BONUS: #SexyMF30 Virtual Symposium Overview & Recap Video
MASSIVE THANKS!
THANK YOU to every single speaker, sponsor, attendee, virtual booth contributor, and last but definitely not least my tiny, but mighty team, Arthur Turnbull & Krysta Battersby, as well as Nicolay for the music and his continued unwavering support!
Also a very special thanks to the Core 4: Zaheer Ali, Anil Dash, Miles Marshall Lewis, and Elliott H. Powell who have been with me at every. single. Prince symposia or event I’ve ever curated! I am eternally grateful!💜And another very special thanks to Marco ‘T Hart of 9t99.com art for the symposium graphics!💜
And, of course, massive thanks to our wonderful sponsors: NYU Tandon, NYU Integrated Design & Media (IDM), NYU Office of Global Inclusion, Diversity, and Strategic Innovation, NYU Institute of African American Affairs and the Center for Black Visual Culture, NYU Photography & Imaging, NYU Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality, NYU 370 Jay Project, NYU Liberal Studies, and NYU Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music!
If U missed the Prince #SexyMF30 Virtual Symposium you can relive it by watching the video archives or reading about it! You can also find all speaker bios and presentation abstracts on the symposium website, https://sexymf.polishedsolid.com.
#SexyMF30 was a 2-day virtual symposium, celebrating Prince for 30 years of the Love Symbol album, on 26-27 March 2022 (Sat-Sun)!
There were 31 speakers (academics, music journalists, podcasters, authors, and independent scholars), 3 roundtable discussions, and 12 presentations!
We had 479 people register on the Airmeet platform from 22 countries including the US, UK, Canada, Netherlands, Australia, Belgium, France, Germany, Japan, Spain, and India. We also had international speakers from the UK, the Netherlands, and Scotland. There was a steady-state of, approximately, 160 to 220 people at ALL times over the course of 2 days for approximately 8-9 hours per day.
This event was FREE, but please consider donating to the PRN Alumni Foundation, a 501c3 non-profit officially formed in 2017 and founded by former employees of Paisley Park and the international icon Prince. The group’s mission is to continue the generosity of their late boss who supported opportunities for underprivileged youth to grow in music, tech, arts, and education, and helped alumni members in need. The foundation also supports urban farming initiatives that create sources of healthy foods where they are otherwise scarce. To learn more about the PRN Alumni Foundation, visit prnalumni.org.
#SexyMF30 was a polished solid production, curated by De Angela L. Duff.
#SexyMF30 Virtual Symposium Day 1 Welcome featuring co-hosts,
De Angela L. Duff & Arthur Turnbull
#SexyMF30 Virtual Symposium Presentation: C Liegh McInnis' “o(+> A Story of Love—Self-Love, Romantic Love, and Spiritual Love”
#SexyMF30 Virtual Symposium Presentation: Erica Thompson's “‘Why All the Cosmic Talk?’: Looking for Spiritual Truth on Prince’s Love Symbol Album”
#SexyMF30 Virtual Symposium Presentation: Sherry Wien's “3 Chains O’ Gold Fetish and Roleplay”
#SexyMF30 Virtual Symposium Presentation: Adam Rudegeair's “New Directions in Rock Opera: The Expansive Musical Palette of the o(+> Album”
#SexyMF30 Virtual Symposium Presentation Panel Q&A #1 with C Liegh McInnis, Sherry Wien, Adam Rudegeair, and Erica Thompson. Moderated by KaNisa Williams.
#SexyMF30 Virtual Symposium Roundtable: The Core 4 + 1 Music Snob featuring Zaheer Ali, Anil Dash, Miles Marshall Lewis, Elliott H. Powell, and Arthur Turnbull. Moderated by De Angela L. Duff
#SexyMF30 Virtual Symposium Presentation: Steven G Fullwood's “I Can’t Get Next to You: On Prince’s Love Symbol Album”
#SexyMF30 Virtual Symposium Presentation: Zach Hoskins’ “Just Your Average 320-Year-Old Rock Star Meets Jailbait Middle Eastern Princess Story: Prince’s Love Symbol album as Transmedia Narrative Text”
#SexyMF30 Virtual Symposium Presentation: Robert Loss' “Gemini and The Max: Prince's Comic Book Alter Egos, 1991-1994”
#SexyMF30 Virtual Symposium Presentation: Edgar Kruize's “Four Chains O’ Gold”
#SexyMF30 Virtual Symposium Presentation Panel #2 Q&A featuring Steven G. Fullwood, Zachary Hoskins, Edgar Kruize, and Robert Loss. Moderated by Monroe France.
#SexyMF30 Day 1 Closing with co-hosts De Angela L. Duff & Arthur Turnbull
#SexyMF30 Day 2 Opening with co-hosts De Angela L. Duff & Arthur Turnbull
#SexyMF30 Virtual Symposium Presentation: Casci Ritchie's “The Chain Hat: Subverting Prince, Fashioning o+(->”
#SexyMF30 Virtual Symposium Presentation: Karen Turman's “‘We Need To Talk About Things:’ Style, Sound, And Message As Coherent Contradiction In ‘SexyMF’”
#SexyMF30 Virtual Symposium Presentation: Robin Shumays' “Bedlah Bedlam: An Exploration of Orientalist Fantasy and Fashion via the Lens of Prince Rogers Nelson”
#SexyMF30 Virtual Symposium Presentation: Laura Tiebert's “What Would Prince Do? Adopt a Symbol as Your Name.”
#SexyMF30 Virtual Symposium Love Symbol Era Style/Fashion Presentation Group Panel Q&A featuring Casci Ritchie, Robin Shumays, and Karen Turman. Moderated by Miss TLC.
#SexyMF30 Virtual Symposium: 3 Chains O' Gold Video Collection Roundtable featuring Melay Araya, Kamilah Cummings, Rhonda Nicole, Tonya Pendleton, and Casey Rain of The Violet Reality. Moderated by Eloy Lasanta AKA Prince’s Friend.
#SexyMF30 Virtual Symposium: Act I & II Tours Roundtable featuring L.A.W., Nicolay, Marc Wiggins AKA Big Sexy, and Ricky Wyatt. Moderated by C Liegh McInnis.
#SexyMF30 Virtual Symposium Day 2 & Symposium Closing
For further reflection:
Presenter Robert Loss wrote some detailed notes about his presentation for #SexyMF30! Here’s a link to the article directly on Robert Loss’s website.
#More Context
Thank you, PopGoMomma!💜
Some of my favorite tweets during #SexyMF30
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