Dear Colleague,

THE GREEN ROOM, Manchester, in association with
Department of Contemporary Arts - The Manchester Metropolitan University, and
Kaizen

would like to invite you to
'Talking Points'  with
PHILIP AUSLANDER
speaking on
MEDIATED MIND-sets

and in discussion with a panel of guests
chosen to reflect a range of perspectives:

Robin Nelson (chair)    i/c research and graduate study in Contemporary Arts,
                        Crewe+Alsager Faculty, MMU
Eric Robbie             writer - psychology + linguistics
Bob Jones               arts management + training development
Petra Kuppers           research fellow in Performing Arts,
                        Crewe+Alsager Faculty, MMU

and the audience

on
Wednesday 11 November, 1998 at 6.00-9.00pm
at  The Green Room, Whitworth Street West, Manchester, Tel.: 0161 9505900
entry: £2.50 (concessions £1.50), including a glass of wine

This is the first in an anticipated series of presentations and forums
marking the re-opening of The Green Room and its place at the core of
contemporary arts, media and cultural debate. Starting from Einstein's
notion that, 'you can never solve a problem with the kind of thinking that
created it', the aim is to bring together audiences, artists, academics and
related professionals interested in new perspectives on cultural change.

PHILIP AUSLANDER, from the Georgia Institute of Technology, USA is
currently touring Europe speaking on a range of platforms. His presentation
at The Green Room develops the innovative media thinking of Walter
Benjamin, exploring how contemporary mind-sets are further shaped by a
media-saturated environment. Philip is a contributing editor for TDR and
his publications include 'Presence and Resistance: Postmodernism and
Cultural Politics in Contemporary American Performance' and 'From Acting to
Performance'. His next book 'Liveness: Performance in a Mediatized Culture'
is forthcoming from Routledge in Spring 1999.


I hope to be seing you there

Regards

Rivca Rubin

Kaizen
a forum for continuous improvement in the arts

29 Beech Road
Manchester M21 8BX
Tel/Fax 0161 3742353

"You can never solve a problem with the same kind of thinking that created
it..." - Einstein




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