Take us for a Walk (2014)
Workshop, Performance, Symposium
Workshop, Performance, Symposium
Whether walking together or on our own, we are always synchronizing and desynchronizing: swinging limbs, adjusting muscle tone, heartbeat, breathing… Our bodies are defined by a multiplicity of rhythms, which permanently influence each other. If we look closer into the seemingly simple movement of walking, we discover a rich polychronicity and various forms of mutual attunement.
In a five-days workshop, an open-air performance, and a two-days symposium, artists and scholars from different fields will explore the dynamics of walking in respect to rhythmical self-organization. What are our techniques, our cultures, our ecologies, our politics of walking?
TAKE US FOR A WALK is a collaboration between DFG-Schwerpunktprogramm “Ästhetische Eigenzeiten” + Freie Universität Berlin, Institut für Theaterwissenschaft, Zentrum für Bewegungsforschung, Hochschulübergreifendes Zentrum Tanz Berlin, Universität der Künste Berlin, Hochschule für Schauspielkunst “Ernst Busch”, Tanzfabrik Berlin e.V.
Performance and Syposium are open to the public; free admission to all events.