Open mic night

This Thursday,(tomorrow!) October 1st, the Arts & Letters Learning community is offering a really cool event:

Open Mic Night like you may never have seen before-

Bring your work (anything past/present/in progress), talk about your work, get people to ask questions. Awesome. Good practice for your critique/senior thesis defense!

Thursday, 8pm, Trollinger House

Questions: Joanna Patterson-jpatterson9@elon.edu

Adventures in Illegal Art: Creative Media Resistance, Free Speech and Negativland

Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Yeager at 7:30

“Adventures in Illegal Art” is a 90-minute video and storytelling presentation by Mark Hosler, founding member of Negativland, with Q and A to follow. No lawyers were harmed in the making of these events!

Pranks, media hoaxes, media literacy, the art of collage, creative activism in a media saturated multi-national world, file sharing, intellectual property issues, evolving notions of art and ownership and law in a digital age, artistic and funny critiques of mass media and culture, so-called “culture jamming”.... even if you've never heard of Negativland, if you are interested in any of these issues we think you’ll find this presentation worth your time and attention.

Is Negativland a “band”? Media hoaxers? Activists? Artists? Musicians? Filmmakers? Culture jammers? Comedians? An inspiration for the unwashed many? A nuisance for the corporate few? Decide for yourself in this presentation that uses films and stories to illustrate the many creative projects, hoaxes, pranks and "culture jamming" that Negativland has been doing since 1980.

Most famous for getting sued for their “U2” single, Negativland has had many years of experience being a tiny thorn in the side of the corporate media and entertainment biz. This presentation touches on a number of issues that are very much in public view these days - creative anti-corporate activism, media literacy, intellectual property issues and evolving notions of ownership and law in a digital age, the art of collage, artistic and funny critiques of mass media and culture, pranks and media hoaxes.

Tri-State Sculptors Exhibition 8/24 - 10/3

Closing Reception, Arts West Gallery, Saturday, October 3rd, 6:00-7:30 pm

The Tri State Sculptors Association, with 300-plus members, exhibit works that range from realistic to conceptual; in scales from architectural to intimate throughout Elon’s campus. Some locations include the Isabella Cannon Room and Patio, Arts West Gallery, and the Sculpture Walk.

Exhibition runs from Monday, August 24th-Saturday, October 3^rd.