Symposium

"Geodesic Mathematics and Random Chaos: John Cage and Buckminster Fuller"

Saturday, September 16th, 2006

Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL 60115 USA

www.vpa.niu.edu/events/symposium.html

"Geodesic Mathematics and Random Chaos: John Cage and Buckminster Fuller"
is a one-day symposium and concert, Saturday, September 16th, 2006,
celebrating the work and friendship of this acclaimed pair of twentieth
century innovators. Organized by the School of Art at Northern Illinois
University, DeKalb, the symposium will feature several speakers, including
Mary Emma Harris, director of the Black Mountain College Project, Richard
Kostelanetz, independent artist and scholar, and Allegra Fuller Snyder,
professor emerita of dance and dance ethnology, UCLA. Additional events
include a performance of Cage's "Cartridge Music" by IMMArts and and a gala
evening concert of music by reknowned composer Larry Austin.

The symposium is sponsored in part by the School of Art's Elizabeth Allen
Visiting Scholars Series. It accompanies "Geodesic Mathematics and Random
Chaos: John Cage and Buckminster Fuller," an exhibition in the Jack Olson
Gallery of the School of Art, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb. The
exhibition runs from August 28 - September 29th, 2006.

Advanced registration is required. Fees are $15 for students and $35 for
the general public (plus $5 processing fee) and include continental
breakfast, lunch and an exhibition brochure. Registrants at the $35 level
also are invited to a catered reception in the gallery just prior to the
Austin concert and will receive documentation of the symposium proceedings.

Programm

Saturday, September 16th, 8:30am-8pm

8:30-9:00am
Registration/refreshments
Atrium, NIU School of Music Building

9:00-9:15am
Welcoming Remarks
Room 173, NIU School of Music Building

9:15-9:45am
Introduction: "Chance Operations in a Dymaxion World"
Barbara Jaffee, Associate Professor of Art History, Northern Illinois
University
Room 173, NIU School of Music Building

10:00-10:50am
"The Cage/Fuller Finishing School: Lunchtime Musings at Black Mountain
College"
Mary Emma Harris, Independent Scholar and Director, Black Mountain College
Project
Room 173, NIU School of Music Building

11:00-11:50am
"It Was John's Laugh: Recollections of John and Bucky Together"
Allegra Fuller Snyder, Professor Emerita of Dance and Dance Ethnology, UCLA
Room 173, NIU School of Music Building

12:00-12:50pm
Lunch
Atrium, NIU School of Music Building

1:00-1:50pm
Performance of John Cage's "Cartridge Music" by IMMArts
Recital Hall, NIU School of Music Building

2:00-2:50pm
"Polyartistry: Moholy-Nagy, John Cage, and Bucky Fuller"
Richard Kostelanetz, Independent Scholar, New York
Room 173, NIU School of Music Building

3:00-3:50pm
Round-table Discussion
Larry Austin, Mary Emma Harris, Richard Kostelanetz, Allegra Fuller Snyder
Barbara Jaffee, moderator
Room 173, NIU School of Music Building

4:00-5:30pm
Wine-and-cheese reception
Jack Olson Gallery, Room 200, NIU School of Art Visual Arts Building

6:00-8:00pm
Gala Concert: An Evening of Music by Composer Larry Austin
"Cage, His Music, and My Own," illustrated remarks by Larry Austin
Introduction by Richard Kostelanetz; Performances by Stephen Duke,
saxophone, and Peter
Middleton, flute; Produced by the Annex Group, James Phelps, director
Concert Hall, NIU School of Music Building

For a complete program and to register, please visit
www.vpa.niu.edu/events/symposium.html

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Barbara Jaffee, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Art History
Northern Illinois University
DeKalb, Illinois 60115
Phone: 815. 753-7876
Fax: 815. 753-7701
email: bjaffeeniu.edu