[Reader-list] Italian Cinemas/Italian Histories Conference, 8th September, 2011,Delhi/ Caferati @ Prithvi Café September Open Mic,Mumbai/ Empowering Young Girls With Video

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Conference,  8th September, 2011, at 6:30 pm,
Title: Italian Cinemas/Italian Histories
Venue:        India International Centre;
 
Alan O'Leary is Senior Lecturer in Italian at the University of Leeds. He is a specialist in Italian cinema and cultural studies and has spent the last few years researching the representation of terrorism in Italian cinema. He is now working on a series of case studies of commercial and critically despised films and cinema genres in Italy. He has written or edited several books and articles on both themes, and is the editor of the annual film issue of the academic journal The Italianist. This talk will consider the capacities and problems of cinema as a medium of  historical understanding. It will be illustrated with examples from  the century and more of Italian cinema, and consider aspects like genre, gender and the question of 'national' cinema. Alan will try to generalize from the Italian case to make clear the relevance of the material to other national contexts.
 
Italian Cultural Centre
50 - E, Chandragupta Marg,
Chanakyapuri, New Delhi - 110 021
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Caferati @ Prithvi Café September Open Mic,Mumbai






Entry Free

* The rules:

- Works performed can be in English, Hindi, Marathi and/or Urdu.
- You must perform only your own writing.
- You can perform one piece for a maximum of two minutes.
- Only solo or duo performances; no groups please. Duos can only perform collaborative works authored by both performers.
- Your name will be called once. If you don’t get to the microphone in 10 seconds, you lose your slot.
- Your time starts the moment you come to the microphone
- You can recite, declaim, shout, even sing (if you can hold a tune); you can sit, stand or lie down; you can dance, turn a cartwheel, play a musical instrument, or scratch your back while standing on your head, as long as you perform your words.
- You get the use of a microphone, and two minutes. No other arrangements will be made for your performance. If you want to carry a prop, or a musical instrument, please do so. Note that any set-up time counts towards your two-minute limit.
- A gong will be struck—loud!—at the end of the two-minute period and you must leave the microphone immediately.
- Genres: No restriction. Poetry, scripts, stories, songs, it’s all good.
- Prohibited: Foul language, explicit sexual imagery, slander, anything that flouts the laws of India.
- Dress code: No nudity. Yes, you can use costumes and make-up if you like.

* If you want a slot:

- There will be up to 25 slots of up to 2 minutes each.
- You must be physically present at the venue at least 30 minutes before start time to register.
- Slots will be provided immediately, on a first-come first-served basis, and cannot be carried over to the next Open Mic.
- You must show the text of what you plan to perform to the organisers present, and describe your performance. This is not about censorship; it is to guard against infringement of the rules.

* Conditions:

There are no formal prizes, just the opportunity to perform to an audience, and earn its acclaim. Oh yes, if we, and/or the audience likes your work, we'll buy you a beverage from the Cafe.
You will not be reimbursed expenses, and will not be paid any fee or honorarium.
You retain ownership of your work, but by submitting it, you give the Prithvi Theatre and Caferati the right to display your work, or photographs or recordings of your performance, at the Prithvi Theatre Cafe, and on their websites, should they so choose, with attribution to you, but with no payment. Should you wish to be excluded from being photographed or recorded, please inform the photographer / cameraperson before the performance. Any photographs or recordings will not be commercial in nature.





* Email:
prithvitheatre at prithvithea
tre.org
editors at caferati.com
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