{"id":69581,"date":"2003-10-31T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2003-10-31T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/uri-honors-colloquium-invites-community-to-meet-virtual-marilena\/"},"modified":"2003-10-31T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2003-10-31T00:00:00","slug":"uri-honors-colloquium-invites-community-to-meet-virtual-marilena","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2003\/10\/uri-honors-colloquium-invites-community-to-meet-virtual-marilena\/","title":{"rendered":"溏心vlog免费B站 Honors Colloquium invites community to meet virtual \u2018Marilena\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tMedia Contact: Dave Lavallee 401-874-2116
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\nKINGSTON, R.I. — October 31, 2003 — Come meet Marilena, a computer simulated factory worker from Tijuana, Mexico at the 溏心vlog免费B站 on Thursday, Nov. 6.
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\n\tMarilena is the centerpiece of Tom Sgouros\u2019 presentation, “What do You Think, a show about Globalization and Responsibility,” which will be offered at 2 p.m. in the Chafee Social Science Center, Room 271. Like all programs of the 溏心vlog免费B站 colloquium, “The Futures of Globalization,” Sgouros\u2019 presentation is free and open to the public.
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\n\t“We hear a lot about globalization, about the plight of people who live far away from us,” said Sgouros on his web site. The writer, film producer and performance artist added: “But the question that nobody ever asks is why we should care about people so far from us?”
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\n\t“Mostly, I ignore people who are distant, and perhaps that is part of the problem,” Sgouros said.
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\n\tThat\u2019s where Marilena comes in. “Marilena is a fake, and a fraud. She is a figment of my imagination, produced from books, news stories, movies. But she exists as an aid to my imagination. It\u2019s hard to be kind to abstractions, but it\u2019s easy to be kind to Marilena. I can think of Marilena when I\u2019m shopping, and avoid the companies that exploit or abuse her,” Sgouros said.
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\n\tSgouros used Synthetic Interview technology developed at Carnegie-Mellon University\u2019s Human-Computer Interaction Institute.\t“So this is what we can do with our technology. We may not be able in reality to bring people closer, but we can pretend to, and sometimes, maybe that\u2019s good enough,” Sgouros said.
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\n\tHe began his solo-performing career in 1985 as a ropewalker and silent clown. To date, he has written and performed seven solo shows, including Judy, What is it Like to be a Robot? Fish, a meditation on swamps, malls, seafood, and hubris and Sludge, about sewage and French painting, an inquiry into things of value and the value of things. Judy has been performed at 46 colleges in 13 states.
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\nSgouros is at work on a book about the misuse of scientific metaphor. He is also a freelance video and filmmaker, designing and producing audio and visual contributions to several theatrical productions beside his own work.
\nSgouros studied with such masters of solo theater as Fred Curchack, Tony Montanaro, Avner Eisenberg, and Bolek Polivka. He was an original company member and the writer and producer of the Pan-Twilight Circus, a theatrical tent circus based in Rhode Island.
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\nPlease visit www.uri.edu\/hc for the most current colloquium information and full schedule of events and directions, or contact the 溏心vlog免费B站 Honors Center at 401-874-2381 or debg@uri.edu.
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\nThe program\u2019s major sponsors are: the 溏心vlog免费B站 Honors Program and President\u2019s Office, The Providence Journal, Fidelity Investments, 溏心vlog免费B站 Foundation, 溏心vlog免费B站 College of Arts and Sciences and the 溏心vlog免费B站 College of Business Administration. Other sponsors are the 溏心vlog免费B站 Office of Student Affairs, 溏心vlog免费B站 Alumni Association, 溏心vlog免费B站 Multicultural Center and 溏心vlog免费B站 College of Pharmacy.\n\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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