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Im_flieger

Bräuhausgasse 40/Souterrains, 1050 Vienna
imflieger.net
02-04.06. 14:00-18:00
practicing embodied perspectives #1
With Ari Ban, Flora Boros, Carola Fuchs, Fiona Hanley, Marija Jociūtė, Felix Kaya, Costas Kekis, Rotraud Kern, Claire Lefévre, Elina Lautamäki, Yoh Morishita, Giordana Pascucci, Laura Pudelek and Benedikt Steiner

We attempt to break out of the straight line and let ourself in a process of dis- and reassembly meaning. We make fools of ourself and are witnesses of loopy pathways guiding the way to the unresolved solution. We inquire about the many probabilities of action and let the unknown unfold. Questioning the hierarchies of what gets written about one’s life, performing a ritual of personal and collective repair, we redefine the human relationship with planet earth. Artists and team members of Im_flieger in the year 2023 got invited to share their artistic practices, performances and other formats. 14 artists replied with different contributions. This 3-day program is inviting visitorsto participate in or witness a variety of body-based practices and writing-workshops, and to experience performances, video installations and hybrid formats.

Friday, 02.06. 14:00
practicing embodied perspectives #1 – DAY 1

14.00 // POETRY AND THE UNCONSCIOUS // Benedikt Steiner (CH/AT) // Workshop, 60–90’ Who speaks when we write? Using the technique of montage we will try to approach the unconscious by writing. Following Jacques Lacan’s formulation ‚The unconscious is structured like a language’, we will lift unheard linguistic treasures through a process of dis- and reassembly meaning. 15.30 // QUANTUM CASUAL // Yoh Morishita (JP/AT) & Marija Jociūtė (LT) // improvisation performance, 30’ After their recent collaboration within their residency at Im_flieger, the artists meet in the studio space again. Using their research on quantum and other related theories, they inquire about the many probabilities of action and let the unknown unfold. 16.00 // WHAT DO I DO FOR A LIVING? IS BEING SILLY AND HOT NOT ENOUGH?// Ari Ban (AT) & Claire Lefèvre (FR/AT) // writing workshop, 120’ Ari researches queer history, particularly through studying biographies and collecting intimate details within them. Claire writes biographies, and includes intimate details, invisible labour, and humour within them. Together they investigate the biography as a format, questioning the hierarchies of what gets written about one’s life. They propose a shift towards care work, gossip and ornamental platitudes as a queer practice of relationality. 14.00 – 18.00 // BOUNCE // Costas Kekis (GR/AT) // Video-Installation, 20’ loop Bounce by Costas Kekis is a performative ritual of personal and collective healing. A group of five performers work together to create sensory body practices of emotional resilience, driven by a need for care, healing, endurance, and unfolding. To the dark sounds of Tanja Fuchs aka Abu Gabi, the performers draw on physical awareness of self, space, and other, creating a choreography of personal and shared stories in their quest for endurance. 14.00 – 18.00 // TOXIC SOCIETY: COFFEEHOUSETALK // Felix Kaya (AT) // Installation coffeehousetalk was created in 2019 as part of the "toxic society" project. Pallets picked up at the Naschmarkt were carefully assembled. The inspiration for the work was the self-destructive urge of man as well as the industrial enslavement of other living beings.

Saturday, 03.06. 14:00
practicing embodied perspectives #1 – DAY 2

14.00 // CINDY // Flóra Boros (HU/AT) // performance (work in progress showing) // 35’ CINDY is an experiment that kinesthetically portrays the mathematical model of game theory, where loopy pathways guide the way to the unresolved solution. 15.00 // WARM UP // Giordana Pascucci (IT/AT) // Workshop // 30´ A physical of warm-up for everyone, young and not so young, experienced and less experienced to increase our movement abilities, always respecting the individual characteristics and natural capacities of each one. 16.00 // EXTENDED CONFIGURATIONS: TABLEAUX VIVANTS // Carola Fuchs (AT) // Workshop, 40’ An investigation of spatial configuration possibilities, a danced image of the spatial boundary or the attempt to break out of the straight line. 14.00 – 18.00 // BOUNCE // Costas Kekis (GR/AT) // Video-Installation, 20’ loop Bounce by Costas Kekis is a performative ritual of personal and collective healing. A group of five performers work together to create sensory body practices of emotional resilience, driven by a need for care, healing, endurance, and unfolding. To the dark sounds of Tanja Fuchs aka Abu Gabi, the performers draw on physical awareness of self, space, and other, creating a choreography of personal and shared stories in their quest for endurance. 14.00 – 18.00 // TOXIC SOCIETY: COFFEEHOUSETALK // Felix Kaya (AT) // Installation coffeehousetalk was created in 2019 as part of the "toxic society" project. Pallets picked up at the Naschmarkt were carefully assembled. The inspiration for the work was the self-destructive urge of man as well as the industrial enslavement of other living beings.

Sunday, 04.06. 14:00
practicing embodied perspectives #1 – DAY 3

14.00 // WHAT A WONDERFUL WASTE OF TIME // Elina Lautamäki (FI/AT) // Workshop, 45’ “In my current work I am interested in the figure of the fool. In the workshop we will approach the fool with different exercises and do things that we are not supposed to do.” 15.30 // WHAT A WONDERFUL WASTE OF TIME // Elina Lautamäki (FI/AT) // Performance, 15’ 16.00 // WHEN THE SUN KISSES THE MOON // Laura Pudelek (DE/AT) & Rotraud Kern (AT) // Performance, 30’ When the sun kisses the moon. A group of performing artists creates their own cosmology in dance, music, text, and film to redefine the human relationship with planet earth. They explore performative events as self-made rituals to practice a healing connection towards the nature inside and outside us. When the sun kisses the moon - what is a symbol for the alchemist moment when lead transforms in gold - expands as a mycelium body: initiated in a solo appearance of the Dutch performance artist Robert Steijn, it transformed in a research collaboration with the musician and composer Laura Pudelek, who now started to work with the choreographer and dancer Rotraud Kern. As a mycelium body, they work mostly underground. Also looking for other people to join. They consider their public events like popping up mushrooms to spread the seeds of what they found underground into the open air. 17.00 // X MARKS THE SPOT: EMBODIED POETRY // Fiona Hanley (IE) // Workshop, 75’ In this workshop we will write from an embodied perspective, using movement and writing exercises to situate us in place and tap into our sensory encounter with the world. We will explore writing infused by movement; movement infused by writing. 14.00 – 18.00 // BOUNCE // Costas Kekis (GR/AT) // Video-Installation, 20’ loop Bounce by Costas Kekis is a performative ritual of personal and collective healing. A group of five performers work together to create sensory body practices of emotional resilience, driven by a need for care, healing, endurance, and unfolding. To the dark sounds of Tanja Fuchs aka Abu Gabi, the performers draw on physical awareness of self, space, and other, creating a choreography of personal and shared stories in their quest for endurance. 14.00 – 18.00 // TOXIC SOCIETY: COFFEEHOUSETALK // Felix Kaya (AT) // Installation coffeehousetalk was created in 2019 as part of the "toxic society" project. Pallets picked up at the Naschmarkt were carefully assembled. The inspiration for the work was the self-destructive urge of man as well as the industrial enslavement of other living beings.

Freiraum und Experimentierfeld für Tanz, Performance und transmediale Kunst