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Perspectives on the Arts in Society Series For more information call 412-268-5279 or email kcampbell@cmu.edu Thursday, February 22 - 4:30pm Moustafa Bayoumi, Associate Professor of English, Brooklyn College, City University of New York (CUNY) Disco Infernos: Music and Torture in the "war on terror" Giant Eagle Auditorium, Baker Hall A51 (Lower Level) Co-sponsored with Carnegie Mellon's Humanities Center Moustafa Bayoumi is an associate professor of English at Brooklyn College, City University of New York (CUNY). He is the co-editor of The Edward Said Reader (Vintage) and has published articles in The Nation, The London Review of Books, The Village Voice, Transition, The Yale Journal of Criticism, Souls, Arab Studies Quarterly, and many other periodicals. He also serves on the editorial committee of Middle East Report and is a columnist for the Progressive Media Project, an initiative of the Progressive magazine through which his op-eds regularly appear nationwide. His book, How Does It Feel to Be a Problem? Being Young and Arab in Brooklyn, New York, is forthcoming from The Penguin Press. His talk, entitled “Disco Infernos: Music and Torture in the ‘war on terror,’” will explore the implications of the use of music as a means of torture.
Do current US copyright laws favor powerful entertainment corporations? Is a highly restrictive copyright environment a protection of creative work or a muzzle? Are things really that bad? Are there alternatives? You might find the answers to these questions and more at this (mostly) FREE 2-day festival on performances, screenings and lectures based around Carnegie Mellon University's landmark College of Fine Arts Building. Artists, critics, lawyers and filmmakers will discuss copyright, criminality, fair use and transgression in contemporary American culture as they relate to issues of cultural ownership and cultural heritage in an informal and open forum. Featuring: a Keynote lecture by James Boyle, a performance by Girl Talk, presentations by Jacob Ciocci, Martha Colburn, Brody Condon, a discussion led by Kathy M. Newman and Melissa Ragona, a performance by CMU's Contemporary Ensemble, a selection of films curated by Thomas Beard, and a multi-media closing party VJ'd by Suzie Silver. Organized by Carnegie Mellon's School of Art. For more info: http://www.yourenotthebossofme.info/
The Center
for the Arts in Society hosts two round-table discussions on Friday, focusing
on contemporary artists using lensless imaging techniques, the "DIY
aesthetic," and the use of "alt-process" techniques. Artists
include Barbara Ess, Jo Babcock, Eric Renner and Nancy Spenser, and presenters
include Alan Greene, author of "Primitive Photography," Terry
King, FRPS Chairman of the Historical Group of the Royal Photographic
Society, and Patricia Katchur, Director of the Center for Alternative
and Historical Processes. For more information, please visit http://www.f295.org/wordpress/?page_id=26 To register online, pleast visit |
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