Cfp: "time • transcendence • performance," School of English, Communications and Performance Studies, Monash University, October 1-3, 2009.

Call for Papers, Presentations and Performances The number of motion in respect of before and after? Irrecuperable diachrony of pure passingness? Reversible? Relative? Real? Living present? Original transcendence? Structure of consciousness? The various Western philosophical traditions have, since their inception, continuously attempted to grapple with the question of time, but still, the problems remain unsolved, the paradoxes tangled, the contradictions unsettled. Performers and artists understand time as an essential dimension of their media. Many contemporary artists foreground the temporal as a theme in their practice and making. Movements, rhythms, bodies, sounds, objects, experiences, memories, dreams, imaginings and dwellings are recorded, performed and activated in their duration, moment, event and passing. time transcendence performance brings together the expertise and experiences of scholars and artists in a format that permits the thinking and doing of time with an aim towards mutual elucidation. Drawing together papers, panels, diverse performance practices, exhibitions, installations, screenings and workshops, this transdisciplinary conference and inter-media event initiates a global discussion, investigation and critique of temporality in its performative, phenomenological and transcendental dimensions. The tangible consequences of this cross-fertilisation offers promise for researchers, scholars and artists alike. To begin this gathering and discussion, this conference invites presenters across discourses, disciplines and media, questioning and emphasising the taken for granted yet complex and mysterious phenomenon of time. Confirmed Keynote Speakers include: Professor Andrew Benjamin (Monash University, Australia) Professor Alphonso Lingis (Emeritus, Penn State University, US) Dr Erin Manning (Research Chair, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada) Professor Brian Massumi (Université de Montreal, Canada) Associate Professor Ian Maxwell (The University of Sydney, Australia) Assistant Professor Lanei Rodemeyer (Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, US) Professor Anthony J Steinbock (Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, US) Draft Program of Events 1-2 October – Key Note Speakers (4), papers, panels, presentations, ongoing screenings, exhibition at Caulfield Campus, Monash University 1-2 October – Workshops, practice-based research at DanceHouse, Carlton 3 October – Key Note Speakers (3), showings and performances Evening 1 October – Messianic Dinner Installation (outside); screenings Evening 2 October - Guided temporal walk through City; screenings Evening 3 October – Closing Reception Bohemian Ball - live music and performances, City location Proposals are invited in, but not limited to, the following categories: 1. Paper Presentation (20 mins) 2. Panel Presentation (1 Hour) 3. Discussion Group (I Hour max) 4. Workshop for conference participants 5. Practice based research with showing 6. Performance or performative event 7. Exhibition of solo or group work 8. Screenings 9. Installations 10. New media work (subject to own technical provision) 11. On-line presentation Proposals are invited on - not limited to - the following suggested areas from any discipline. Papers, presentations, performances will be considered on any related theme. • temporalities of performance • the temporalization of time • time-based performance • time as performance • performing the past • presenting, awaiting, remembering • memory • body as a site for/of transcendence • the performance of the everyday • time as transcendence • performative transcendences • the infinite • the problem of immediacy • being in the moment • audience temporalities • diachrony • digital time • time and realism • flow • rhythm • time and movement • change • kinaesthetic temporality • death and finitude • time and place • revelation, creation and redemption • the transcendental ground of time • the actual and the possible • messianic time • kairos and chronos • the fullness of time • the right time • ripeness • the now • being here • passing • birth, growth, senescence, decay • present and presencing • duration • the present expanse • endurance • time and violence • in god’s time • time and technology • mediated time • lost time • boredom • durational performance • ectstasis • irreal time • world time Submission Guidelines for Papers and Presentation Proposals Email abstracts and presentation proposals to: ttp2009@arts.monash.edu.au; For further information, visit: http://arts.monash.edu.au/drama-theatre/conferences/ttp/2009.