovely event by Artists For Humanity whose
proceeds went to an organization close to her heart: WYSE
www.wyse.org . And while Sangita is at UCLA, documenatry Dancing Kathmandu is
being screened in Europe (see details below)!
In India, Sandra got to meet up with NY based photographer Anjali Bhargava (
www.anjalib.net) in Mumbai and collaborate on a series of portraits.
With several new and innovative plans underway, 2007 promises to be an
exciting year for Post Natyam.
Best,
Post Natyam
Post Natyam Events:
In February, Sangita's documentary Dancing Kathmandu is included in the
official selection of:
Amsterdam, The Netherlands:
10-11 February 2007
The Himalayan Film Festival Amsterdam (The Netherlands)
(European Premiere)
and
Vesoul, France:
13-20 February, 2007
Asian Film Festival
Sandra will be teaching workshops in
Munich, Germany:
17-18 February
23-24 February and
3-4 March
(Saturday and Sunday) from 10.00-13.00 hrs .
For details and registration for the workshops, please email
worksh...@sandrachatterjee.net
Post Natyam Pointers:
Summary:
Events:
1. Toronto, Canada: 18 January- 11 March 2007: Visual Art: Post Object
2. Berlin, Germany: 7-10 February: Theatre: A Promised Land
3. New York City, USA: 8 February 2007: Music: Falu
4. Zanzibar: 9 February and 11 February 2007: Theater: Shailja Patel's
MIGRITUDE
5. London, UK: 17 February 2007: Performance Event: La Langustine est
Morte 5th Episode
Opportunities:
1. New York, USA: Call for films: Asian american international film
festival, early deadline: Feb 9, Extended Deadline: Feb 16
2. San Francisco, USA: Call for writing, visual art: TEA PARTY MAGAZINE'S
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: THE TRANS• ISSUE,
deadlines: 12th February, 19th Feburay, 2nd April 2007
3. Austin, TX, USA: Call for films, music and writing, AUSTIN WOMAN'S
FILM, MUSIC & LITERARY FESTIVAL, early deadline
17 February 2007
4. Paris, France: Call for papers: Conference on Literary
Journalism, deadline:
28 February 2007
5. Wales, UK: Call for papers – Second International Conference on
Consciousness, Theatre, Literature, and the Arts, deadline:
March 1, 2007
6. New York, USA: Film/Video/Visual Arts Grants: Creative Capital, deadline:
5 March 2007
Detailed Listings:
Events
1. Toronto, Canada: 18 January- 11 March 2007: Visual Art: Post Object
Works by Michael Joo, Kimsooja, Samina Mansuri, Pushpamala N. and Ravinder
Reddy
Curated by Deepali Dewan
January 18 - March 11, 2007
Doris McCarthy Gallery, University of Toronto Scarborough
Opening Reception
Thursday, January 18, 5 - 9 pm
TAKE THE BUS! Free shuttle bus to DMG departs 401 Richmond Street West at 6
pm
Since long, "the object" has been the centre of art-making practice. It has
been the outcome or residue of the creative process and the focus of gallery
display. Throughout the late 20th century, various art movements have
questioned the centrality of the object. For example, since the 1960s,
performance art has shifted the focus of art-making to the process itself.
Conceptual art has privileged the idea. Today, there are many artists whose
work reconsiders the object in a variety of ways. Their work cannot be
easily categorized into existing art movements and sometimes includes an
object while at the same time calling it into question.
Post Object presents five artists whose work puts forward different ways of
thinking about and through the object: Michael Joo, Kimsooja, Samina
Mansuri, Pushpamala N. and Ravinder Reddy. The exhibition combines
performance, video, installation, and sculpture among other modes of
art-making practice.
An exhibition catalogue is available, featuring essays by Deepali Dewan and
Murtaza Vali.
Co-presented with SAVAC (South Asian Visual Arts Collective) and the Visual
and Performing Arts Program, University of Toronto Scarborough. Generously
supported by the Toronto Arts Council, Canada Council for the Arts and
Manulife Financial.
