Encounters – Embodied Practices
Book Launch
Book Launch
© Phil Dera
© "foRest – slow medicine", Phil Dera
What kind of knowledge do we need to imagine the world differently and in what ways can we generate and share this knowledge?
On 17 June, Radialsystem hosts the launch of the publication ‘Encounters – Embodied Practices’, edited by choreographers and curators Martha Hincapié Charry, Sandhya Daemgen, and Raphael Moussa Hillebrand as well as Radialsystem’s artistic director Matthias Mohr. The book has been published by ‘Archive Books’ in collaboration with Radialsystem, and the launch is accompanied by the praxis format ‘foRest – slow medicine’ by Martha Hincapié Charry.
Encounters – Embodied Practices
In the context of the numerous ethical-political challenges of the global present, actors from the dance and choreography scene both in Berlin and internationally talk about forms of knowledge production beyond the prevailing conception found in Western modernity. They counter the mind-body separation and the notion of a universality of knowledge with multiplicities of knowledge production that emerge with and from the reality of differently situated bodies.
What potential do embodied practices offer for emancipatory movements? How can community be created through these practices, and what responsibilities does this entail? What role does the body play in the preservation and transmission of knowledge? In this publication, Lukas Avendaño, Wagner Carvalho, Sandhya Daemgen, Ismail Fayed, Alex Hennig, Raphael Moussa Hillebrand, Martha Hincapié Charry, Isabel Lewis, Matthias Mohr, Prince Ofori, Mother “Leo” Saint Laurent, Léna Szirmay-Kalos, Thiago Granato and July Weber conduct conversations about embodied strategies of knowledge production and knowledge transmission based on their respective choreographic and curatorial practices.
The publication continues and expands the praxis and dialogue format ‘Encounters –Embodied Practices’:
→ Dialogue Format „Encounters“
→ Practice Format „Embodied Practices“
foRest – slow medicine
Slowness as a healing process: deactivating the body with the sunset, leaving the burden of the day behind – “foRest – slow medicine” opens a space of deceleration. Artist Martha Hincapié Charry carves out an evening space dedicated to slowing down and regeneration, inviting us to reflect upon the connection between the current crisis of our natural resources and our relationship to a moment’s pause.
“foRest – slow medicine” is open to all interested parties; BIPoC are especially welcome. Participants will be passively involved; a basic openness to being barefoot and coming into contact with the earth is desired.
Programme
7.30 pm
Book Launch with
Sandhya Daemgen
Martha Hincapié Charry
Matthias Mohr
Savanna Morgan, Miriam Gatt (Archive Books)
9 pm
Practice Format „foRest – slow medicine“
With Martha Hincapié Charry
Due to limited audience capacity, we ask for registration via our website to attend the practice format „foRest - slow medicine“.
→ Registration Practice Format „foRest - slow medicine“
Credits
The publication was developed as part of the project "Encounters" (2021-2023) at Radialsystem and is supported by Bureau Ritter/TANZPAKT RECONNECT, funded by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media as part of the initiative NEUSTART KULTUR. Aid Programme Dance.
Media partners: taz. die tageszeitung, tip Berlin, Exberliner and Rausgegangen.
What kind of knowledge do we need to imagine the world differently and in what ways can we generate and share this knowledge?
On 17 June, Radialsystem hosts the launch of the publication ‘Encounters – Embodied Practices’, edited by choreographers and curators Martha Hincapié Charry, Sandhya Daemgen, and Raphael Moussa Hillebrand as well as Radialsystem’s artistic director Matthias Mohr. The book has been published by ‘Archive Books’ in collaboration with Radialsystem, and the launch is accompanied by the praxis format ‘foRest – slow medicine’ by Martha Hincapié Charry.
Encounters – Embodied Practices
In the context of the numerous ethical-political challenges of the global present, actors from the dance and choreography scene both in Berlin and internationally talk about forms of knowledge production beyond the prevailing conception found in Western modernity. They counter the mind-body separation and the notion of a universality of knowledge with multiplicities of knowledge production that emerge with and from the reality of differently situated bodies.
What potential do embodied practices offer for emancipatory movements? How can community be created through these practices, and what responsibilities does this entail? What role does the body play in the preservation and transmission of knowledge? In this publication, Lukas Avendaño, Wagner Carvalho, Sandhya Daemgen, Ismail Fayed, Alex Hennig, Raphael Moussa Hillebrand, Martha Hincapié Charry, Isabel Lewis, Matthias Mohr, Prince Ofori, Mother “Leo” Saint Laurent, Léna Szirmay-Kalos, Thiago Granato and July Weber conduct conversations about embodied strategies of knowledge production and knowledge transmission based on their respective choreographic and curatorial practices.
The publication continues and expands the praxis and dialogue format ‘Encounters –Embodied Practices’:
→ Dialogue Format „Encounters“
→ Practice Format „Embodied Practices“
foRest – slow medicine
Slowness as a healing process: deactivating the body with the sunset, leaving the burden of the day behind – “foRest – slow medicine” opens a space of deceleration. Artist Martha Hincapié Charry carves out an evening space dedicated to slowing down and regeneration, inviting us to reflect upon the connection between the current crisis of our natural resources and our relationship to a moment’s pause.
“foRest – slow medicine” is open to all interested parties; BIPoC are especially welcome. Participants will be passively involved; a basic openness to being barefoot and coming into contact with the earth is desired.
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