A non-anthropocentric body
or to become a thing, an animal, an alien or another possibility
Artistic-pedagogical project
co-developed by Ana Clara Montenegro and Alice Nogueira
in collaboration with Centro Cultural São Paulo (CCSP)
January 2020
co-developed by Ana Clara Montenegro and Alice Nogueira
in collaboration with Centro Cultural São Paulo (CCSP)
January 2020
5-day workshop aimed at students and professionals in the fields of dance, physical theater, performance art or any other art form that focuses on the body.
We explore different temporalities within human anatomy, while opening up to a more-than-human point of view. The individual‘s sensory experiences are used to create performative actions and scores, generating frictions between humans, non-humans, the space and the unknown.
We explore different temporalities within human anatomy, while opening up to a more-than-human point of view. The individual‘s sensory experiences are used to create performative actions and scores, generating frictions between humans, non-humans, the space and the unknown.
From which perspective do we see otherness?
What senses do we practice?
How do we connect to the unknown?
We see our lungs as small trees that live in the meshy and wet environment of our bodies. It’s not about the outside and inside. Duality is not of our concern, it is a false problem.
So the tree outside, surrounded by concrete, works just like our lungs and teach us how to breathe.
You know we’re not speaking under rational logics. Logics are not of our concern.
Who rationalizes anyway? Who thinks?
The kinds of thinking that interest us might not be the same kind that interests you. Or it might.
We’re all beings with questions. But maybe our questions are also answers. Maybe the tree knows it.
What senses do we practice?
How do we connect to the unknown?
We see our lungs as small trees that live in the meshy and wet environment of our bodies. It’s not about the outside and inside. Duality is not of our concern, it is a false problem.
So the tree outside, surrounded by concrete, works just like our lungs and teach us how to breathe.
You know we’re not speaking under rational logics. Logics are not of our concern.
Who rationalizes anyway? Who thinks?
The kinds of thinking that interest us might not be the same kind that interests you. Or it might.
We’re all beings with questions. But maybe our questions are also answers. Maybe the tree knows it.
Tools and techniques:
Grounding, rolling, spinning, principles of Bartenieff Fundamentals, storytelling, atuomatic writing, creating scores, site-specific experiments.
Grounding, rolling, spinning, principles of Bartenieff Fundamentals, storytelling, atuomatic writing, creating scores, site-specific experiments.