For updated information on Post Object programming and events, please visit
our website at www.utsc.utoronto.ca/dmg .
Doris McCarthy Gallery
University of Toronto Scarborough
1265 Military Trail (South of Hwy 401 at Morningside)
Toronto, Ontario M1C 1A4
416.287.7007
d...@utsc.utoronto.ca
www.utsc.utoronto.ca/dmg
Gallery hours are Tuesday to Friday, 10 am to 4 pm & Sunday, Noon to 5 pm.
Admission is free.
2. Berlin, Germany, 7-10 February 2007. Theater: The Promised Land
English Theatre Berlin
Exberliner
F 40
Fidicinstr. 40
10965 Berlin- Kreuzberg
THE PLAYERS
Laura Cameron & Thomas Weppel
MUSIC composed and performed live by
Irene Vannucci
COSTUMES
Imke Sturm
STAGE & POSTER DESIGN
Konrad Schaller
WRITTEN & DIRECTED by
Kenneth Philip George
Quotes about the play:
"Quite simply, this extremely new play by this extremely promising new
playwright offers perhaps the most intimate account of private desolation in
the last few years." Benjamin Knight, Theatre Critic (Ex-Berliner &
Anglofritz) - Anglofritz Theatre Review ( www.anglofritz.de)
"In Zeitsprüngen erleben wir mit, wie sich zwei fremde Menschen annähern,
öffnen, einander ausliefern und wieder entfremden. Mit einfachen, aber
wirkungsvollen Mitteln, einer nahezu leeren Bühne, dezent eingesetzter
Live-Musik und zwei äußerst wandlungsfähigen Darstellern erreicht der Autor
& Regisseur, einen Theaterabend von großer Intensität herzustellen,"
(Christian Leonard, Producer, Director, Berlin Shakespeare Company.)
"Die Schlichtheit der Bühne, das Einbeziehen akkustischer Mittel und die
Beweglichkeit der beiden Schauspieler machten diese Aufführung zu einem
zarten und poetischen Genuss." (Beate Krützkamp, Professor-Acting & Voice,
Michael Chekhov School, Berlin.)
3. New York City, USA, 8 February 2007: Music: Falu
Falu at Mercury Lounge
217 East Houston Street at Avenue A, New York, New York
Cost : $10, 21+
Advertised / doors at 7:30. Show at 8 PM - with - Falu (vocals), Gaurav Shah
(vocals, keys, harmonium), Mark Tewarson (guitars), Justin Wallace (bass),
Ramsey Jones (drums), Satyan Shah (tabla).
4. Zanzibar: 9 February and 11 February 2007: Theater: Shailja Patel's
MIGRITUDE at
Sauti za Busara Festival 2007
Fri 9, 9:50pm Old Fort
Sun 11, 8:10pm Old Fort
Shailja, pronounced Shell-jah, Patel is an Asian African poet and
spoken-word theatre artist. She is currently performing a one-woman show,
Migritude, which has received a Creation Fund Award from the National
Performance Network. Excerpts from Migritude have aired on National Public
Radio in the US, and the BBC in the UK and Africa. Work-in-progress
performances of Migritude created a media furore in Nairobi, and played to
packed houses and multiple curtain calls at the International Women Art
Festival in Vienna. Shailja has featured at New York's Lincoln Center, and
festivals and venues across North America, Europe, and East Africa.
Website: www.shailja.com
5. London, UK: 17 February 2007: Performance Event: La Langustine est
Morte 5th Episode
Langoustine est morte returns to The Poetry Cafe for the 5th episode
The Poetry Cafe
22 Betterton St.
Covent Garden
London WC2H 9BX
From 7.30
Entry £4
Opportunities
1. New York, USA: Call for films: Asian american international film
festival, early deadline: Feb 9, extended deadline: Feb 16
Calling all filmmakers of Asian descent! Save the dates: July 19-28, 2007.
