Art and Science in the Age of Self-Care: A Cross-Disciplinary Symposium

April 17, 2020, Ohio Union

Sponsored by the Council for Graduate Students Arts and Culture Committee

            In a culture inundated by images of face masks, wellness apps, and affirmatory phrases, what is the meaning of self-care today? Though increasingly monetized, self-care is at its essence self-regulated maintenance of one’s mental and physical wellness. But African American activist and feminist writer Audre Lorde also defines self-care as an act of radical love in the face of institutional injustices: “Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare.” This symposium looks to how the arts and sciences can work together to support the overall wellness of individuals and communities in ways that are both practical and potentially revolutionary.

            The CGS Arts and Culture subcommittee invites papers, performances, and short presentations that discuss the intersection between the arts and sciences in ways that impact wellness or self-care. How are emergent fields such as Applied Theatre, Art, Dance, and/or Music Therapy, and the Medical Humanities complicating our understanding of wellness and community building? How is Ohio State participating in such groundbreaking research? How can the arts and sciences collaborate in ways which can have a greater impact on the world beyond the university?

In gathering participants, presenters, performers, and workshop facilitators for this event we hope to capitalize on existing interdepartmental relationships and facilitate the growth of more cross-disciplinary opportunities for collaboration. To propose a paper presentation, please send a title and a 250-word abstract to cgsartsandculture@gmail.com by Monday, February 17, 2020. If you are interested in facilitating a practice-based workshop or a Salon Performance, please send a brief description (or script, if applicable) articulating the central theme of your offering as well as any technical/spatial concerns.

Possible topics include:

Art and Ecology

Bioart, Biology and/as Artistic Practice

Capital and Self-Care

Discourses of Wellness

Environmental Justice

Environmental Art

Feminist Discourses of Self-Care

Poetry and Short Story Readings on Wellness and Self-Care

Medical Humanities

Medical Activism

Race and Medicine

Discourses of Sustainability and Resilience

Wellness in Academe

Ohio State School of Music Symphony Orchestra

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Mozart: Cosi fan Tutte Overture

Mozart: Symphony No. 38 (“Prague”)

Wagner: Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan and Isolde

Faculty guest artist Katherine Rohrer, mezzo-soprano, will sing Handel’s “L’angue offeso mai riposa” from Giulio Cesare and Berlioz’s “D’amour l’ardente flamme” from The Damnation of Faust.

Miriam Burns, conductor; Xin Su, guest conductor (Cosi fan Tutte).”

Wednesday, January 29, 2020, 8:00 pm

Hughes Hall Auditorium

Free and open to the public

https://music.osu.edu/events/symphony-orchestra-22

Miguel Gutierrez – This Bridge Called My Ass

“In This Bridge Called My Ass, Gutierrez and five Latinx collaborators perform an elusive choreography of obsessive and perverse actions. Melodramatic tropes from Latin American songs and telenovelas are exploited within an unstable terrain of bodies, materials, light, and sound to show how familiar cultural structures contain absurdities that both reveal and celebrate difference.

A personal influence on Gutierrez, This Bridge Called My Back is a 1981 anthology of third-wave feminist essays by women of color that explores identity and critiques white feminism. As underlined by this thought-provoking performance, its insistence on intersectional awareness and political resistance is eerily relevant today.

At the artist’s request, a limited number of $5.00 tickets are available per show for low income PoC audience members. Please use BRIDGE for this discount at time of purchase. One discounted ticket max per purchase.”

https://wexarts.org/performing-arts/miguel-gutierrez

Fri, January 24-Sat, January 25, 8:00 PM

Sat, January 25-Sun, January 26, 2:00 PM

Wexner Center for the Arts

Admission:

$21 members
$24 general public
$13 students