We’re writing to encourage you to join us next month for
our centennial birthday celebration of William S. Burroughs.
“The Burroughs Century” is a 5-day festival
running February 5-9 that features events both on campus and in the greater
Bloomington area. A key feature of this festival is that it unites local
academic, artistic, and cultural communities in honor of an artist who
transcended boundaries between literature, painting, music, film and
experimental art.
As part of this event, we will be hosting a
three-day symposium, February 6-8, featuring presentations that point to
Burroughs’ continuing legacy across a range of disciplines (art, literature,
music, film, politics, religious studies, gender studies, queer studies, and
many more). We have put together a stellar international roster, with scholars
coming from America, Canada, South America, Europe, and the United Arab
Emirates. Our key-note speaker is Professor Oliver Harris, a renowned Burroughs
scholar, and our guest talks feature Jorge Garcia-Robles, Jack Sargeant, and
Davis Schneiderman. You can see our complete symposium schedule here: http://burroughscentury.org/?page_id=186.
If you are interested in attending the
symposium, you can register through our website. We are offering a number of
registration packages, including a “sessions-only” registration for $35. For
complete information, as well as listings of free and discrete ticketed-events,
please visit burroughscentury.org.
In addition to our symposium, we are hosting
a number of performances and mixed media events in town, including:
• Archival exhibits across campus at the
Lilly, Fine Arts Library, Wells Library, and the Kinsey Institute
• Burroughs’ shotgun painting exhibit at the
Grunwald Gallery of Art
• Holographic Ensemble opera performance of The
Ticket That Exploded, Feb. 6 at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater
• "The Burroughs Century Film
Series," Feb. 6 to 9, IU Cinema
• Lydia Lunch performance in honor of
Burroughs, Feb. 7 at the Buskirk-Chumley
• "The Burroughs Century After-Party and
Costume Ball," Feb. 8, The Back Door
The first event will take place this Friday,
Jan 24, with a formal opening of "William S. Burroughs: Paintings" at
the Grunwald Gallery. The opening is scheduled for 6-8 p.m., and will
feature a cash bar and noshes donated by Farm
Bloomington; the opening is free. http://www.indiana.edu/~grunwald/exhibitions.php?pid=william-s-burroughspaintings
Please feel free to join us for any of
these events--we’d love to see you.
For more information, contact Ed Comentale (ecomenta@indiana.edu);
or Joan Hawkins (jchawkin@indiana.edu)
Thanks so much - Ed and Joan
Joan Hawkins
Associate Professor
Indiana University
Dept of Communication and Culture
800 E Third St.
Bloomington, IN 47405
812-855-1548
jchawkin@indiana.edu
Member Editorial board of Culture, Theory,
Associate Professor
Indiana University
Dept of Communication and Culture
800 E Third St.
Bloomington, IN 47405
812-855-1548
jchawkin@indiana.edu
Member Editorial board of Culture, Theory,
Critique
