LITA LOCS OI FS The Redshift and the Universe This observer sees blueshift. | was watching from the Planet of- fice: aman and a woman a woman and a woman aman andaman having a conversation. talking to - each other. engaged in a dialogue. involving themselves in the whole nine yards: frustration. fear. respect. anger. trust. mistrust. grief. projection. autonomy. intimacy. ...... enveloping the notes in the music that moved through the room. engaging as much of the Others-In- The-Room as the Others-In-Room would allow. they spoke body language - a dia- lect as equally powerful as words and much more revealing. | am refering to the performance piece by liz and matt on Tuesday and Thursday in the concourse gallery . but | am also refering to the Talk Sounds Jams that have been going on around here. there’s a lot of it. some Say it’s cheap but some would say they can’t afford not to talk any- more. to communicate. to fill the passage of time with a trade of ideas . perceptions. memories. assump- tions. fantasies. perspectives. opin- ions. peccadillos. idiosyncrasies. synchronicities. eccentricities. dreams... Os ct. entrée’ est deMonsieur le Comte de Brionne Grand Chambelan de son Altesse representanr Jason sees redshift. This observer le aa | don’t know who doesn’t know but these last few weeks have heard a lot of talk. The board meeting last Wednesday was irrepressible with bodies, voices, hearts and heads. Separated by microphones anda formal dais, both sides began to speak. Questions regarding tuition hikes, scholarships, 24 hour access, harassment, policies, new work spaces , health hazards etc.. were posed, bandied, reposed, dodged and posed again, there was a pulse in the room. Some people felt good that we were talking at all, introduc- tions were made for the first time, it was snowing outside. By two o'clock, the meeting was over, new resolutions were made to form new committees. Students had pre- sented themselves as thinking feeling persons who simply wanted the time, space, and freedom to do their work. To fufill their visions .To engage their passion. On Tuesday the following week an informal but highly alert group of stu- dents met with Maurice Yacowar to discuss the changes in the ‘harass- ment policy. Confidentiality was a word that repeated itself with inten- sity. There were definite concerns that the confidentiality of the students be as well respected as that of the faculty. As important as it is to have a Two Pantaloons Dancing, Back to Back. Two Pantaloons Dancing, Face to Face. voice, the secret that voice reveals must be held in trust in matters of a power imbalance, a hierarchical structure,in matters of fear. To write on a bathroom wall is an act of fear, but is also an act of trust, an anonymous message, warning, com- munication, more often than not growing into an on going dialogue . A committee will replace the need for some to correspond in bathroom stalls, but nothing will replace the safety of a cubicle. For them it is the only vehicle they want or need. Or trust. Or understand. Then there are the secrets that have gnawed at our fingernails and chewed at our debts to long in anx- ious anticipation of revelations. On going dialogues in art involving ritual, sexuality, segregation, exploitation, the murdering of our sisters, the heart felt struggles of our brothers. Inter- view. Letters. Discussions. Dinners. Performances. The microphone gets passed around. The rumbling grows louder. Listen. It has a very distinctive quality to it. It sounds like people dancing it sounds like hands clapping, or bang- ing in time on the wall or voices sing- ing off tuned, into space. It sounds like a live band of merry, angry, aroused animals. Madonna Hamel MITALOGOAL SS The Redsbift and the Universe 1 This observer sees bluesbif. | was watching from the Planet of- fice: aman and a woman woman and a woman aman and aman having a conversation. talking to each other. engaged in a dialogue. involving themselves in the whole nine yards: frustration. fear. respect. anger. trust. mistrust. grief. projection. autonomy. intimacy. ...... enveloping the notes in the music that moved through the room. engaging as much of the Others-In- The-Room as the Others-In-Room would allow. they spoke body language - a dia- lect as equally powerful as words and much more revealing. lam refering to the performance piece by liz and matt on Tuesday and Thursday in the concourse gallery . but | am also refering to the Talk Sounds Jams that have been going on around here. there's a lot of it. some say it's cheap but some would say they can't afford not to talk any- more. to communicate. to fill the passage of time with a trade of ideas . perceptions. memories. assump- tions. fantasies. perspectives. opin- ions. peccadillos. idiosyncrasies. synchronicities. eccentricities. dreams... Ceot_entree’ ost de“Monsieur le Comte de Brionne Grand Chambelan de Altesse, represéntant Dason son ‘Two Pantaloons Dancing, Back to Back. | don't know who doesn’t know but these last few weeks have heard a lot of talk. The board meeting last Wednesday was irrepressible with bodies, voices, hearts and heads. Separated by microphones and a formal dais, both sides began to speak. Questions regarding tuition hikes, scholarships, 24 hour access, harassment, policies, new work ‘spaces , health hazards etc.. were posed, bandied, reposed, dodged and posed again, there was a pulse in the room. Some people felt good that we were talking at all, introduc- tions were made for the first time, it was snowing outside. By two o'clock, the meeting was over, new resolutions were made to form new committees. Students had pre- sented themselves as thinking feeling persons who simply wanted the time, space, and freedom to do their work. To fufill their visions .To engage their passion. On Tuesday the following week an informal but highly alert group of stu- dents met with Maurice Yacowar to discuss the changes in the harass- ment policy. Confidentiality was a word that repeated itself with inten- sity. There were definite concerns that the confidentiality of the students be as well respected as that of the faculty. As important as it is to have a ‘Two Pantaloons Dancing, Face to Face. voice, the secret that voice reveals must be held in trust in matters of a power imbalance, a hierarchical structure,in matters of fear. To write on a bathroom wall is an act of fear, but is also an act of trust, an anonymous message, warning, com- munication, more often than not growing into an on going dialogue . A committee will replace the need for some to correspond in bathroom stalls, but nothing will replace the safety of a cubicle. For them it is the only vehicle they want or need. Or trust. Or understand. Then there are the secrets that have gnawed at our fingernails and chewed at our debts to long in anx- ious anticipation of revelations. On going dialogues in art involving ritual, sexuality, segregation, exploitation, the murdering of our sisters, the heart felt struggles of our brothers. Inter- view. Letters. Discussions. Dinners. Performances. The microphone gets passed around. The rumbling grows louder. Listen. It has a very distinctive quality to it. It sounds like people dancing it sounds like hands clapping, or bang- ing in time on the wall or voices sing- ing off tuned, into space. It sounds like a live band of merry, angry, aroused animals. Madonna Hamel