Bodyspace
      is
      a
      Success
      -
      Lots
      of
      Bodies
      and
      Lots
      of
      Space
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      It
      was
      a
      success
      —
      that's
      the
      ver-
     
     
      dict
      of
      some
      of
      the
      organizers
      of
      this
      year's
     
     
      Bodyspace.
     
    

    
     
      The
      event,
      organized
      by
      the
     
     
      Women's
      Centre,
      Women's
      Studies,
      as
      well
     
     
      as
      separate
      committees,
      is
      being
      called
      a
     
     
      "resounding
      success"
      by
      one
      of
      the
      co-
     
     
      ordinators,
      Professor
      Ann
      Braithwaite.
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      "Students
      really
      got
      into
      making
      it
     
     
      happen,"
      she
      says.
      "Doing
      anything
      with
     
     
      bodies
      seems
      to
      speak
      to
      students."
     
    

    
     
      Bodyspace
      held
      its
      grand
      opening
     
     
      March
      21
      in
      the
      Student
      Centre,
      then
     
     
      moved
      the
      exhibits
      to
      the
      Faculty
      Lounge
     
     
      in
      the
      Main
      Building
      March
      24-25.
      Dr.
     
     
      Braithwaite
      estimates
      a
      couple
      of
      hundred
     
     
      of
      people
      attended
      the
      grand
      opening.
     
     
      There
      is
      no
      estimate
      of
      how
      many
      visited
     
     
      the
      exhibit
      while
      it
      was
      stationed
      in
      the
     
     
      Main
      Building.
     
    

    
     
      Every
      year,
      the
      groups
      come
      up
     
     
      with
      a
      theme,
      then
      decide
      how
      they
      will
     
     
      display
      it.
      This
      year,
      the
      organizers
      decid-
     
     
      ed
      on
      Bodyspace
      as
      a
      theme,
      then
      decided
     
     
      to
      display
      the
      work
      through
      a
      set-up
      of
      an
     
     
      art
      gallery.
     
    

    
     
      "There
      was
      a
      lot
      of
      enthusiasm
     
     
      from
      day
      one
      onwards
      about
      an
      art
      show,"
     
     
      she
      says,
      adding
      she
      was
      pleased
      with
      cre-
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Fun
      &
      re
     
    
   
   
    
     
      ativity
      shown
      in
      the
      projects,
      which
     
     
      included
      a
      video,
      a
      dance
      routine,
      a
      news-
     
     
      paper
      bust,
      along
      with
      numerous
      posters
     
     
      highlighting
      the
      various
      pects
      of
      body
     
     
      space.
     
    

    
     
      While
      the
      event
      only
      lasted
      three
     
     
      days,
      there
      was
      a
      lot
      of
      hard
      work
      put
      into
     
     
      the
      projects,
      along
      with
      organizational
      tid-
     
     
      bits
      that
      included
      several
      rounds
      of
      adver-
     
     
      tising.
     
    

    
     
      The
      comments
      Dr.
      Braithwaite
     
     
      has
      received
      since
      the
      event
      have
      been
     
     
      "overwhelmingly
      positive."
     
    

    
     
      "It's
      important
      to
      see
      the
      students
     
     
      supporting
      each
      other
      like
      that."
     
    

    
     
      Student
      committee
      members
     
     
      Melissa
      MacDonald,
      Amy
      Callbeck,
      Julie
     
     
      Bull
      and
      Sarah
      White
      were
      also
      pleased
     
     
      with
      the
      success
      of
      the
      exhibit.
     
    

    
     
      "It
      was
      interesting
      to
      see
      the
      way
     
     
      people
      perceive
      bodies
      and
      space.and
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
         
     
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      2)
      "So
      I
      Married
      an
      Axe
      M
      derer."
     
     
      Trivia:
     
     
      The
      mosquito.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      2)
      There
      is
      one
      National
     
     
      Edward
      Island-
      The
      Prince
     
    
   
   
    
     
        
     
    
   
   
    
     
      time,"
      says
      MacDonald,
      a
      second-year
     
     
      Psychology
      student.
     
    

    
     
      Callbeck,
      also
      in
      her
      second-year
     
     
      of
      Psychology,
      thought
      it
      was
      amusing
      to
     
     
      see
      how
      people
      actually
      used
      their
      body
     
     
      space.
      As
      she
      was
      moving
      closer
      to
      a
      per-
     
     
      son
      at
      the
      exhibit,
      he
      kept
      moving
      away.
     
    

    
     
      "I
      was
      invading
      his
      space,"
      she
     
     
      says,
      adding
      that
      she
      was
      also
      pleased
      by
     
     
      the
      event.
      "It
      was
      a
      great
      experience
      that
     
     
      will
      hopefully
      continue
      for
      the
      future
      stu-
     
     
      dents
      of
      UPEI.
      :
     
    

    
     
      White,
      a
      second-year
      Arts
      student,
     
     
      agrees.
     
    

    
     
      Bull,
      also
      a
      second-year
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Psychology
      student,
      was
      amazed
      by
      the
     
     
      diverse
      crowd
      that
      attended
      Bodyspeace.
     
    

    
     
      "The
      questions
      that
      the
      idea
      of
     
     
      body
      space
      brought
      to
      light
      were
     
     
      inevitably
      interesting,"
      she
      says.
      "Though
     
     
      conclusive
      answers
      were
      not
      found,
      it
      is
     
     
      obvious
      that
      everyone
      involved
      showed
     
     
      great
      interest
      in
      the
      quest
      to
      understand
     
     
      body
      space."
     
    

    
     
      They
      have
      not
      yet
      decided
      on
      a
     
     
      theme
      for
      next
      year,
      though
      students
      and
     
     
      professors
      interested
      in
      becoming
      involved
     
     
      in
      process
      can
      meet
      with
      the
      committees
     
     
      (or
      even
      get
      on
      the
      committees)
      in
      the
      fall.
     
    
   
   
    
     
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      april
      2
      2003