Hi all, Just received this booking form for a wonderful looking conference in Leicester organized by Nic Zurbrugg who you may remember organised last year's Fluxus Symposium (also in Leicester). Please pass on the text below to anyone else who you believe may be interested. I converted the form to plain ASCII text so that all e-mail clients can read and print it, should you want a copy of the original in MS Word format just let me know. cheers, Sol. -------------------------------------------------------------- BOOK NOW! FOLLOWING ITS CONFERENCES/FESTIVALS ‘RE-THINKING THE AVANT-GARDE’ (1998) & ‘IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF FLUXSHOE: FLUXUS AND PERFORMANCE ART REVISITED’ (1999) THE CENTRE FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTS, DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY, ANNOUNCES ANOTHER HISTORIC GATHERING OF THE INTERNATIONAL AVANT-GARDE: LANGUAGE/POETRY/ PERFORMANCE Friday 8 December - Saturday 9 December 2000 VINCENT BARRAS (SWITZERLAND) CAROLINE BERGVALL (UK) CHARLES BERNSTEIN (USA) BOB COBBING (UK) HENRI CHOPIN (FRANCE) ANDREW MACLENNAN (AUSTRALIA) STEVE McCAFFERY (CANADA) KAREN MAC CORMACK (CANADA) ENZO MINARELLI (ITALY) MAGGIE O’SULLIVAN (UK) EMMETT WILLIAMS (USA) SPONSORS: THE ENGLISH DEPARTMENT, THE FACULTY OF HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES, DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY; CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT, DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY; THE AMERICAN EMBASSY, LONDON; THE CANADIAN HIGH COMMISSION, LONDON; THE FRENCH EMBASSY, LONDON; THE GERMAN EMBASSY, LONDON; THE FRANCESCO CONZ FOUNDATION, VERONA; THE GRAND HOTEL, LEICESTER; WATSON’S RESTAURANT, LEICESTER. LANGUAGE/POETRY/PERFORMANCE Friday 8 and Saturday 9 December 2000 LANGUAGE/ POETRY/ PERFORMANCE - a two day international conference examining how Language Poetry and the Sound Poetry, Fluxus and Multimedia Avant-Gardes have explored and continue to explore innovative poetic performance. LANGUAGE/ POETRY/ PERFORMANCE presents exclusive UK readings and papers by Language Poets CHARLES BERNSTEIN (NY) & STEVE MCCAFFERY (Toronto) and by legendary transatlantic avant-garde innovators, Fluxus poet EMMETT WILLIAMS (Berlin) and Sound Poets BOB COBBING (London) & HENRI CHOPIN (Paris), along with younger poets, editors, radio producers, festival directors and researchers including: VINCENT BARRAS (Geneva) CAROLINE BERGVALL (Dartington), KAREN MAC CORMACK (Toronto), ANDREW MACLENNAN (Sydney), ENZO MINARELLI (Bologna), MAGGIE O’SULLIVAN (Yorks), REDELL OLSEN (London) & NAGY RASHWAN (Leicester). WHEN: 1.00PM - 10.00 PM Friday 8 DEC. and 9.30-4.00PM, Saturday 9 DEC. 2000. WHERE: Lecture Theatre 2.13, The Clephan Building, De Montfort University, Corner of Oxford Street and Bonners Lane, Leicester. FULL CONFERENCE FEE: £35 + £5 Conference Dinner (Friday) CONCESSIONS FEE (non-waged): £20 + £5 Conference Dinner (Friday) [SINGLE-DAY RATES: £20 (Full) £15 (Concessions)] LONDON/LEICESTER TRAINS: Apex (7 days advance) £21. Super Advance (1 day before): £25 B+B ACCOMMODATION: (Mention ‘Poetry Conference’ for these rates.)