New Performance Paradigms: New Languages – An International Symposium at the Think Lab, Salford University :: November 20, 2007.

This one day event brings together writers, thinkers and performance artists from across the globe to discuss what the future holds for performance as a globally linked activity. The speakers include: Philip Auslander, Matthew Causey, Weng Choy Lee, Amelia Jones, Jem Kelly, Mary Oliver, Jennifer Parker-Starbuck, Nancy Reilly-McVittie, Michelle Riel, Toni Sant, Paul Sermon, Martin Turner, Niki Woods. With performance presentations from Julia Wilson, Helen Bailey and Ming Yuen Ma.

The day will focus on New Bodies, Second Life as Performance Site, New Performance Hybrids, New for old: methods of documentation and Philip Auslander will re-visit the subject of Liveness in light of the newly published second edition of his seminal text Liveness: Performance in a Mediatized Society.