sitting with the body 24/7 | 2015
Retreat in public space
08 - 15 January 2015 at Burning Ice Festival / Kaaitheatre
Location: Munt Centrum, Brouckčre Square / Wolvengracht 5
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Our lives are governed by an economy that never sleeps. What is its impact on our relationship with time, work and our own body? In Sitting with the Body 24/7, a small group of people retreats into a shop window in the city centre for a week. They perform ordinary activities there: sitting, lying, walking, standing, making things, seeing, dancing and speaking. The fixed timetable and the concentration on one activity at a time are the conditions that provide the opportunity for physical introspection. By tracing and acknowledging physical perceptions and intentions, the performers try to give voice to what usually lies hidden in the human body. At the same time, Sitting with the Body 24/7 relates to an urban environment and the possible disruptions it may bring. The passer-by is invited to participate in this paradoxical retreat in public space by watching the actions or by entering the space and carrying them out themselves.
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Tour
08-01-2015 until 15 Jan 2015 - Burning Ice Festival/Kaaitheatre - location: Munt Centrum, Brouckčre Square / Wolvengracht 5retreat in public space by :
radical_hope