* Glenfield Lodge Hotel, 4 Glenfield Rd. (Single £17.50. Double £30). 0116 252 7554. Stanfre House Hotel, 265 London Rd (Single: £22. Double: £35) 0116 270 4294 The Park Hotel, 125 London Road. (Single: £25. Double. £35) 0116 255 4329. The Bradgate Hotel, 18 Prebend Street. (Single £25. Double £50). 0116 255 7993. Spindle Lodge Hotel, 2 West Walk. (Single £27.50. Double £46) 0116 233 8801. Stoneycroft Hotel, 5-7 Elmwood Ave (Single £30. Double £49) 0116 270 7605 * The Gables Hotel, 368 London Road. (Single: £33.50. Double £40) 0116 270 6969. The Grand Hotel, Granby Street (Single £50. Double £69) 0116 255 5599 * Belmont House Hotel, De Montfort St. (Single: £50. Double: £70). 00116 254 4773* The Holiday Inn, 129 St. Nicholas Circle (Single £59. Double: £69) 0116 253 1161* ORGANIZERS: Nicholas Zurbrugg and Jane Dowson. CONFERENCE WEBSITE: cta.dmu.ac.uk/CCA/ BOOKINGS/INQUIRIES/PRESS: Nicholas Zurbrugg, Humanities, De Montfort University, The Gateway, Leicester, LE1 9BH PHONE: 0116 257 7393 FAX: N.Zurbrugg: 0116 257 7199 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] PROVISIONAL CONFERENCE PROGRAMME FRIDAY 8 DECEMBER 1.00-1.15: OPENING 1.15-2.15 PANEL: Steve McCaffery (CANADA) & Charles Bernstein (USA) Chair: Caroline Bergvall (UK) 2.15-3-15: PANEL: Bob Cobbing (UK) & Vincent Barras (SWITZERLAND) Chair: Nicholas Zurbrugg (UK) 3.15-3..30 TEA/COFFEE 3.30-4.30 PANEL: Emmett Williams (USA) & Henri Chopin (FRANCE) Chair: Vincent Barras (SWITZERLAND) 4.30-5.30: PANEL: Caroline Bergvall (UK) & Karen Mac Cormack (CANADA) Chair: Jane Dowson (UK) 5.30-6.00: EXHIBITION OPENING/DRINKS: Work by Charles Bernstein, Henri Chopin, Bob Cobbing, Steve Mc Caffery, Enzo Minarelli and Emmett Williams. 6.00-7.00 CONFERENCE DINNER 7.30-10.00 READINGS/PERFORMANCES SATURDAY 9th DECEMBER 9.30 - 10.45 RECENT RESEARCH PANEL: Redell Olsen (UK), Nagy Rashwan (UK) & TBA Chair: Steve McCaffery (CANADA) 10.45-11.00 TEA/COFFEEE 11.00-12.15 EDITING/PUBLISHING/PRODUCING PANEL: Andrew MacLennan (AUSTRALIA) Enzo Minarelli (ITALY) & Maggie O’Sullivan (UK) Chair: Emmett Williams (USA) 12.15-1.00 DISCUSSION: POETS AND AUDIENCE Chair: Charles Bernstein (USA) 1.00-2.00 LUNCH 2-0-4.30 READINGS/PERFORMANCES CUT HERE BOOKING FORM TO: NICHOLAS ZURBRUGG, FACULTY OF HUMANITIES, DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY, THE GATEWAY, LEICESTER, LE1 9BH. Please reserve: _____Places (Full Rate: £35) at ‘Language/Poetry/Performance’ _____Places (Concessions: £20) at ‘Language/Poetry/Performance’ _____Places (just £5) at the Friday Night Conference Dinner (100 Places Max) _____Places (Full Rate £20) for one day (FRIDAY/SATURDAY) DELETE AS REQUIRED _____Places (Concessions Rate £15) for one day (FRIDAY/SATURDAY) I enclose a cheque to ‘Language/Poetry/Performance/Conference’ for £_______ NAME________________________ e-mail______________________________ ADDRESS__________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ _ ____________________________________________________________________________ _
