AMP: Artists' Meeting Place and Resource Collective

Debating Through the Arts: Performance Art Event 4
"Contemporary Issues in Performance"

Jerri Allyn and Inez Bush are staging a day of debate on Contemporary
Issues in Performance at LACE on October 29th, 2011 from 10am to 6pm.

*CALL FOR PARTICIPATION*
Artists, art historians, critics and anyone interested in Performance
are invited to participate.

If you are interested in participating, either attend a planning meeting
or call us to discuss.

Upcoming Planning Meeting:
Thursday, October 6, 2011 / 7-9 pm
at Jerri Allyn's: 5507 Village Green, LA, CA 90016 (La Brea and Rodeo)

Ways to Participate:
1. Join or organize a team to debate one of the issues below
2. Propose a different debate issue and organize your own team
(please consult with us as LACE only has space for three debates for the
day)

Possible topics for debate about the state of Performance today:

* Does Performance Art make a contribution to civic life, and could
communities financially support the work of their artists?
* Is it possible for artists to feel individual ownership of collective
Public Practice initiatives that are for the betterment of the community
in which they work?
* Should there be restrictions in presenting controversial Performance
Art to a general public that may get offended?

From Debate to Create

Through a structure of debate, caucus,collaboration, performance and
voting that echoes United Nations proceedings,artists and audience will
come together to explore issues in contemporary Performance Art. By
developing creative proposals (art, music, theatre or dance), the goal
is to provide a performative context for artists to demonstrate the
importance of the arts in solving conflicts.

During planning meetings, participants develop the overall questions for
debate, begin thinking about their own debate, and organize or join a
team. The final positions will be presented and performed for an
audience at LACE as part of Los Angeles Goes Live: Performance Art in
Southern California 1970-1983. Los Angeles Goes Live is part of Pacific
Standard Time, an initiative of the Getty.

Culminating Event:
Debating Through the Arts: Performance Art Event 4
"Contemporary Issues in Performance"
October 29, 2011, 10:00 am – 6:00 pm, LACE

LACE (Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions) 6522 Hollywood Blvd., Los
Angeles, CA 90028

To R.S.V.P. for planning meeting or to discuss participation:

Jerri Allyn / 310.963.8118 / allynjerri@gmail.com
Inez Bush / 310.480.6062 / inez@gramercypartners.biz
(Please include contact info to be notified in case of location change)

from LA Culture Net