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[Helene Vosters]

*CATR/ACRT 2014
Canadian Association for Theatre Research / Association Canadienne de la 
Recherche ***Théâtrale***
Call for Submissions for Conference 24-27 May 2014 Brock University*_


*CALL FOR PROPOSALS*_*

360**°**of Engagement:**Publicly-situated performance—Publicly-situating 
performance process*

This seminar aims to provide a forum for those on (or between) the 
borders of various disciplines — activist, artist, scholar — to explore 
the relationship between theory and praxis through a shared devising 
process. Each participant will develop a short performance intervention, 
to take place on or in the near vicinity of the campus, during breaks 
between conference sessions. We are interested in proposals that engage 
the particularities of Brock as a public space – architectural, 
institutional, virtual, quotidian, geopolitical – and that explore how 
multiply-located bodies are differently interpellated as they negotiate 
the space through both their presence and their absence.

In addition to publicly-situated performances we are interested in 
publicly situating the always complex and often hidden navigations 
across the intersecting terrains of artistic creation, scholarly 
inquiry, and political activism. This process will take the form of a 
blog that will act virtual studio in which we can participate in a 
collective devising jam session and a public forum.

_Timeline_

  * January: Via the blog, seminar organizers will launch share
    artifacts (images, maps, articles) from a site-visit to Brock.
  * January - May: Participants will connect and begin sharing their
    processes and providing feedback via the blog. Participants will be
    expected to visit the blog, to share elements of their devising
    processes (3-4 entries), and to give feedback (2-3 entries) on the
    devising process of other group members.
  * May–CATR Conference: Performance interventions will take place
    during the first two days of the conference. Each participant will
    attend one intervention as an observer. At the post-performance
    seminar, we will share reflections on both the process and performance.

We welcome proposals from artists/scholars/activists interested in 
animating and activating public space via performance. We encourage 
submissions from graduate students and non-affiliated artists. The group 
will be limited to eight projects. Interested participants are asked to 
submit:

  * *A 300-word abstract outlining your proposed project. We welcome
    projects still in the early stages of development.*
  * *A 150-200 word bio.*

*Please submit proposals to seminar organizers Kimberley McLeod 
(kmcleod1 at yorku.ca) and Helene Vosters (hvosters at yorku.ca) by 13 January 
2014.*

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