The 30th AAIFF is now accepting film and video works, both features and
shorts. Narrative, documentary, new media, animation, experimental, music
video -- we consider all. We accept works produced, written and/or directed
by media makers of Asian descent from any nationality. Early Deadline is Feb
9, 2007, extended deadline is Feb 16, 2007 (postmarked).
You can also download the entry form at
www.asiancinevision.org/pdf/07AAIFF_cfe.pdf
Come celebrate with us in July the 30th anniversary of our festival! Founded
in 1978, the AAIFF is proudly known as the "First Home to Asian American
Cinema." It was the nation's first festival dedicated to screening works by
media artists of Asian descent and, 30 years later, the festival continues
to be a leading showcase for Asian and Asian American film and video.
The festival has many categories that showcase the best of Asian and Asian
American cinema, including Features, Shorts Competition, Screenplay
Competition, Music Video Competition, Works-in-Progress and For Youth By
Youth. The call for entries for Screenplay, Music Video, Works-in-Progress
and For Youth By Youth will go out later in late February 2007.
Stay tuned to www.asiancinevision.org/festival.html for updates
2. San Francisco, USA: Call for writing, visual art : TEA PARTY
MAGAZINE'S CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: THE TRANS• ISSUE,
deadlines between 12 February 2007 and 2 April 2007
TEA PARTY magazine seeks submissions of fiction, poetry, photography, visual
art, comics, and feature essays for its upcoming issue #17, to be published
in Summer 2007. As a non-profit arts & culture magazine based in Oakland and
San Francisco, we publish work by writers, artists, intellectuals, and
activists from diverse cultures, communities, and fields of study. Our core
focus is the intersection of creativity and social justice. We are
distributed in independent bookstores both nationally and in Canada.
Our theme for Issue #17 is TRANS• in all its many shades of meaning. As a
prefix or abbreviation, TRANS• can mean "across, beyond, through, on or to
the other side, into another state or place, change, the opposite side of,"
or can even refer to something farther and allow us to experience new,
in-between states. What does TRANS• mean to you? What words or associations
does it conjure? Here are just a fewpossibilities:
TRANS• lation
TRANS• formation
TRANS• ition
TRANS• cultural
TRANS• cendence
TRANS• gender
TRANS• fer
TRANS• portation
TRANS• position
TRANS• generational
TRANS• action
TRANS• cription
TRANS• mission
TRANS• ience
TRANS• plant
TRANS• parency
TRANS• fat
TRANS• creation
How does TRANS• speak to our experience as individuals and as
communities, and what meaning does TRANS• have for us as a society at this
particular point in history? We welcome other ways you can think of to
relate to this theme. Surprise us!
Email work to the appropriate editor & include "TRANS• SUBMISSION" in the
heading by the submission deadline listed (received by):
Poetry by Feb. 12th to Poetry Editor, Oscar Bermeo at
oscar.b (at)gmail.com
Fiction by Feb. 19th to Fiction Editor, Courtney Arnold at
courtney_arnold(at)hotmail.com
Artwork by April 2nd to Art Editor, Shannon Petrello at
spetrello(at)hotmail.com
(replace (at) with @)
WHAT TEA PARTY MAGAZINE IS LOOKING FOR
Tea Party magazine focuses on the intersection of creativity and
social justice. We especially support voices of artists and writers
who are grappling with issues of social justice and are often
marginalized or underrepresented, such feminists, people of color, the
homeless, veterans, migrant workers, youth, the incarcerated, and so on. The
common denominator of Tea Party contributors is a creative and progressive
approach to their work, whether it's through art, literature, activism, or
science. Humor is always welcome! The editors are strongly committed to
maintaining diversity of voice within each issue.
WHAT TO SEND US
• FICTION: Send only one story per submission, from one page up to 12
double-spaced pages (or 3,000 words). Submissions should be typed and
double-spaced. Make sure your name is on each page. Translations welcome.
