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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<br>
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<b>The Body of Desire: </b><br>
Psychoanalysis, Subjectivity, and the Arts<br>
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<address><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><b><font
class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span"
style="font-size: 12px;">An interdisciplinary symposium <br>
on the complexities of the human body and its relation to desire.</span></font></b></span></address>
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<address><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><b><font
class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span"
style="font-size: 12px;">November 6-7, 2009</span></font></b></span><span
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<address><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><b><font
class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span"
style="font-size: 12px;">Graduate Centre for Study of Drama,
University of Toronto</span></font></b></span><span
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class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span"
style="font-size: 12px;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></span></address>
<address><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><font
class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span"
style="font-size: 12px;">in collaboration with the</span></font></span><span
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<address><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><b><font
class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span"
style="font-size: 12px;">Speaking of Lacan Psychoanalytic Group</span></font></b></span><span
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class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span"
style="font-size: 12px;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></span></address>
<address><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><font
class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span"
style="font-size: 12px;">and the</span></font></span><span
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><b><font
class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span"
style="font-size: 12px;">Artists Health Centre Foundation<br>
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<address><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><font
class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span"
style="font-size: 12px;">Across
the full range of arts, works converge around the desire of a body, be
it that of the artist, that of the audience, or that of the artistic
process/work itself. At this unique colloquium, leading artists from
the fields of music, dance, visual arts and the written and spoken
word, along with distinguished Lacanian psychoanalysts, will explore
the relationship between desire and creativity.</span></font></span><span
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<address><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><font
class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span"
style="font-size: 12px;">This
two-day program (Friday evening and Saturday) will consist of three
panel discussions, each with four panelists, and each devoted to a
particular theme.</span></font></span><span class="Apple-style-span"
style="font-style: normal;"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span
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<address><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><b><font
class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span"
style="font-size: 12px;">Part One: </span></font></b></span></address>
<address><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><b><font
class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span"
style="font-size: 12px;">Desire and Body: An Exploration of
Commonalities and Differences across Paradigms</span></font></b></span></address>
<address><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><font
class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span"
style="font-size: 12px;">An intersection of perspectives on the body,
desire, subjectivity, and “the other”</span></font></span><span
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class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span"
style="font-size: 12px;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></span></address>
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<address><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><b><font
class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span"
style="font-size: 12px;">Part Two: The Artist and Her Other</span></font></b></span><span
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class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span"
style="font-size: 12px;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></span></address>
<address><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><font
class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span"
style="font-size: 12px;">The role(s) of the body in relationships
between artists and the audience/reader/viewer</span></font></span></address>
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<address><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><b><font
class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span"
style="font-size: 12px;">Part Three: Psychoanalysis and the Artist</span></font></b></span></address>
<address><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><b><span
class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><font
class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span"
style="font-size: 12px;">Aiding artists suffering from a temporary
block in creativity</span></font></span></b></span></address>
<address><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><font
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<address><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><font
class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span"
style="font-size: 12px;">Confirmed Participants include psychoanalysts
from New York (</span></font><b><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span
class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">Paola Mieli</span></font></b><font
class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span"
style="font-size: 12px;">), France</span></font><span
class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><font
class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span"
style="font-size: 12px;"> (Jean-Michel Vives </span></font></span><font
class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span"
style="font-size: 12px;">and</span></font><span
class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><font
class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span"
style="font-size: 12px;"> Tamara Landau)</span></font></span><font
class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span"
style="font-size: 12px;">,</span></font><span class="Apple-style-span"
style="font-weight: bold;"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span
class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"> </span></font></span><font
class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span"
style="font-size: 12px;">Brazil</span></font><span
class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><font
class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span"
style="font-size: 12px;"> (Denise Maurano)</span></font><span
class="Apple-style-span"
style="font-weight: normal; font-style: italic;"><span
class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><font
class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span"
style="font-size: 12px;">, and Toronto (</span></font><b><font
class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span"
style="font-size: 12px;">David Dorenbaum</span></font></b><font
class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span"
style="font-size: 12px;">, </span></font><b><font
class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span"
style="font-size: 12px;">Mavis Himes</span></font></b><font
class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span"
style="font-size: 12px;">) as well as Canadian artists from the fields
of music (</span></font><b><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span
class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">N</span></font></b></span><span
class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><b><font
class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span"
style="font-size: 12px;">orbert Palej </span></font></b></span><span
class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><font
class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span"
style="font-size: 12px;">and </span></font><b><font
class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span"
style="font-size: 12px;">Russell Hartenberger</span></font></b><font
class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span"
style="font-size: 12px;">), dance (</span></font><b><font
class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span"
style="font-size: 12px;">Peggy Baker</span></font></b><font
class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span"
style="font-size: 12px;"> and </span></font><b><font
class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span"
style="font-size: 12px;">Susanna Hood</span></font></b><font
class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span"
style="font-size: 12px;">), visual arts (</span></font><b><font
class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span"
style="font-size: 12px;">Mimi Gellman</span></font></b><font
class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span"
style="font-size: 12px;"> and </span></font><b><font
class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span"
style="font-size: 12px;">Lyn Carter</span></font></b><font
class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span"
style="font-size: 12px;">), and theatre (<b>Clare Coulter</b>, </span></font><b><font
class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span"
style="font-size: 12px;">Marc Tellez</span></font></b><font
class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span"
style="font-size: 12px;">, </span></font><b><font
class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span"
style="font-size: 12px;">Ker Wells,</span></font></b><font
class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span"
style="font-size: 12px;"> and </span></font><b><font
class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span"
style="font-size: 12px;">Bruce Barton</span></font></b><font
class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span"
style="font-size: 12px;">). <br>
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The symposium will conclude with a work-in-progress showing of the
performance <i>Swimmer (68)</i>, followed by a talkback with
co-creators <b>Ker Wells</b> and <b>Bruce Barton</b>. A closing
reception will follow.<br>
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<address><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><b><font
class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span"
style="font-size: 12px;">Symposium Co-organizers:</span></font></b></span></address>
<address><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><b><span
class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><font
class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span"
style="font-size: 12px;">Mavis Himes, Speaking of Lacan
Psychoanalytical Group</span></font></span></b></span></address>
<address><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><b><span
class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><font
class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span"
style="font-size: 12px;">Christine Ardagh, Artists Health Centre
Foundation</span></font></span></b></span></address>
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class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><font
class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span"
style="font-size: 12px;">Graham Wolfe and Bruce Barton, Graduate
Centre for Study of Drama</span></font></span></b></span><span
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