Related Themes: Film (documentary, experimental); Poetry (Beat Scene & SF Renaissance); Creativity; Avant-Garde Performance; Healthy Sexuality & the human body; Spirituality/Magic/Ritual/Fantasy; Community; Relationships (Intergenerational, Interracial, Friendship); Joy/the Eternal Child; Taboo; Counter Culture.
Sessions will be organized around themes reflecting the accepted abstracts.
Please email abstracts of no more than 350 words to Hillery Rink at Unclassifiable.Wonder@gmail.com by August 15, 2013. Decisions will be made by August 30, 2013. Please forward this call to individuals & groups who may be interested in participating.
Georgia State Symposium Events:
+ Screenings of James Broughton’s Films
+ Screening of the documentary film, “Big Joy: The Adventures of James Broughton”
+ Performances of James Broughton’s Poetry
+ Keynote Address by Journalist, Futurist, & Big Joy Filmmaker, Stephen Silha
Decisions will be made by August 1, 2013.
Please forward this call to individuals & groups who may be interested in participating
Symposium Organizers:
Franklin Abbott, Atlanta Queer Literary Festival
Andy Ditzler, Film Love
Morna Gerrard, Georgia State University
Cal Gough, Georgia LGBTQ Archives Project
Hillery Rink, Georgia LGBTQ Archives Project
Griff Tester, Georgia State University
Stephen Zietz, Georgia State University
For more information see this Facebook Event Page and the Big Joy Atlanta Facebook Group.