[inter/meta/trans] CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS!! ITCH #6

[taisha paggett]

dear all-
please find, below and attached, the next submission call for itch #6.
We hope that you can take some time and contribute your thoughts.

The deadline for submissions  has been extended to September 10th.


 Details are below and
attached

Thanks. team itch 




CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: ITCH #6
The (un)raveling of Dance's Public Discourse

Journalism-albeit selective and to some extent limited by the needs of
the larger publication that prints the material (including ITCH!)-is an
important product of dance culture. It's what is written, dictated,
interpreted, and recorded of a dance for the purpose of public
consumption. To some extent, it is a dance's second life, its public
face.


It's also a tool. For some artists, getting "written about" is as
important as having a live audience. (Where else might you get the
bodacious "dynamic athleticism!" quote to validate your production
packet or grant application?) Still others anticipate having their work
acknowledged in contexts that are more scholarly.
 
While all perspectives are valid, when we look beyond the concerns of
our individual work, it is hard to ignore the fact that the vibrancy of
the vast dance culture rests, in part, on a certain level of visibility
that journalism provides.

But journalism itself is changing. While dance editorial space in the
print media has been slipping, the use of electronic media forms like
myspace, youtube and blogs have broadened the prospects for those
interested in maintaining dance's presence in the public arena. This
change has raised important questions about the accountability of
mainstream journalism to represent the performing arts community
(especially considering the authority and reach they have within the
public sphere) and the necessity of artists to become the
reviewer/pre-viewer/moderator/scholar/critic/journalist, etc of their
own community.
 
              We Ex*perts--

Artists have the capacity to push dance culture forward, in part
determined by the manner in which we engage with, add to, respond to,
rebut, oppose, and create alternatives to the production of the public
discourse surrounding dance. For this issue of itch, we would like to
focus on 1.) artist-initiated projects that seek to broaden the public
discourse on dance, and 2.) initiate a dialogue concerning the state of
dance journalism starting from your direct experiences, thoughts,
concerns and observations.


We welcome your submissions in a variety of forms including critical
theory, prose, faux-reviews, documentation, brainstorm, line drawing,
haiku, interview, self-analysis, fluff, lists, archival material and
manifestos.
 
*Also, for our rolling dialogue section, please submit your responses to
issue #5: fiction and fictions
 

D E A D L I N E:   S E P T E M B E R  1o,  2007.

 

Send submissions, questions, concerns, provocations, etc to
submit at itchjournal.org.
 
(if you'd like to stop receiving itch emails please let us know  thanks.
meg, rae, taisha)
 

PS: coming soon: itchjournal.org
 
itch is an evolving art project in the form of a journal that aspires to
serve the community of dancers and other artists of the Los Angeles area
and beyond. Practice participation in the developing LA dance culture:
insert your thoughts, your body, your voice. help itch grow should you
be enhanced by it...

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