Bewegungsmelder 2008 - Workshop in the context of favoriten08
- Theaterzwang
Concept outline
In the context of favoriten08 - Theaterzwang, the international
workshop "Bewegungsmelder 2008" takes place in Dortmund
from October 17th to October 21st. The workshop, a meeting of media
and performance artists, focuses on discussing creative processes
in the field of artistic and political strategies. Main emphasis
lies on the debate with public space as well as the creative and
if applicable subversive examination of technologies made for control
and surveillance. The artistic intervention on the Democratic discussion
is also going to be one of the focal points.
The workshop is a follow-up of the work done by international artists
within the scope of the ITI-project Bewegungsmelder / escalators
during the theater festival Theater der Welt 2008 in Halle, Germany.
Thus, it forms the project's second phase of work and interchange
in Germany, focusing especially on getting together artists from
North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW), Australia, Belgium, Great-Britain,
France, Canada and the United States of America. The intention of
these work phases is to form long term cooperation. The next important
step is supposed to be a third work phase, taking place in 2010
in cooperation with the festival favoriten - Theaterzwang and the
ITI. Depending on the artistic orientation of this third work phase,
collaboration with Theater der Welt 2010 is intended.
The artists are invited to put up for discussion their creative
work, which mostly is characterized by ongoing working processes,
networking and the debate on new technologies and the different
structures of the media society.
The five-day workshop 2008 in Dortmund is supposed to provide an
informal structure for the artists to discuss and work within the
festival favoriten08 - Theaterzwang. In Dortmund, the HartwareMedienKunstVerein
could be resurrected as another conceptual partner. About 15 artists
take part in the five-day workshop. Daily work meetings and discussions
with experts from culture, economy and politics are in the center
of attention. Here, especially the presentation of the artist's
own work with their topical approaches and their perspective question
is very important. These sessions are combined with meeting the
representations of the festival and getting to know the cultural
landscape NRW by visiting theatres, studios and rehearsals of different
ensembles. The off theatres of NRW are becoming hosts of international
artists and together, possibilities of cooperation will be developed.
Participants
International
- Michelle Teran, media artist (Canada) (confirmed) (only available
on Saturday)
- Stefan Shankland, visual artist (France) (confirmed)
- Richard Siegal, choreographer (USA) (to be confirmed)
- Andrea Keiz, choreographer and video artist (Berlin) (confirmed)
- Alexis Destoop, visual artist and performing artist (Belgium)
(confirmed)
- Efrat Stempler, choreographer (Israel / Berlin) (confirmed)
- Julianne Pierce, Blast Theory (UK) (confirmed)
NRW
- Angie Hiesl, choreographer and performance artist (Cologne, Germany)
(confirmed)
- Orange Edge (urban research, city planners, Essen / Germany)
- Silke Z., choreographer (Cologne, Germany) only available on Sunday
- Morgan Nardi, choreographer (Düsseldorf, Germany) (confirmed)
- Frank Schulte (Cologne, Germany) (confirmed)
- Erich Pick, Bildender Künstler (D/ Hamburg)
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