SAVE THE DATE! wpZimmer invites you to take part in a FREE experimental performance:
Danae Theodoridou
AN ATTEMPT TO DEVICE A DEMOCRATIC ASSEMBLY
Sunday, 15 October 2023, from 14.00-17.00
Location: wpZimmer, Gasstraat 88-90, 2160 Antwerp
During this experimental performance, we create our own democratic assembly, where we share our views on democracy and social coexistence, guided by a script set up by artist Danae Theodoridou who is also facilitating the process. As a participant, you’re handed the script at the beginning and everyone is assigned a ‘role’ usually found in an assembly: the speaker, the listener, the moderator. The script is used as a playful proposal that guides us in what to do or say, or even refuse to do or say when disagreeing with the script.
The event is part of the artist’s residency. It starts from her work on the Practice of Democracy focusing on the relationship between art and democracy.
After the Analogue Campaign (2019), which focused on the practice of public speaking, and Languages of the Unheard (2020), which experimented with the language of protests, this time the focus is on an embodied approach to the practice of assembling.
Through a playful role-game in which a temporary assembly is formed, participants experiment with ways to practice democracy both individually and collectively, as part of a multi-voiced group.
We are welcoming you with a hot soup and soft introduction before the workshop begins.
The language of the event is English.
The participation is FREE, but the number of participants is limited. If you have some additional question, send an email to latifa@wpzimmer.be.
We are looking forward to welcome you at wpZimmer!
ON MOBILISATION. Micro- and transnational communities’ mobilisation through artistic practice
Authors of the project: wp Zimmer (Helga Baert, Dušica Dražić), Baltic Art Center (Helena Selder), Studio ALTA (Petr Dlouhý, Ludmila Vacková), Lavanderia a Vapore (Chiara Organtini, Carlotta Pedrazzoli )
In cooperation with the associated partners: ARIA and Grass
The ON MOBILISATION artists: Kalle Brolin, Elisabetta Consonni, Daniele Ninarello, Ahilan Ratnamohan, Marika Smreková and Danae Theodoridou.
Co-funded by: the European Union, the Flemish Authorities, the Swedish Arts Council
For more information on the ON MOBILISATION project got to www.onmobilisation.net
