Cinematic & Literary Traditions of Liberty: A Workshop
June 21 - 27, 2008
at Chapman University (outside Los Angeles, CA)
How is liberty best expressed through various media? Connect with other aspiring authors and filmmakers at this free summer workshop.
For aspiring young novelists, filmmakers, artists, musicians and future scholars of the arts. (Formerly Liberty, Art & Culture)
Rare is the opportunity to sit with serious, talented peers discussing what you care about most: your work, the work of great authors and filmmakers and the very substance of art, the human struggle to know himself and be free. This summer, spend seven days doing just that.
Join us as we examine topics at the heart of liberty and storytelling, including
a.. the genre of dystopian art and literature
b.. themes of individualism and personal liberty in the works of the greats of science fiction, Heinlein, Asmiov, and Le Guin
c.. why ideological art is almost always bad art with examples of master storytellers who were able to show compelling truths about the nature of freedom and modern political life while avoiding the pitfalls of propagandism and moralizing.
d.. how economists approach human nature and how this methodology is often surprisingly similar to that of storytellers.
e.. the hero's journey, the fundamental importance of myth and story to successful works of art and how creative freedom and the freedom to trade are evolving at the digital frontier to empower the content creator.
In addition to these topics, we'll hear from a variety of working industry professionals, screen television episodes and films (Joss Whedon's Firefly, David Milch's Deadwood, Emmy winning documentary Waco: Rules of Engagement), and view and discuss each other's work.
Please continue to check back to the website as we add speakers to our lineup. In the meantime, learn more about the experience of an IHS seminar by taking a Virtual Tour!
Application Deadline: March 31
More at http://www.theihs. org/seminars/ id.844/default. asp
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