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Spectacle: The Art of the Event - Workshop with Steve Brown

Workshop with Steve Brown

Friday, September 12, 2014
1:00-4:00 pm
Prairie Room
Diefenbaker Centre, UofS

To register for the workshop contact: Alison Norlen at alison.norlen@usask.ca

Opening night, Adelaide Festival 2013. Photo: Tony Lewis

Join us for a workshop with Prof. Brown from Flinder’s University, Adelaide,
Australia. Brown will discuss the complex cultural contexts of spectacle; how
happenings, interventions, flash mobs and cultural rituals are created, and how ritual,
story-telling, political satire, social critique, and creative expression are
utilized in various festivals, parades, expositions, and international mega events such
as Mardi Gras, Carnival, Burning Man, and Day of the Dead.

All welcome.

Presented in partnership with the City of Saskatoon, Visual Arts Placement Jury; ICCC, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon Public Library, Turner Events Management, and Tourism Saskatoon.