[csaa-forum] update: Particles & Pixels Symposium: Moving Image Culture after Len Lye

[Eu Jin Chua]

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UPDATE

PARTICLES & PIXELS: MOVING IMAGE CULTURE AFTER LEN LYE 
03 September 2005 - 04 September 2005
in association with Unitec New Zealand and the Moving Image Centre

A reminder that the symposium 'Particles & Pixels: Moving Image Culture after Len Lye" will be taking place this weekend 3 – 4 September 2005, at the Moving Image Centre, 17 Galatos Street, Central Auckland.

We are extending the deadline for receipt of registration forms, and registrations will now be taken till 4 pm Thursday 1 September.  Limited door sales will also be available on the day(s) of the symposium, on a first come, first served basis.  We would encourage you to register beforehand however, as places are limited. 

Scroll down for the symposium programme.

Session details and fees
SESSION 1 (DAY 1) Saturday 3 September, 10.00am - 5.30pm, $25.00 waged, $15.00 unwaged

SESSION 2 (EVENING OF DAY 1) Saturday 3 September, 7.00pm - 9.00pm, (Curated short film screening), $5.00

SESSION 3 (DAY 2), Sunday 4 September, 10.00am - 5.30pm, $25.00 waged, $15.00 unwaged

SPECIAL DEAL FOR ALL SESSIONS: The 'Package' $50.00 waged, $30.00 unwaged.
Morning and afternoon tea will be provided for the daytime sessions (Sessions 1 and 2). 

To register, go to http://conference.unitec.ac.nz .  Download the registration form (provided in PDF format), print, fill out, and send to address provided on the form.  Places are limited, so please register early.

For more information please email Miriam Harris mharris at unitec.ac.nz or phone +64 9 815 4321 ext 7143.
   

PROGRAMME
 
SATURDAY 3 SEPTEMBER  (SESSION 1)

10:00 - 10:30:  Tea/Coffee and Registration  

10:30 - 10:45:  Welcome

10:45 - 11:45:  Keynote Address
Roger Horrocks
Emeritus Professor of Film, Television & Media Studies, University of Auckland, and author of the authoritative biography Len Lye
"Figures of Motion: Lye's legacy of ideas about art"  

11:45 - 12:00:  Screening
Films by Veronica Vaevae  

12:15 - 12:45: Speaker 1
Tyler Cann
Len Lye Curator, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth / PhD candidate, Harvard University
"Time is a Man, Space is a Woman": Empathy and Eros in Len Lye's work"  

12:45 - 1:15:  Speaker 2 / artist's presentation
Tessa Laird
Artist, writer, lecturer – Manukau Institute of Technology
"Hot Scone Daddy"  

1:15 - 2:15  LUNCH
Please note that lunch will not be provided.  Recommended venues for lunch today are Satya South Indian Restaurant, 271 Karangahape Road, open for lunch from 11.30 am to 2.30 pm, bookings phone 09 3770007; or Verona Caf*, 169 Karangahape Road, open for lunch from 11 am, bookings phone 09 3070508.  More details under 'Dinner' recommendations below.  

2:15 - 2:45:  Speaker 3 / artist's presentation
Tim Gruchy
Artist, Gruchy Productions
"Particle Painter to Pixel Pusher"   

2:45 - 3:15:  Speaker 4 / artist's presentation
Stella Brennan
Artist, writer, lecturer – Auckland University of Technology
On some current work of her own and on abstract film's covert existence within mainstream narrative cinema. 

3:15 - 3:45:  Speaker 5 / artist's Presentation 
Nova Paul
Artist, lecturer – Auckland University of Technology
TBA  

3:45 - 4:15: TEA  

4:15 - 4:45:  Speaker 6
Miriam Harris
Animator, lecturer – Unitec New Zealand
"The Canadian Connection: Steven Woloshen's Ebullient Creations"   

4:45 - 5:15:  Speaker 7
Wystan Curnow
Professor of English, University of Auckland
"Particles in Space: The Visible and the Invisible"  

5:45 - 6:45:  DINNER
Recommended venues for dinner are listed below (bookings essential):  

Sri Pinang Malaysian Restaurant
356 Karangahape Road, Auckland (1 minute from symposium venue)
Open for dinner from 5.30 pm
Entrees from $3.50, mains from $12
BYO
Ph: 09 358 3886  

Satya South Indian Restaurant
271 Karangahape Road, Auckland (1 minute from symposium venue)
Open for dinner from 6 pm
Entrees from $3, mains from $10
BYO
Ph: 09 377 0007  

Verona Caf* – contemporary cuisine
169 Karangahape Road (2 minutes from symposium venue)
Open 11 am to late
Entrees around $15, mains around $23-$27
Fully licensed
Ph: 09 307 0508 


7:00 - 9:00 pm:  CURATED SCREENING (SESSION 2)
Short films by Len Lye, Stephanie Maxwell, Keum-Taek Jung, Steven Woloshen, Phil Dadson, Chris Knox, Lisa Reihana, Tessa Laird, Sean Kerr, Janine Randerson, Tim Gruchy, Stella Brennan, Veronica Vaevae, Jae Hoon Lee, Lissa Mitchell, The Axis of Weevils, and The Wilderness.
THE BAR WILL BE OPEN AND DRINKS WILL BE AVAILABLE AT THE MOVING IMAGE CENTRE.

 
SUNDAY 4 SEPTEMBER   (SESSION 3)

10:00 - 10:30: Tea/Coffee and Registration (for delegates who did not register on Saturday)  

10:30 - 11:00:  Speaker 1
Eve De Castro Robinson
Senior Lecturer, National Institute of Creative Arts & Industries, University of Auckland 
TBA  

11:00 - 11:30:  Speaker 2
Lisa Perrott
Animator, filmmaker, lecturer – University of Waikato
"New perspectives on cultural memory: sub-cultural engagement with visual music and music videos"  

11:30 - 12:00:  Speaker 3 / artist's presentation
Martin Rumsby
"TELLY CINE: A history of cinema from the Lumieres to New Media"    

12:00 - 1:00:  Keynote Address
Stephanie Maxwell
Professor of Animation and Film Studies, Rochester Institute of Technology, New York; current artist-in-residence at Unitec New Zealand; and major American experimental animator.
An insider's perspective  on how Lye's works survive in the art of others.   

1:00 - 2:00: LUNCH
Please note that lunch is not provided.  A recommended venue for lunch today is the grungy but delicious Mercury Plaza Food Court, 23-31 Mercury Lane, off Karangahape Road.         

2:00 - 2:30:  Speaker 4 / artist's presentation
Lissa Mitchell
Artist, filmmaker, Te Papa Tongarewa
On own moving image work, and material and structural aspects of film.  

2:30 - 3:00:  Speaker 5
Janine Randerson
Artist, lecturer – Unitec New Zealand
"Accents and Silences"  

3:00 - 4:00:  Panel discussion
Chaired panel discussion, with Roger Horrocks, Wystan Curnow, and other guests.    

4:00 - 5:30:  Performance
Axis of Weevils – multimedia artists' collective
A multi-media presentation.  

Conference concludes.
Dinner recommendations: Verona Caf* or Satya South Indian Restaurant, both open for dinner on Sundays from 6 pm.  See above for more details.