CFA Announcements

Campus Events____________________________________________________

Thursday September 14th
4:30pm ­ Posner Center
Constitution Day Reception
Come see an original copy of the Bill of Rights! In honor of Constitution Day, the University Libraries will display one of only four existing first editions of the Bill of Rights from 1pm ­ 4 pm in the Posner Center, September 11-15th. On permanent loan to the university by the Posner family, the 1792 document was distributed by Thomas Jefferson to governors of the 14 states and is a vital component of U.S. history. It is one of the many notable works in the Posner Collection.
Sponsored by the Division of Student Affairs


Friday September 15th
4:30pm ­ Kresge Recital Hall, CFA
September 11th Commemoration
Carnegie Mellon will host a remembrance service at 4:30 p.m., Friday,
Sept.15 in the College of Fine Arts' Kresge Recital Hall to remember alumni, family and friends lost in the 9/11 tragedy. The service will include performances by alumnus Billy Porter (A'91) and Gary Kline, an Associate Teaching Professor of Voice in the School of Drama. A 5:30 p.m. program at the 9/11 Memorial Tree near the tennis courts will follow the service. All community members are encouraged to participate by bringing a memory to share.
Sponsored by the Office of Alumni Relations, the Office of VIP Relations, the School of Drama and the Office of Student Affairs


Monday September 18th
4:30pm ­ Adamson Wing, 136A Baker Hall
Understanding Conditions in Iraq-A Firsthand Perspective Robert Behrman, First Lieutenant, U.S. Army Reserve, EPP Doctoral Student This lecture describes the political, social, and military situation in Iraq; specifically examining those factors that exacerbate or prolong the conflict. Intent is to help the average observer understand articles or news about the conflict - the difference between analysis and polemic; significant events from incomplete, irrelevant, or misleading news.
Presentation draws from firsthand experience in Iraq from June 2005-April 2006; working with the US Military and Department of State and Iraqi political parties, NGOs, and civilians.


Thursday September 21st
4:30pm ­ McConomy Auditorium, University Center The Decline of Capitalism and the Infantilist Ethos Benjamin Barber, Gershon and Carol Kekst Professor of Civil Society and Distinguished University Professor, the University of Maryland On the way to selling the surfeit of goods necessarily produced by the modern marketplace, capitalism has had to engage in the manufacture not of commodities but of needs. To sell all it has to sell in a world where the "haves" are without significant needs and the "have-nots" are without the wherewithal to be players in the global marketplace, capitalism has helped invent and nurture an "infantilist ethos" which dumbs down adults into impetuous consumers and empowers children as consumerist decision-makers.
Consumerism of this type runs the risk of substituting consumers for citizens. Understanding this requires that we see a crucial distinction between citizens (public, deliberative judgment in common) and consumers (private expression of personal desires). We moderns are torn between these two species of being, these two forms of judgment or deliberation.
Co-sponsored by the Humanities Center, Department of Philosophy


Thursday September 21st
5:15pm ­ Informal reception at entrance to Mellon Auditorium 6:00pm ­ Mellon Auditorium, Mellon Institute, 4400 Fifth Avenue (use Bellefield Street entrance) In Situ Spectroscopy on Mars-following the water in current NASA missions Philip Gütlich, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany Miniaturized Mössbauer spectrometers, less than one hundredth the size of a standard spectrometer, on board the Mars exploration rovers ³Spirit² and ³Opportunity², have recorded spectra of high quality. The identification of jarosite provided some of the most compelling evidence for the occurrence of water on Mars. The lecture includes an exciting animation of the Mars landing, based on real flight data. SCIENCE has chosen two reports of the Mars exploration as ³breakthrough of the year 2004².
Co-sponsored by the Department of Chemistry

PGH Events_______________________________________________________

Immersive ³Spacedelic² INSTALLATION AT PITTSBURGH GLASS CENTER Hilary Harp & Suzie Silver explore mutual influences between abstract art and the space age in ³Nebula²

Imagine stepping into an art gallery on the Starship Enterprise. You¹ll find a similar experience at the Pittsburgh Glass Center¹s Hodge Gallery on October 6, 2006. Local artists Hilary Harp and Suzie Silver will transport viewers into a psychedelic galaxy of glass sculpture and video in their exhibition ³Nebula.² Step into outer space during the opening reception on Friday, October 6 from 6 to 9 pm at Pittsburgh Glass Center (PGC). ³Nebula² will be on display through January 5, 2007.

