Performative

10 May, 12.00–12 May, 18.00 2023

 

The Diamond Mind II

The Diamond Mind II by Linda Zeb Hang

In this dance training, the people will use a one-minute film of their own movement as material for a booklet—a sixteen page signature—that distributes their presence, their gesture, as an act of EQ. 

Distribution EQ is experienced through resourceful memory: the embodiment of affective power, a specific emotional architecture whose warbling nest is revealed through session and the slip-stream. The psycho-aesthetic signature is cultivated by impermanent transparencies: the moving form in film, and the resulting printed matter of collage. Yielding pathologies both physical and psychic.

Thursday–Saturday

10–12 May 2023

12:00–18:00 hrs

Hospitality

Collective vegan lunch from 12:00–13:00 hrs. Meal included in the enrollment fee. The abundance and variety of the menu depends on the luck of the b.ASIC a.CTIVIST k.ITCHEN’s dumpster dive.

Notes

Registration on individual days is welcome.

Trainer’s Notes

Come dressed in your most comfortable clothing: sneakers, flexible clothes, and a positive mental attitude.

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