Bewegungsmelder 2008 - Workshop in the context of favoriten08
- Theaterzwang
Concept outline
In the context of favoriten08 - Theaterzwang, the international
workshop "Bewegungsmelder 2008" took place in Dortmund
from October 17th to October 21st. The workshop, a meeting of media
and performance artists, focused on discussing creative processes
in the field of artistic and political strategies. Main emphasis
lay 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
was also one of the focal points.
The workshop was 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 formed 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 was to form long term cooperation. The next important
step was a third work phase, taking place in 2010 in cooperation
with the festival favoriten - Theaterzwang and the ITI.
The artists were invited to put up for discussion their creative
work, which mostly was 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 provided an informal structure
for the artists to discuss and work within the festival favoriten08
- Theaterzwang. In Dortmund, the HartwareMedienKunstVerein was resurrected
as another conceptual partner. About 15 artists took part in the
five-day workshop. Daily work meetings and discussions with experts
from culture, economy and politics were in the center of attention.
Here, especially the presentation of the artist's own work with
their topical approaches and their perspective question was very
important. These sessions were 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 were hosts of international artists and
together, possibilities of cooperation have been 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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