We hope you will join us for the next Illinois Japan Performing Arts Network (IJPAN) event, “David G. Goodman: In Memorium.” This commemoration of the life and work of our colleague, friend, and mentor will be held at 7:00 PM on November 12, 2011 in Knight Auditorium of Spurlock Museum (600 S. Gregory, Urbana, IL). As one of many of Professor Goodman’s contributions to re-thinking our engagement with the arts and Japan, IJPAN stands as a lasting tribute to his vision of bridging physical and cultural distances to create new spaces for experimentation in the arts. In that spirit, the event will bring together speakers and performers from the US and Japan both at Knight Auditorium and in cyberspace, via the IJPAN website.
The evening will feature reflections by some of Professor Goodman’s close friends and colleagues, including Nancy Abelmann and Brian Ruppert from EALC; Michael Shapiro (Professor Emeritus, English); and Len Heumann (Professor Emeritus, Urban and Regional Planning and Psychology). Sidney Mintz (Research Professor, Anthropology; Johns Hopkins University) will offer some thoughts on David’s work in a pre-recorded video clip, and we will also share video recordings by Tsuno Kaitarō, as well as piano performances by Takahashi Yuji, both David’s long-time friends and collaborators from Japan. Additional musical performances featuring local string players Benjamin Hayek, Maureen Murchie, Sun-Young Shin, and Lydia Tang will be interspersed with the spoken remembrances.
For further information, please contact Elizabeth Oyler, Director, IJPAN (eaoyler@illinois.edu). To view the live stream of the event via the web, please follow instructions at the IJPAN website: http://www.ijpan.illinois.edu/