2011 dates TBA
California Institute of the Arts Valencia, CA
Arts in the One World (AOW) is an annual gathering comprised of performances, lectures, exhibits, and screenings hosted by the California Institute of the Arts School of Theater, conceived and executed in collaboration with the broad participation of the Institute as a whole. Students and faculty from CalArts and around the world, along with the general public, are invited to discuss and present on the ways artistic, political, and historical purposes intersect (reconciliation, the recovery of historical memory, advocacy for justice, the formation and maintenance of sites for expression, and the creation of knowledge. The conference is the local anchor of an ongoing artistic exchange CalArts conducts with the Interdisciplinary Genocide Studies Center (IGSC) in Rwanda, where each summer a group of students, faculty, and professionals travel to Rwanda and Uganda, to study genocide and acts of mass violence, exploring the ways in which art participates in processes of renewal.
In 2010 we considered the Kinyarwanda term guhahamuka: the breathless attempt to articulate the inexpressible, which has come into wide use in Rwanda since the Tutsi genocide. AOW invited presentations, performances, and workshops that demonstrate how survivors, artists, and scholars give testimony and bear witness to circumstances of conflict and social injustice, opening imaginative space for participation in the recovery of historical memory and social renewal. We considered together how these articulations represent experiments in interdisciplinary public practice, expanding the models for being an artist/activist in the world.
The 2011 conference will be held in January, 2011. The dates and call for submissions will be posted in September or October of 2010 on this website. The 2011 conference will be held at the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts), located at 24700 McBean Pkwy, Valencia, CA, 91355.
ARTS IN THE ONE WORLD 2010 PRESENTER APPLICATION
A Rwandan memorial honors victims of the genocide.
The Arts in the One World logo was designed by Masato Nakada in 2009
