BECOMING BODY
A workshop focused on tuning into what we call, following Erin
Manning, a state of “becoming body” – a responsive quality, that
transcends bound and homogenic idea of identity.
It mixes a somatic approach, dance scores and philosophy. We work with movement & spoken
language, verbalization of sensations, tracing attention, tuning into
different time-spaces embedded within our bodies, playing with scales and
volumes. We focus on bodily fluidity and approach the body as a fluid archive. On this basis, we intend
to explore notions of ‘heritage’ as an embodied knowledge created
always in a relation to other bodies, in continuous movement and transformation. In this investigation we specifically focus on language as a
matter – understood as a collective set of rules and as a mean capable
of activating and integrating different perspectives. Its aim is to
practice alternative understanding of what constitutes and surrounds us,
distorting exploitative epistemic traditions.
“Bodies
cannot be measured solely by adding their parts (their organs), thus creating
an ambulatory whole. Bodies engage symbiotically, incorporeally, virtually,
always becoming more than they already seem to be.”
Erin Manning · Politics of Touch: Sense, Movement, Sovereignty
“Bodies
cannot be measured solely by adding their parts (their organs), thus creating
an ambulatory whole. Bodies engage symbiotically, incorporeally, virtually,
always becoming more than they already seem to be.”
Concept & facilitation:
Dorota Michalak (in collaboration with Borys Slowikowski at Xarkis residency)
Conceptual support:
Sandra Noeth
Documentation (Xarkis residency):
Emma Louise Photography
SUPPORTED BY
HZT Berlin
Xarkis Festival
CARRIED OUT AT
Among us workshop series - online, 15.01.2021
Pawilon Otwarty: Poznanska Orkiestra Improwizowana, Body/Ciało - Pawilon, Poznan (PL), 16.04.2019
Residency at Xarkis Festival - Koilani (CY), 14-19.08.2018
Dorota Michalak (in collaboration with Borys Slowikowski at Xarkis residency)
Conceptual support:
Sandra Noeth
Documentation (Xarkis residency):
Emma Louise Photography
SUPPORTED BY
CARRIED OUT AT