Light Symposium Featuring Harp and Silver

Harp and Silver will be a part of ³Light,² a symposium on the importance, meaning and use of light in visual arts at Pittsburgh Center for the Arts on Saturday, October 7 from 9 am to 12 pm. The symposium will feature Carnegie Museum of Art Curator Lulu Lippincott as moderator with presentations by Hilary Harp, Jane Haskell, Kim Beck, Ron Donoughe and Jill Larson. The symposium will conclude with a tour of ³Nebula² at Pittsburgh Glass Center.
The cost is $10 ($2 for students). To register, call 412-361-0873.

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Future Tenant continues with the art of "Midnight Marauders: an Exploration of Pittsbrugh Graffiti Culture through Word and Image." See new work from and read interviews with local Pittsburgh graffiti artists Serg, Kemist, and Jupiter 73. The exhibition also features the writings of essayist and independent journalist Matthew Newton

Stay for the music with the folk/soul sounds of Ricardo, alternative rock by Shonuff, and DJ Brewer aka Jack Wilson.
8pm to midnight, $5 cover.

Upcoming events:

September 22nd: Closing of Midnight Marauders! Special performance by Miguel's Latino Moods. 8-midnight, $5 cover

September 29th: Gallery Crawl + Opening Reception, "Everything is Possible"
showing work by Ken Campbell, Adam Grossi, Robin Hewlett, Drew Pavelchak, Shaun Slifer, Josh Tonies and Matt Wellins.
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Pittsburgh Filmmakers Presents:

Sept. 15 ­ 20@ Melwood Screening Room:
Drawing Restraint 9
Visual artist Matthew Barney and his girlfriend Björk star in Barney¹s first theatrical feature since his dazzling Cremaster cycle. Set on a Japanese whaling ship this abstract fairytale is a tapestry of sensuous, striking and sometimes disturbing imagery. With music by Björk, it is virtually without dialogue. Barney and Björk play ³occidental guests² who board the boat and endure elaborate preparations for a Shinto marriage ceremony. As with the Cremaster films though, story takes a backseat to spectacle and a staggering visual imagination. ³You're either on the boat or off the boat with something like this. But for those willing to brave the open water, it's an awe-inspiring ride.² ­Portland Oregonian. (Matthew Barney; USA/Japan; 2005;
135 min).

Free Movie Passes____________________________________________

Visit the Regina Gouger Miller Gallery's Joyce Kozloff Exhibition and receive Free Movie Passes to Southside Works Cinema's presentation of "The Science of Sleep" Thursday, Sept. 21 at 7:30 p.m. Its the new film by the writers of "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind." Call 412-268-5765 to pick up your pass.

Please join the Regina Gouger Miller Gallery for an

ARTIST TALK

With Joyce Kozloff and Ann Messner
Friday, September 22nd, 5:30PM
VIEW INVITATION AND MORE INFORMATION AT
http://www.cmu.edu/millergallery/artisttalk.htm


About the Movie:

While slumbering, he is the charismatic host of "Stephane TV," expounding on "The Science of Sleep" in front of cardboard cameras. In "real life," he has a boring job at a Parisian calendar publisher and pines for Stephanie (Charlotte Gainsbourg), the girl in the apartment across the hall. While Stephanie is initially charmed by Stephane, she is confused by his childishness and shaky connection to reality. Stephane's co-worker, Guy (Alain Chabat) a vulgar but practical man, offers advice on the opposite sex, but Stephane is too far in the clouds to listen. Unable to find the secret to Stephanie's heart while awake, Stephane searches for the answer in his dreams.

Written and directed by Michel Gondry, the boundlessly inventive creator of award-winning films ("Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind"), music videos and commercials. "The Science of Sleep" is a whimsical trip into a cut-and-paste wonderland fashioned from cardboard tubes, cellophane, and imagination.