<div dir="ltr"><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">FINAL REMINDER</span></div><span style="font-size:12.8px"><div><span style="font-size:12.8px"><br></span></div>*Call for Papers, Performances, Presentations and Artistic Works*</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">*Festival of Original Theatre (FOOT)*</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">*Sounding the Inner Ear of Performance*</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">*</span><span class="gmail-aBn" tabindex="0" style="font-size:12.8px"><span class="gmail-aQJ">February 2- 5, 2017</span></span><span style="font-size:12.8px">*</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">The Centre for </span><span class="gmail-il" style="font-size:12.8px">Drama</span><span style="font-size:12.8px">, Theatre and Performance Studies</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">University of Toronto</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">The 25th annual Festival of Original Theatre (FOOT) invites proposals to</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">our 2017 conference entitled *Sounding The Inner Ear of Performance* — an</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">interdisciplinary exploration of the history and evolution of sound and</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">aurality in theatrical and performative cultures.</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">In recognition and celebration of both the festival’s 25th anniversary and</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">the 50th anniversary of the Centre for </span><span class="gmail-il" style="font-size:12.8px">Drama</span><span style="font-size:12.8px">, Theatre and Performance</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Studies, FOOT 2017 invites proposals for papers, lecture-presentations,</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">performances, installations, audio essays and workshops.</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Possible topics include (but are not restricted to):</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">●         Listening, sound-making and performing bodies;</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">●         Issues of voice, gender, technology and politics in performance;</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">●         Explorations in voice acting and improvisation;</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">●         The acoustic and architectural spaces of performance;</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">●         Practices for addressing performers or audience members with</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">disabilities;</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">●         Literary and/or dramaturgical approaches to sound (I.e., ’writing</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">*for* sound’);</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">●         The evolving interplay between ‘audience sound’ and ‘stage sound’;</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">●         Collaborative or participatory methodologies for producing and</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">performing through sound;</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">●         Sound-centric investigations combining performance and cognitive</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">science;</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">●         Design/integration of sound with other elements, such as</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">lighting, sets, costume, video;</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">●         The history and evolution of sound production technologies in</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">theatre and performance;</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">●         The growing proliferation of wearable audio technologies (such as</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">headphones, iPods, listening-assistance systems and in-ear monitoring) in</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">theatre and performance culture;</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">●         Sound-making and listening in the evolution of performance genres</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">and forms such as concert rituals, music-theatre, opera, radio, film sound,</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">mobile audio guides, and web streaming;</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">●         Sound design methodologies for immersive and interactive systems</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">such as video games, sound installations, and virtual reality environments.</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">FOOT 2017 is especially interested in non-traditional proposals that blend</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">art and academia, activism and criticism, theory and practice, as well as</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">interdisciplinary research projects involving architecture, environmental</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">studies, sound studies, ethnomusicology, gender and sexual diversity</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">studies, cultural studies, cinema studies, applied theatre, education,</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">dramatic and comparative literature, philosophy, knowledge media design,</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">computing and information sciences, neuroscience, and health-related fields.</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">We are equally interested in staging original artistic works that engage</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">with the conference theme. Interested artists are strongly encouraged to</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">send a description of their artistic work along with an excerpt (if</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">available), and necessary technical requirements (if applicable).</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">*Application Deadline: </span><span class="gmail-aBn" tabindex="0" style="font-size:12.8px"><span class="gmail-aQJ">October 1, 2016*</span></span><div>*For those that need an extension, we will accept proposals as late as October 8th.*</div><div><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Please send a 300-word paper proposal or description of your artistic work,</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">as well as a short bio to: </span><a href="mailto:foot.graddrama@utoronto.ca" style="font-size:12.8px">foot.graddrama@utoronto.ca</a><span style="font-size:12.8px">.</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">For more information, please visit our website:</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px"><</span><a href="http://foot2017.wordpress.com/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" style="font-size:12.8px">http://foot2017.wordpress.<wbr>com/</a><span style="font-size:12.8px">></span><a href="http://foot2017.wordpress.com/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" style="font-size:12.8px">foot2017.wordpress.com/</a><br style="font-size:12.8px"></div></div>