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Under the Influence
A Festival Celebrating the Legacy of Black Mountain College
September 19-22, 2002 in Asheville, Black Mountain, and Cullowhee, NC

 
     


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Schedule by Date

Performances

Installations & Exhibits

Film Screenings

Poetry Readings

Lectures and Roundtables

Workshops

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Brief Histories

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Schedule by Date

Thursday 9/19 | Friday 9/20 | Saturday 9/21 | Sunday 9/22
Events Throughout September

Thursday, 9/19

Tony Conrad's "Hearing Things In Pipes and Strings" workshop
Time: 1:30pm-4pm
Location: UNCA Lipinsky Auditorium
Cost: $5, Free for students

Opening Reception
Time: 5pm-8pm
Location: Pack Place Gallery
Cost: Free
Events:

The Pod installation
WCU Gamelan Ensemble performance
Ray Johnson Memorial Mailart exhibition
Jack Dangers "Microtable" installation
Vincent Wrenn's "The Field" performance
David Dawson's "Harlem Pizza, uh, John Cage?" performance

Co-Sponsors: ArtSpace Charter School, WCU Music Department, Hart Distributing

Inter-Media and Techno-Utopianism: The Visual Initiatives of Stan VanDerBeek film presentation by Craig Baldwin
Time: 9pm-11pm
Location: The Fine Arts Theater
Cost: $7

 

Friday, 9/20

Frederick Sommer and Black Mountain College slide lecture by Eric Baden
Time: 6pm-7pm
Location: Asheville Art Museum
Cost: Free with Museum Admission

Tony Conrad performance
Time: 8pm-9pm
Location: UNCA Lipinksy Auditorium
Cost: $12, $10 UNCA faculty, $5 students w/ID

Negativland: Our Favorite Things film presentation by Mark Hosler
Time: 11pm-1am
Location: The Fine Arts Theater
Cost: $7

 

Saturday, 9/21

Beyond Black Mountain College: Innovative Approaches to Education panel
Time: 11am-12:30pm
Location: UNCA Owen Conference Center
Cost: $3, Free for students

How to Draw a Bunny screening
Time: 1pm-2:30pm
Location: Fine Arts Theater
Cost: $5

Pauline Oliveros "Deep Listening" workshop
Time: 3pm-5pm
Location: UNCA Lipinksy Auditorium
Cost: $5, Free for students

Not Your Average Poetry Reading #1 with Lee Ann Brown, Patrick Herron, and John Landry
Time: 6pm-8pm
Location: Malaprop's
Cost: Free

DEVANT GUARDE: A Semi-Collaborative Project opening reception
Time: 5pm-8pm
Exhibition on 9/22, 9/28, and 9/29, 1pm-5pm or by appointment
Location: Semi-Public, A Space for Contemporary Art
Cost: Free

Pauline Oliveros performance
Time: 8pm-9:30pm
Location: UNCA Lipinsky Auditorium
Cost: $12, $10 UNCA faculty, $5 students w/ID

Before and After Silence: Contemporary Renditions of the Works of John Cage performance
Time: 10:30pm-1:30am
Location: Vincent's Ear
Cost: $5

 

Sunday, 9/22

Benefit Champagne Brunch for the Black Mountain College Museum & Arts Center
Time: 1pm
Location: Black Mountain Center for the Arts Gallery
Cost: $35

The Interaction of Arts and Poetry at Black Mountain College lecture with Newt Smith
Time: 1:30pm
Location: Black Mountain Center for the Arts Gallery
Cost: Free with Brunch

Not Your Average Poetry Reading #2 with Michael Boughn and Lisa Jarnot
Time: 3:15pm
Location: Camp Rockmont Dining Hall (Former BMC Campus)
Cost: Free with Brunch, $10 others

"Forming A Shore Fit for Pandemonium" by David Elinoff
Time: 8pm-9pm
Location: The Big Idea
Cost: Donations to BMCMAC

Closing Party with Local Performers
Time: 9pm-11pm
Location: The Big Idea
Cost: Donations to BMCMAC

 

Events Throughout September

Friday, 8/30 to Monday, 9/30

"Mending Peace for the World for Black Mountain College"
A Participation Art Work by Yoko Ono
Opening Reception 8/30 from 5-8pm
Location: Asheville Area Arts Council Gallery
Cost: Free

Memorial Mending
Date: 9/11
Time: 8:46-10:28am
Location: Simultaneously at the Asheville Area Arts Council's Gallery and the WCU University Center
Cost: Free

Saturday, 9/7 to Monday, 10/7

The Box Design: A Revolutionary Challenge or a Nostalgic Reaction? (Revisiting the Architecture of Black Mountain College and Its Bauhaus Roots) exhibition
curated by Brenda Coates
Opening Reception on 9/7 from 5-7pm
Location: Black Mountain Center for the Arts Gallery
Cost: Free

Monday 9/9, Thursday 9/12, and Saturday 9/14

Ray Eliot Schwartz "Body Mind Centering" workshops
Date: Monday 9/9 from 6-8pm, Thursday 9/12 from 6-8pm, and Saturday 9/14 from 1-3pm
Location: ACDT's BeBe Theatre
Cost: $18, $16 for students w/ID

Sunday, 9/15 and Monday, 9/16

Ray Eliot Schwartz dance performance
Time: 8pm
Location: ACDT's BeBe Theatre
Cost: $10 for the general public, $8 for seniors, and $6 for students w/ID

Wednesday, 9/18

Press Play to Agitate: Pirates, Parodists, and the Prank-Documentary talk and screening with Craig Baldwin
Time:
10-12am
Location: Western Carolina University (Belk Hall, Room 278)
Cost: Free

John Cobb piano performance
Time: 12:15pm - 1:00pm
Location: UNCA Lipinsky Auditorium
Cost: Free

Spectres of the Spectrum screening with Craig Baldwin
Time: 7pm
Location: Western Carolina University (Natural Sciences Auditorium)
Cost: Free

"Tensegrity, Suspension and Movement: Exploring the Body's Dynamic Architecture" workshop with Glenna Batson
Time:
7:30pm
Location: ACDT's BeBe Theatre
Cost: $6