[-empyre-] thanks to Margaret and an all call for MAGIC

[Renate Ferro]

Hello -empyre- subscribers, 
First just a follow up to thank Margaret and all of her guests for the month of October for her generous nurturance of the topic on Practice and Play: Gestures Across Genres.  I was so thrilled to see that you began the month with Tony Conrad.  What a nice reflection on the influences he had on so many of us.  And as the month spun on the range of topics were so inventive.  Kudos to you all.  

This month we welcome Margaretha Haughwout.  Many of you might have caught her posts in September during Shulea Cheang's moderation.  She has curated on a topic that do not believe we have ever featured on an -empyre- discussion.  I really looking forward to this month that concerns "magical practices and their connections to technology. We ask, is magic a fugitive technology? Can technology be understood as one kind of magic? Is modernity a spell that can be broken?"

ALL CALL TO OUR -empyre- SUBSCRIBERS:  IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN AS A FEATURED GUEST.  DOES YOUR CREATIVE PRACTICE OR WRITING VENTURE INTO MAGIC OR THE MAGICAL? PLEASE LET ME KNOW BACK CHANNEL AND I CAN SEND YOUR INFO ON TO MARGARETHA.  SHE WILL INTRODUCE THE TOPIC ON MONDAY.  

In the meantime, have a great weekend. For those of you in the US remember to vote on Tuesday in the election.  Only local and state candidates are on the ballot but PLEASE exercise your right to vote.  In the Ferro/Murray household we are helping to canvas voters and get out the vote this weekend in the Town of Caroline. 

Best Wishes to all of you. 
Renate (and Tim)

Renate Ferro
Visiting Associate Professor
Director of Undergraduate Studies
Department of Art
Tjaden Hall 306
rferro at cornell.edu