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New-York, USA, March 23-24, 2012
Wollman Hall at The New School | 65 West 11th Street, 5th Floor
Tickets: $5 – $25 (Sliding Scale)
The 2012 iLAND Symposium will be entitled: Moving Into the Out There: Indeterminacy and Improvisation in Performance and Environmental Practice. This event is an open forum for exploring new methods of understanding urban ecosystems through innovative collaborations between practitioners of movement, dance, science, and environmental management. iLAND cultivates a deeper engagement with urban environmental issues through its cross-disciplinary approach, and the annual symposium invites the general public to experience and explore recent works emerging from the iLAND community.
Schedule
Friday, March 23
12:00 pm to 3:00 pm:Â Â
Pre-Symposium Workshop: John Cage & The Art of Indeterminacy ;Â Presented by:
Ivan Raykoff, Professor, Eugene Lang College ; Philip Silva, Program Director, iLAND
3:15 pm to 4:30 pm:Â Â
Open Space Discussion: Moving Forward with Science + Performance
Moderator: Danielle Goldman, Professor, Eugene Lang College
(By Invitation Only)
6:00 pm to 8:00 pm:Â
Plenary: PARK Presentation & the iLANDing Method
Presented by: PARK (2011 iLAB Residents) ; Jennifer Monson, Artistic Director, iLAND ; Members of the iLAND Board of Directors ; Danielle Goldman, Professor, Eugene Lang College
Saturday, March 24
10:00 am to 10:30 am:Â
Open Time [Breakfast & Networking]
10:30 am to 12:00 pm:
Panel Discussion: Indeterminacy, Ecology, and Urban Design:Â The Performance of City Ecosystems
Presented by: Erika Svendsen, US Forest Service ; Victoria Marshall, Professor, Parsons School of Design ; Susan Sgorbati, Choreographer, Professor, Bennington College ; Philip Silva, Program Director, iLAND
1:00 pm to 3:00 pm:Â Â Â Â
Thrown Outside – Outdoor Workshops in Research & Movement
Presented by: Liz Barry, Public Laboratory for Open Technology & Science ; Jessica Einhorn, Dancer, Choreographer ; Clarinda Mac Low, Choreographer, new media artist (iLAB 2010) ; E.J. McAdams, iLAND Board
3:00 pm to 4:30 pm:Â Â
Panel Discussion: Performing Queer Ecology
Presented by:Â Jennifer Monson, Artistic Director, iLAND ;Â Ivan Raykoff, Professor, Eugene Lang College ;Â Robert Sember, Professor, Eugene Lang College ;Â Philip Silva, Program Director, iLAND
4:30 pm to 6:00 pm:Â
Closing Plenary & Open Discussion
Moderator: Kyle De Camp, Director and Performer
6:15 pm to 6:45 pm:Â
Dance Performance: Lectures on Weather
Based on a John Cage score from 1975
Created & Presented by: Athena Kokoronis, Choreographer (iLAB 2009)
For more information on the symposium, please visit www.ilandart.org, call (347) 573-5547 or email info [at] ilandart [dot] org
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