• ESSAYS: Send one essay per submission, from one page up to 12
double-spaced pages (or 3,000 words). Essays should relate to the
theme through an arts and/or culture lens. Ideally it has some
well-crafted social/political analysis, while still meeting the
guidelines for strong feature-writing. (i.e. doesn't make the mistake
of being too complex, abstract or losing sight of human stories).
• POETRY: Send 3-5 poems per submission. Do not send more than 4 poems if
longer than 3 pages each. Do not fold poems individually or staple poems
together. Translations welcome.
• ART, PHOTOGRAPHY, & COMICS: Send 3-5 images of high resolution (at least
300 dpi) and either sent as a TIFF or EPS files only (no JPEGs, PDFs, GIFs,
PSDs, or indexed color files). Visual works must also be publishable in
black and white or in a sepia color format (not full color) so the higher
the contrast the better. Please make sure all images are in grayscale (no
RGB, CYMK files, no rich black). Be aware that images created in some
programs automatically are color files, even if they LOOK black and white.
• REVIEWS: Send 1-2 reviews up to 12 double-spaced pages (or 3,000 words) of
books, visual art, plays, music performances that address the theme. We're
also open to other types of reviews.
• INTERVIEWS: This is typically an interview with an artist or writer
who has developed a substantial body of work, and is considered a
major innovator or visionary in their field. (up to 3000 words incl.
excerpt—6 pages). We also accept interviews of a homeless of formerly
homeless artist or writer's first-person story of their life (1600 words or
4 pages).
HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR WORK
• We prefer e-mail submissions. Please send as an attachment as well as
pasted into the body of an e-mail. Be sure to include your name, mailing
address, e-mail address and phone number on the cover letter, as well as
your name on each numbered page. Include a brief bio (50 words or less) with
your submission. Please address your submission to the appropriate editor
(listed above). Snail mail: If you have no computer access you may send
submissions to the following address: Attn: Senior Editor, 4240 24th Street,
San Francisco, CA 94114. Enclose a SASE for our response (include additional
postage if work is to be returned). We do not return unsolicited work.
Reports on submissions within 6 months. Though we prefer previously
unpublished works, we do consider previously published work as well as novel
excerpts. Simultaneous submissions are fine if you give us 2 months of lead
time before submitting the same work somewhere else. Clearly mark
envelope to the appropriate genre editor's attention (e.g. "Fiction
Editor"). Honorarium: Tea Party pays an honorarium of $10 to $50 for all
work accepted. Each contributor receives three copies of the
issue, as well as an invitation to the magazine release party. Some
contributors from each issue will have the opportunity to read their
work at this event.
• Theme: Each issue of Tea Party is devoted to a new theme and so the
submitted works must address the special theme for the upcoming issue in
order to be considered. Feel free to include a brief explanation as to how
you see your work addressing the upcoming theme of "TRANS•."
• Sample Issues: If you have never read Tea Party before, we strongly
suggest you look at an issue before submitting work. Sample back issues are
$5, e-mail or call us and we'll send you one.
For general inquiries, contact Esther Lee, Senior Editor, at below address:
Tea Party Magazine
4240 24th Street
San Francisco, CA 94114
www.tparty.org
415.244.6191
3. Austin, TX, USA: Call for films, music and writing, AUSTIN WOMAN'S
FILM, MUSIC & LITERARY FESTIVAL , early deadline 28 February 2007
2007 OPEN CALL FOR FILMS
EARLY DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS IS
FEBRUARY 28, 2007 (POSTMARK)
Running for its 7th year, The 2007 Austin Woman's Film, Music & Literary
Festival formally under the name of Blowin' Up A Spot! Film Festival: A
Woman's Perspective is having an open call for female filmmakers, musicians,
actors, workshop presenters, spoken word artist and screenwriters to submit
their work. A festival wholly focused on the contributions of women; with a
special emphasis on showcasing women of Latin, African, African American,
Asian & Native American decent.
