F.A.R.Xchange 1: The Desert Between Us is F.A.R. (Future Arts Research) @ ASU’s first in a series of events featuring lectures, performances and film screenings that will link audiences in the Sonoran desert to deserts globally via the primary vehicle of the arts. The Desert Between Us will explore the various metaphorical meanings surrounding, shrouding and illuminating the desert as a site for meditation, activation and exchange. The ideas and events that will be presented over several days will give weight to the social and metaphoric knowledge generated when using forms of artistic and intellectual analysis to frame a relationship to the desert.

All programs are free to the public.

Thursday November 20, 2008

7 pm – 10 pm                      

Colin Boyd “Landscape in the work of Abbas Kiarostami” Lecture             

Taste of Cherry, 1997 by Abbas Kiarostami Film screening              

Valley Art Theater, free admission

509 S. Mill Avenue, Tempe

Friday November 21, 2008

7:00 - 7:30 pm                                                                                                      

Rebecca Belmore / Osvaldo Yero 

“Solo” Lecture about collaboration for F.A.R. Residency

Co-sponsored by Himdag Ki: Hekihu, Hemu, Im B I-Ha’ap, the Tohono O'odham Nation Cultural Center and Museum  

Walter Cronkite School of Journalism, Room 128

555 N. Central Ave., Phoenix

7:30 - 8:00 pm                                                                                    

Jananne Al-Ani                                                                                    

“The Aesthetics of Disappearances: A Land Without People”   

Lecture on recent work

Walter Cronkite School of Journalism, Room 128

555 N. Central Ave., Phoenix

8:30 - 10:00 pm                                                      

Jananne Al-Ani                                                                                                      

Flock and The Guide, 2008 Film screenings

modified arts

407 E. Roosevelt St., Phoenix           

Saturday November 22, 2008                                                                            

All Saturday programs will take place at the

Walter Cronkite School of Journalism, Room 128 

555 N. Central Ave., Phoenix  

9:30 – 10 am                                                                                                         

Coffee                                                                                                                     

10:00 – 11:00 am                                                               

Rebecca Solnit

“Readings on the desert” Selections of recent essays

11:15 – noon

John Meunier

“Architecture in Desert Cities” Lecture on global desert city architectural styles

1:30-2:30 pm

Dr. Armando Jose Prats

“Strangers to Their Own Eden: The Hollywood Western and the ‘End’ of the Indian” Lecture with film clips

2:45 – 3:45 pm

Artist Christian Thompson and curator Joe Baker In Conversation   

 4:00 – 5:00 pm

Dr. Lawrence Culver

“Phoenix at the Frontier of Leisure” Lecture on Phoenix’s urban development

5:15 – 7:00 pm

Wrap-up, closing reception                                                                               

modified arts

407 E. Roosevelt St., Phoenix 

F.A.R. (Future Arts Research) @ ASU is dedicated to arts research residencies, public programs and commissions of new work that will expand and intensify the arts discourse in Phoenix and region.

F.A.R. was established by a generous grant from Diane Halle, Founding Donor. F.A.R.Xchange 1: The Desert Between Us was organized by Marilu Knode, Associate Director / Head of Research, F.A.R. @ ASU

Special thanks to Phoenix Film Foundation www.phxfilm.com, get the big picture www.getthebigpicture.net, modified arts www.modified.org and Himdag Ki: Hekihu, Hemu, Im B I-Ha’ap, the Tohono O'odham Nation Cultural Center and Museum. 

For additional information contact, farinfo@asu.edu or call 602.258.1852. 

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