Program
*please note that program is subject to change*
Tuesday, September 29
6:30 pm – Public Film Screening: Leonora in the Morning Light at Sky Cinemas (ticketed event)
7:45 pm – Panel Discussion with filmmakers Thor Klein and Lena Vurma, moderated by David Krakauer
Wednesday, September 30
12:30 - 1:00 pm— Arrive at the Gurley Forum. Popcorn, candy, and sodas served
1:00 - 1:10 pm — Introductory statements by Anthony Eagan and Caitlin McShea
1:10 - 2:20 pm — Private film screening: Opus Cope
2:20 - 2:45 pm – Break
2:45 - 3:30 pm – Panel discussion on the difference between deriving novelty and creativity featuring:
- Jae Shim, filmmaker, Opus Cope
- Melanie Mitchell (conceptual abstraction, analogy-making, and visual recognition in artificial intelligence system)
- Marco Buongiorno Nardelli (composer, computational physicist and media artist)
- Moderated by Canton Becker (electronic music composer, music technology inventor)
3:30 - 4:00 pm — “Decomposition as Composition,” Anthony Eagan (philosopher) on Basinski’s Disintegration Loops
4:30 pm – End of Day One
Thursday, October 1
12:30 - 1:00 pm — Arrive at the Gurley Forum. Special Tea served by the pond
1:00 - 1:35 pm —Cris Moore (computer scientist, mathematician) on "the art of puzzled composition"
1:35 - 2:15 pm – Jessica Oreck (owner, Office of Collection and Design) on “Curation as Composition for a Collection”
2:15 to 2:30 pm – Break
2:30 to 3:00 pm – Matthew Libby (playwright) on playwriting
3:00 - 4:15 pm – Staged reading
4:15 - 4:45 pm – Panel discussion featuring
- Matthew Libby (playwright)
- Madeleine Barker (choreographer, playwright, educator, actor)
- Jihan Haddad (theater maker, actor, dancer)
- Moderated by Chelsey Johnson (director of Arts and Culture for the city of Santa Fe)
4:45 pm - End of Day Two
Friday, October 2
1:00 - 1:30 pm – Arrive at the Gurley Forum.
1:30 - 2:00 pm – Henry Shukman (Zen Leader, Poet, Author)
2:00 - 2:30 pm – Cristian Pontiggia (James Beard Nominated chef and Enologist) on composing the perfect plate
2:30 - 3:00 pm – Leslie Kay (neurobiologist) on “The Multisensory Dynamics of Flavor”
3:00 - 3:30 pm – Break
3:30 - 4:00 pm – Leslie Kay and Cristian Pontiggia in conversation
4:00 - 4:30 pm – Concluding panel moderated by Anthony Eagan
4:30 - 5:00 pm – "Mimesis and Creation" piano performance by Peter Pesic in Melville House:
- Olivier Messiaen, L'alouette lulu (The woodlark), from Catalogue d'oiseaux (1956–8)
- Toru Takemitsu, Rain Tree Sketch II (in memoriam Olivier Messiaen) (1992)
- Maurice Ravel, Menuet sur le nom d'Haydn (1909), À la manière de ... Borodine (1912), À la manière de ... Chabrier(1912)
- Claude Debussy, Estampes (1903): Pagodes; Soirée dans Grenade; Jardins sous la pluie
5:00 - 7:00 pm - Closing reception in Melville featuring:
- Cocktails and Charcuterie
- Artisinal pizza by the SJC Prometheus Club and an
- Ephemeral Exhibition of works by Canton Becker, Edson de la O, Zato Hebbert, and Jessica Oreck in the Pequod
Saturday, October 3
6:00 pm - Public Film screening of Opus Cope at the Center for Contemporary Arts
7:15 pm – Panel Discussion and audience Q&A featuring
- Jae Shim
- Melanie Mitchell
- Marco Buongiorno Nardelli,
- Moderated by Canton Becker