Mask Conference

[Denis Salter]

Colleagues:
For your interest.
Apologies for any cross listings.
--Denis.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Anne Fletcher" <afletch at SIU.EDU>
To: <ASTR-L at listserv.uiuc.edu>
Sent: Thursday, October 28, 2004 4:20 PM
Subject: Mask Conference


> Mask Exhibition and Conference 2005
>
>
>
> We are preparing a mask exhibition and conference in 2005 here at Southern
> Illinois University, Carbondale.  The exhibition will open in June 6th and
> run until December 18th.  The conference will be held October 5th through
> 8th. The exhibition will feature cultural masks from our university museum
> augmented by loans from other institutions and private collections.  We
> will thematically tie the exhibition together with the idea of
> transformation.  The face transformed into the mask, the materials that
the
> artist/mask maker transforms into a mask, the transformation of the
> performer into the masked character, the transformation back to the
person,
> the transformation the audience goes through while viewing the performance
> and the evolution of masks since their earliest uses to modern usage
today.
> The exhibition will also include a juried section of masks by contemporary
> mask makers so we hope many of you will submit your work.
>
>
>
> The conference will be an extension/ capstone of the exhibition and will
> deal with the same subjects of transformation.  Along with the thematic
> topic discussions listed above it will feature masked performances
> throughout the conference. The final event will be a masked ball hosted by
> the museum and our local arts organization as a fundraiser for the museum.
> The ball will have masked performers to entertain the participants.  We
> plan to have mask sales throughout the conference so we want to invite
mask
> maker/vendors to sell their masks to conference attendees, the SIUC
> students, faculty and staff, the southern Illinois Community and to the
> people who pay to attend the masked ball (the ball will be included in the
> conference attendees' registration).
>
>
>
> We're in the process of building a mailing list of people to contact about
> the exhibition and conference.  If these events interest you, please send
> would an e-mail to rnav at siu.edu with your snail mail address and phone
> number (phone is optional and would only be used when e-mail and snail
mail
> won't work), so we can add you to the list. This list will not be shared
> with anyone outside the conference planning committee. Please forward this
> message to any of your masked associates who would be interested in being
> on this mailing list. Once the mailing list is compiled we will send out
an
> official notice of the conference and exhibition.
>
>
>
> We would also appreciate any suggestions and contact information you might
> have about individuals who would be interested in presenting papers,
> presentations and performances at the conference. The grants we are
writing
> are based upon the interdisciplinary and intercultural nature of masks so
> along with the wonderful mask makers and performers we had at the Iowa
> Conference I would like to bring in anthropologists, social scientists,
> psychologists, architects, plastic surgeons, popular culture theorists,
> occupational safety & sports equipment designers, etc..  Basically anyone
> who understands the significance of masks and deals with masks as a part
of
> their life and occupation will be welcome. We are hoping we can exchange a
> lot of ideas during these events.
>
>
>
> Hope to hear from you soon.
>
>
>
> Ron Naversen
>
> Dept. of Theatre
>
> Southern Illinois University
>
> Carbondale, IL 62901
>
> rnav at siu.edu
>
> 618-453-3076