Registration for Tuning Speculation II is now open HERE; please register as soon as possible so that we can arrange catering and other scheduling details. Further information below.
Final Schedule – all events take place at 155 Walnut, Toronto (‘Array Space’)
Friday 7 November
9:00 – 9:30: Registration and arrival
9:30 – 11 Keynote I: An Algorʰythmic Agartha or The Underworᴸd of Undertones: ‘Santonate, Intonate, Detonate’ Revisited
Dan Mellamphy & Nandita Biswas Mellamphy (University of Western Ontario)
11:15 – 12:45 Panel
- Paul Hegarty (University College Cork, French)
- Eleni Ikoniadou (Kingston University, Performance & Screen Studies)
- Geraldine Finn (Carleton, Department of Philosophy)
12:45 – 2:15 Lunch (catered for presenters)
2:30 – 4:00 Panel
- Martin Zeilinger (University of Toronto/OCAD University, Media Art)
- Doug Van Nort (York University, CRC Digital Performance)
- Mitch Akiyama (McGill, Art History and Communication Studies)
4:15 – 5:00 Seminar discussion facilitated by Amanda Boetzkes (University of Guelph, School of Fine Art and Music)
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Saturday 8 November
9:30 – 10:00: Registration and arrival
10:00 – 11:30 Panel
- Magdalena Olszanowski (Concordia University, Communication Studies)
- G. Douglas Barrett (Independent, New York)
- Michael Vertolli (Carleton University, Institute of Cognitive Science)
11:45 – 12:45 Panel
- Nicola Masciandaro (Brooklyn College, English)
- Ted Hiebert (University of Washington Bothell, School of Interdisciplinary Arts and Studies)
12:45 – 2:15 Lunch (catered for presenters)
2:30 – 4:00 Panel
- “The Occulture”
- David Cecchetto (York University, Humanities)
- Marc Couroux (York University, School of Art, Media, Performance & Design)
- Eldritch Priest (Université de Montréal, Département de communication)
4:15 – 5:00 Seminar discussion facilitated by Ed Keller (Parsons at the New School New York, Center for Transformative Media)
5:15 – 6:45 Keynote 2: Passing the word along: spaces and flows between rumour, chatter, and spin
Frances Dyson (University of New South Wales, National Institute for Experimental Arts)
7:00 – 9:00 Dinner (open)
9:00 – 11:00 Performance/Reception (open to all) – Paul Hegarty & guests
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Sunday 9 November
9:00 – 9:30: Registration and arrival
9:30 – 11 Panel
- Scott Wilson (Kingston University, Performance & Screen Studies)
- Svitlana Matviyenko (University of Western Ontario, Media Studies) & Nancy Gillespie (Independent scholar, practicing analyst)
- Jonathan Scott Lee (Colorado College, Department of Philosophy)
11:15 – 12:45 Panel
- Ashley Scarlett (University of Toronto, Faculty of Information)
- Nikki Cesare Schotzko (University of Toronto, Centre for Theatre Studies)
- Lendl Barcelos (Kingston University, Performance and Screen Studies)
12:45 – 2:15 lunch
2:30 – 4:00 Panel
- Marcus Boon (York University, English)
- Alexander Wilson (Université du Quebec à Montréal, Études et Pratiques des Arts)
- Marcel Swiboda (University of Leeds, Fine Art, History of Art, and Cultural Studies)
4:15- 5:30 Closing seminar + wrap-up discussion facilitated by The Occulture
7PM Post-conference soirée, location and details to be confirmed (open to all)