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Deleuze and Creativity2011-03-05, 1pm-3pm Serial Space 33 Wellington St Chippendale http://serialspace.org/archives/deleuze-and-creativity/ [image: deleuzeandcreativity]<http://serialspace.org/archives/deleuze-and-creativity/deleuzeandcreativity/> Deleuze and Creativity March 5th 1pm- 3pm Confirmed speakers: Dr Robert Sinnerbrink (Macquarie University), Dr Alexandre Lefebvre (University of Sydney) and Dr Mark Seton (AFTRS). *Serial | In | Theory is an open-model series of symposia that aim to provide settings for loose critical engagement. The program’s areas of focus include proliferating praxis, philosophy of aesthetics and radical interpretations of texts.*** * * The next Serial | in | Theory symposium will focus on Gilles Deleuze, arguably the most creative philosopher of the 20th Century. Specifically we will spend time examining Deleuze’s writing as it contributes to creative thinking and practice. The presentations will cover questions of cinematic thinking, production of the new and concepts pertinent to creative practice such as ‘lines of flight’ and ‘the refrain’. It does not matter whether you are an early or well versed reader, whether you have an interest in a specific idea or a particular book, the symposia program is designed to be inclusive and open to diverse approaches. * * * * *PRESENTATION ABSTRACTS* *Deleuze’s Cinematic Thinking* Deleuze’s two *Cinema* books have had a profound impact on the study and theorisation of film. Although Deleuze insists that he is doing philosophy (rather than film theory) and creating concepts specific to film (rather than doing “philosophy of film”), the question remains as to how film and philosophy are related in his work. Both film and philosophy are forms of thought; the intersection between them involves a creative dissonance between concept and image. How, then, is philosophy transformed in this encounter with film? Instead of offering yet another dutiful analysis of Deleuze’s texts, I shall explore this question by staging an encounter between Deleuze’s philosophy and David Lynch’s recent film, *INLAND EMPIRE*. Lynch’s film engages in a “cinematic thinking” that is remarkably resonant with Deleuze’s thought, and can even be described as an enigmatic case of “film as philosophy”. The aim of my talk will thus be to show how film and (Deleuzian) philosophy can work together in a mutually transformative encounter. *Robert Sinnerbrink* is Lecturer in Philosophy at Macquarie University. He is the author of *New Philosophies of Film: Thinking Images* (Continuum 2011), and has published numerous articles on the film-philosophy relationship, including philosophical studies of films by David Lynch, Terrence Malick, and Lars von Trier. *Judgment and Creativity* One way to put the negative thrust of Deleuze’s philosophy is that he is against judgment. Why? – Because for him judgment kills creativity, perhaps nowhere more so than in art. It does so in two ways. On the one hand, the purpose of judgment is to classify the new under the known. Hence, Deleuze’s well known aversion to criticism and conversation, which do just that. And, on the other hand, art can be, and most often is, produced with an eye to facilitating smooth automatic judgments on the part of its audience. Think here of Hollywood movies, classical and contemporary, that Deleuze discusses in *Cinema 1*. I propose to use Deleuze’s critique of judgment to cut directly to how he conceives of creativity. I will also attempt to develop a positive concept of judgment from Deleuze, one that avoids the failings he identifies. The hope is that Deleuze can help us to see critical and creative powers internal to judgment. *Alexandre Lefebvre* lectures in political philosophy at the University of Sydney. He is author of *The Image of Law: Deleuze, Bergson, Spinoza* (Stanford University Press, 2008) and co-editor of *Bergson, Politics, and Religion* (Duke University Press, 2011). ** *When creative innovation emerges, will we recognise it?* The inherent dilemma in our desire to recognise what is new or innovative is that to ‘recognise’ something becomes the first step towards containing, limiting and securing it as tangible and exploitable. For Deleuze, embodied experiences are constantly *territorialised* in order that those experiences may be perceived and recognised. Much innovation is already at work impacting on our lives before it is ‘officially’ recognised. Prof Ralph Stacey (2003) and his associates at the Complexity and Management Centre, in the University of Hertfordshire (UK) through their consideration of *complex responsive processes* suggest that we are involved in constantly re-making and re-membering creative interactions with and for each other – a rhizomatic process. The paradox of creative risk-taking and controlling, at the same time, is inherent in the emergence of any likely innovation. Our intentional participation in such a paradox of complex responsive processes may enable us to more consciously engage with Deleuze’s ‘lines of flight’. *Mark Seton* is the Dean of Education, Australian Film Television and Radio School and is convenor of its innovative Graduate Certificate in Teaching Creative Practice. He is an Honorary Research Associate of the Department of Performance Studies, University of Sydney. He is also the Chair of the Health Promotion subcommittee of the Australian Society for Performing Arts Healthcare (ASPAH) For more information please email Marian at [email protected] -- Marian Tubbs Co-director : serialspace.org http://serialspace.org/archives/deleuze-and-creativity/ http://maps.google.com.au/maps?q=33+wellington+st+chippendale&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=33+Wellington+St,+Chippendale+New+South+Wales+2008&gl=au&t=h&z=16 -- Dr Robert Sinnerbrink Lecturer, Department of Philosophy Building W6A, Balaclava Rd Macquarie University North Ryde NSW 2109 Sydney, Australia email: [email protected] Tel: +612 9850 9935 Fax: +612 9850 8892 www.phil.mq.edu.au/staff/sinnerbrink.htm http://mq.academia.edu/RobertSinnerbrink Communications Officer, Australasian Society for Continental Philosophy http://www.ascp.org.au/
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