EARLY DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS IS February 17, 2007 (POSTMARK). LATE
DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS IS March 17, 2007 (POSTMARK).
This event will take place April 26 – 29, 2007 in Austin, Texas. This is a
non- profit event supported by the City Of Austin and the Texas Commission
of the Arts. All proceeds to benefit the Media Arts & Literacy Institute
(MALI). Entry fee is $15.00 dollars. There are 20 screening slots available
and the selected filmmakers will have a chance to win the "Best Of The
Fest". Winner of the "Best Of The Fest" in the film section will win from
Blowin' Up A Spot! Studios: 20 hours of free editing time or a free
professional graphic cover design for your DVD or one free travel pass to
the Austin Woman's Film, Music & Literary Festival. Your choice! All
filmmakers will
be placed on a Q&A feedback panel and featured on the "M.A.L.I SPRING"
complication DVD! Filmmaker retains all copyrights to their work. The
winners are picked by a peer board selection. The "Best Of The Fest" offer
applies to early submission entries only. For entry forms click here:
http://www.blowinupaspot.com
OPEN SCREEN SHOWCASE
This section will make up the bulk of programming and the film times ma run
as Short as (10-30 minutes) or feature-length (45-90 minutes) in any of the
following genres:
Narrative Films
We are accepting works of fiction or non-fiction that deal with
any topic or theme, provided that the work is directed by a woman.
New Media/Experimental
We are accepting works that don't fit into the narrative/documentary binary.
Works that employ alternative technology and/or structure are encouraged to
submit to this category. Multi- Media filmmaking, with a literary
performance art edge is a plus.
Documentary Films
These works may include shorts and features from 10 to 90 minutes. Works not
originally produced in English must have English subtitles.
Music Videos
These works may feature artists that are signed or unsigned as long as the
director has festival rights to screen the work. They should not exceed 5
minutes in length.
SPECIAL PROGRAMMING
World Justice Media
Austin Woman's Film, Music and Literary Festival is collaborating with other
non-profit group such as the Media Arts & Literacy Institute (MALI) and the
Gary Job Core (a young girls group home) to present works celebrating the
global struggle for justice and understanding. We welcome narratives,
documentaries and experimental works dealing with this topic. Priority will
be given to works dealing with the Texas legal system and the violence
against women, but all will be viewed and considered.
Women in Music
Since Austin, Texas is the Music Capital of the World we've
decided to have a special focus on films dealing with women in music. These
films can be narratives or documentaries about female musicians, composers,
vocalists, promoters or related artists.
A Young Seed
Girls aged 18 and under are encouraged to submit film & video works that
will be shown in conjunction with the Open Call, but will receive special
attention on closing night and also be screened as part of the Girls Image
Workshop.
Please mail submissions and entry forms to:
Austin Woman's Film, Music & Literary Festival
c/o Media Arts & Literacy Institute (MALI)
P.O. Box 42188 Attn: Film Showcase
Austin, Texas 78704 USA
For more information and submission guidelines check out
www.malisite.org, www.blowinupaspot.com, www.awff.org
4. Paris, France: Call for papers: Conference on Literary
Journalism, deadline:
28 February 2007
"Literary Journalism in an International Context"
2nd International Conference for Literary Journalism Studies
Sciences Po Paris
Paris, France
18-19 May 2007
The International Association for Literary Journalism Studies (IALJS)
invites submissions of original research papers, abstracts for research in
progress and proposals for panels on Literary Journalism for the IALJS
convention at the Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po) in
Paris, France, 18-19 May 2007. All research methodologies are welcome, as
are research on all aspects of literary journalism and/or literary
reportage. The association especially hopes to receive papers related to
the conference theme, "Literary Journalism in an International Context."
Deadline for all submissions: No later than 28 February 2007
For more information regarding the conference, please see the full CFP at
http://www.ialjs.org (rubric "May 2007 Conference"), or contact either:
Dr. John Bak
IDEA, Nancy-Université (C.T.U.)
