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:::::Positions Colloquium:::::
August 19 - 24, 2008
at/with VIVO Media Arts Centre
1965 Main St, Vancouver
TUESDAY 19 August
Afternoon-Evening Session only
*not* at VIVO, location TBA
4:00 pm - late
Opening day social - a party + bbq with readings by poets who have been members of the KSW board or collective.
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Sachiko Murakami, Donato Mancini, Maxine Gadd, Peter Culley, Ted Byrne, Colin Browne, Andrea Actis
+ surprise guests
WEDNESDAY 20 August
Morning - Afternoon Session
11:00 am
Panel presentation
Title / theme: "On Line: Poetics and the Distribution of Meaning"
Moderator and Curator: Andrew Klobucar
Panellists: Darren Wershler-Henry, Brian Kim Stefans, Judy Radul, Sianne Ngai
1:00 pm
Theatrical presentation
Kevin Killian and Dodie Bellamy w/guests
"The Clifford Irving Show"
Dinner Break
3:30 pm (circa)
Evening Session
7:00 pm
Readings, presentations, and performances by:
Darren Wershler-Henry, Brian Kim Stefans, Colin Smith, Robert Fitterman, Clint Burnham
THURSDAY 21 August
Morning - Afternoon Session
11:00 am
Panel presentation
Moderator and Curator: Rita Wong
Title / theme: "Alpha Bets: Language Gambles on Land"
Panellists: Juliana Spahr, Pat O'Riley, Reg Johanson, Peter Cole
1:00 pm
Talk
Michael Davidson
"On the Outskirts of Form: Cosmopoetics in the Shadow of NAFTA."
Dinner Break
3:30 pm (circa)
Evening Session
7:00 pm
Readings, presentations, and performances by:
Rita Wong, Juliana Spahr, PILLS (A. Vidaver, R. Johanson, R. Farr), Pat O'Riley, Peter Cole, Louis Cabri, Jules Boykoff
FRIDAY 22 August
Morning - Afternoon Session
11:00 am
Seminar
Seminar leaders: Kaia Sand and Jules Boykoff
Title / theme: "Landscapes of Dissent: Guerilla Poetry & Public Space"
Respondents: Catriona Strang, Colin Smith, Juliana Spahr, Nicholas Perrin, Laura Elrick, Clint Burnham
1:00 pm
Roundtable presentation
Moderator and Curator: Jeff Derksen
Title / theme: "Neoliberalism and the Politics of Poetics"
Respondents: Rodrigo Toscano, Juliana Spahr, Rod Smith, Dorothy Lusk, Roger Farr, Laura Elrick, Louis Cabri
Dinner Break
3:30 pm (circa)
Evening Session
7:00 pm
Readings, presentations, and performances by:
Rodrigo Toscano, Rod Smith, Kaia Sand, Dorothy Trujillo Lusk, Jeff Derksen
SATURDAY 23 August
Morning-Afternoon Session
11:00 am
Seminar
Seminar leader: Sianne Ngai
Title / theme: "The Zany Science: Post-Fordist Performance and the Problem of Fun"
Respondents: Tyrone Williams, Mark Wallace, Andrew Klobucar, Rob Fitterman, Stacy Doris, Jeff Derksen, Michael Davidson, Louis Cabri
1:00 pm
Audio feature
Lisa Robertson and Stacy Doris
"The Perfume Recordist"
Dinner Break
3:30 pm (circa)
Evening Session
7:00 pm
Readings, presentations, and performances by:
Tyrone Williams, Mark Wallace, Catriona Strang, Judy Radul, Laura Elrick, Steve Collis
SUNDAY 24 August
Afternoon-Evening Session only
*not* at VIVO, location TBA
3:00 pm - whenever
closing-day social
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