AMP: Artists' Meeting Place and Resource Collective

Starting soon GlobalCompassion.com will feature photos from around the world of people living with HIV/AIDS.

Please:

1. Visit http://www.globalcompassion.com
2. Submit photos of people living with HIV/AIDS
3. Tell others to do the same

The purpose is to create a documentary record and personal history of
people worldwide living with HIV/AIDS. Related goals are: a) to help new
people to connect with the issues and needs, b) to put real people in
focus through daily images and stories, c) to provoke action.

Many who are uninvolved still think HIV/AIDS primarily affects
homosexual men, drug users, etc. They don't grasp the true scope and
nature of the epidemic. To break down this stereotype and connect with

This week’s episode of YourPR is brought to you by Alex Espinoza out of Los Angeles, CA. Here are a few words of intro from Alex:

“Hi. My name is Alex Espinoza. I’ve been spinning on my laptop for a few years using a program called Ableton Live. I’m originally from Scottsdale, AZ and have been living in L.A. for about 5 years. If you’d like to get in contact with me, you can find me on myspace or email me at humanawardshow@yahoo.com.

Thanks for listening!”

If you’re interested in producing your own episode of YourPR, if you want to share ideas, pass along suggestions, or for any reason at all - e-mail ned@yourpr.org.

You may view the latest post at http://yourpr.org/2008/alexepr

Best regards,
Nedcaster
ned@yourpr.org

Performance Research call for papers,

Performance Research
Volume 14, No. 4 (December 2009) 'Transplantations'
Issue Editors: Ric Allsopp & Phillip Warnell

CALL FOR PAPERS
'In body, one hears at the same time border and order: the order of a real,
physical exteriority, only equalled by material impenetrability. A body is
penetrable only from the perspective of one kind of reasoning, either that
of assimilation or its opposite, destruction.' Jean-Luc Nancy

Notions and practices that correlate with ideas on the transplanted form
encompass a range of perceptions, activities and interventions traversing
the formation of bodies, their somatic dimensions and constitution. They
conceive of the body as a corporeal, spatial, cultural and social being,

Emailed to me:

Dear friend,

I wish to communicate that the time to partcipate in the Photographic Artistic Project Selfshadows 2.0 is just opened.

Follow the URL: http://www.selfshadows.com and check the description, terms and conditions to participate in this aspiring project with Art, Technology and Internet playing together, and help us to get as much selfshadows photos as we can. To grow, the collaboration of everybody is needed and we ask you not only for your pictures, we need you to transmit it to your friends.

We expect your visit... and photos!!

Resend this email to your contacts. The email box to contact us is selfshadows@gmail.com
Many thanks

Selfshadows 2.0 is a project by Javier A. Bedrina
© 2008

SEEKING PRODUCTIONS FOR OUR THEATER

Son of Semele Ensemble is accepting proposals from performing artists
and theater companies for productions at their Silver Lake theater.
There is no rental fee, however all box office revenue will be split
50/50. SOSE will provide a box office representative at each
performance. All other staffing will be provided by the producing
company. Most productions will receive 9-12 performances over three
weeks, though longer runs can be requested.

**** Productions that emphasize departures from conventional form,
content and/or style are encouraged to apply. *****

Theater Specs:
-- 35-40 seats
-- Stage dimensions are 18' wide x 22' deep x 14' tall
-- Floor is sprung wood on foam pads

World Without Borders (WWB) is organising it's first festival.
Getting the general public aware (by means of artistic expressions) of the fact that there is a serious in-equality between western and non-western "world" citizens restricting the latter of travel opportunities and the same development possibilities as westerners.

WWB is alwayson the look out for video-artist, animators, documentary makers etc. who wanna contribute their creations to the WWB cause..

Please SUBMIT!!
e-mail: wwbArt@worldwithoutborders.info

Art-work handed in before the 17 dec. will be shown on the festival by the VJ's and/or installation.

WWB's website:
http://www.worldwithoutborders.info/

YourPR has posted a new item, 'Rua the Operatic Taxidriver'

In this episode of YourPR, Ned talks with Rua, a San Francisco cabdriver, about the creativity of taxi work and other surprising creative outlets in her life.

You may view the latest post at http://yourpr.org/2008/rua-the-operatic-taxidriver

Best regards,
Nedcaster
ned@yourpr.org

Cleveland's Ingenuity Festival 2009 : Call To Artists

The ingenuity festival put on by the city of Cleveland

http://www.ingenuitycleveland.com/

http://www.ingenuitycleveland.com/_uploads/callforsubmission%5B1%5D.pdf

This week’s episode is produced by Ben Piper out of Seattle, Washington… Here are a few words of episode introduction from Ben:

“Hello fellow devoted YOURPR.org listeners. My name is Ben and this is my first episode. Welcome to BenPR.

Today’s show explores the theme of duality, and includes:

An interview with BMX cyclist and Olympic bronze medalist Donny Robinson.
A segment called Kids Write the Darndest Things featuring Spinach and Zucchini: Parts One through Three - a story I began writing 18 years ago and just finished this month.
Ben and Amanda Review Movies They Haven’t Seen - in which my fiancée and I weigh in on which movies we will and won’t be seeing in the next few weeks.
Music from local Seattle Band The Tallboys.

10-Minute Musicals Wanted: The Blank Theatre Company is producing an
evening of new 10-Minute Musicals for a special musical theater night of the
company's Living Room Series. The Blank Theatre Company's Living Room
Series puts new work up on its feet in the form of fully staged readings- a
unique opportunity for writers to experience their latest projects coming
alive, for talented, participating artists to stretch their boundaries, and
for enthusiastic audiences to be the first to see brand new work. The
10-Minute Musical Evening will take place in the spring of 2009. Please
email scripts and digital song recordings to Israel@theblank.com and visit
http://www.theblank.com for more information about the company.

--

Sara Israel

Literary Manager

Israel@TheBlank.com