E-mail: <john....@univ-nancy2.fr>
Dr. David Abrahamson
Northwestern University, Chicago, USA
E-mail: < d-abraham...@northwestern.edu>
5. Wales, UK: Call for papers – Second International Conference on
Consciousness, Theatre, Literature, and the Arts, deadline: March 1, 2007
Conference Dates: May 5 – 7, 2007
Peer reviewed journal "Consciousness, Literature and the Arts" provides a
forum for new work relating the arts and literature to the exploration of
consciousness currently flourishing in many disciplines such as philosophy,
cognitive science, psychology, neuroscience, computer science, and physics.
Submissions are welcome from the fields of fine arts, performing arts
(performance, theatre, dance, music), and media arts (film, television,
multimedia, hypermedia), literature and any sub-categories of those areas.
Conference Announcement and Call for Papers
The Department of Theatre, Film and Television Studies at the University of
Wales, Aberystwyth, UK, is pleased to host the Second International
Conference on Consciousness, Theatre, Literature, and the Arts. The
conference will be held in Aberystwyth, Wales, UK, from Saturday 5 to Monday
7 May 2007. Abstracts (up to 1 page) are invited for papers relating any
aspect of consciousness (as defined in a range of disciplines involved with
consciousness studies) to any aspect of theatre, performance, literature,
music, fine arts, media arts and any sub-genre of those.
Please send the abstract to
Dr Daniel Meyer-Dinkgräfe: d...@aber.ac.uk
Deadline for receipt of abstracts is 1 March 2007
See conference website: www.aber.ac.uk/cla/conference/conference.html
Dr Daniel Meyer-Dinkgräfe
Department of Theatre, Film and Television Studies
University of Wales Aberystwyth
Parry Williams Building
Penglais Campus
Aberystwyth, Ceredigion SY23 2AU
Wales, UK
Ph: 01970 622835; Fax 01970 622831
e-mail d...@aber.ac.uk
Consciousness, Literature and the Arts
http://www.aber.ac.uk/cla
6. New York, USA: Film/Video/Visual Arts Grants: Creative Capital, deadline:
5 March 2007
Creative Capital Announces 2007 Grant Cycle in Visual Arts and Film/Video
Deadline: March 5, 2007 (Inquiry Form)
Artists across the United States will have a chance to promote their
works-in-progress and works-to-be when the nonprofit arts
organization Creative Capital ( http://www.creative-capital.org/) accepts
proposals for its 2007 grant cycle supporting projects
in the visual arts and film/video.
For the first time, Creative Capital has appointed two outside teams of arts
professionals to assist in the selection process,
which could lead to as many as forty grants.
In keeping with the organization's multi-level commitment to its grantees, a
total of at least $1 million is allocated for
selected projects in the first year. In addition, over the term of the grant
these projects receive follow-up support and can
garner as much as $80,000 each in direct monies and services. Moreover, the
grantees gain access to an extensive network of
peers and arts professionals who can assist in fundraising, promotional, and
presenting opportunities. This comprehensive
approach to funding has become the hallmark of Creative Capital's work with
artists.
To be eligible to apply, an artist must be a U.S. citizen or a permanent
legal resident; at least 25 years old; and a working
artist with at least five years of professional experience.
To apply, artists must first submit an inquiry form, which will be available
February 5, 2007, on the foundation's Web site. The
deadline for completed forms is March 5, 2007; those invited to submit an
application with work samples will be notified in June
2007.
A complete list of grantees, profiles of funded projects, and up- to-date
grant cycle information can be found online at the
foundation's Web site: http://www.creative-capital.org/
* Disclaimer: Information is not verified and included in good faith. We are
not responsible for any direct of indirect damage incurred because of the
information contained in this newsletter. Though we check the information,
we are not responsible for the content of external announcements and links.*
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