SLIDE 1 Being on the Beach Being on the Beach
Exploring Sensomotoric Awareness Exploring Sensomotoric Awareness in a Landscape in a Landscape
Aesth/Ethics in Environmental Change Aesth/Ethics in Environmental Change Hiddensee, 24-28 May 2010 Hiddensee, 24-28 May 2010
Grete Refsum & Ingunn Rimestad Grete Refsum & Ingunn Rimestad
SLIDE 2 Overview Overview
1.
The Project 2.
The Beach 3.
Workshop
SLIDE 3 1. 1. The Project The Project
Statement of problem
Initial Questions
- Hypothesis/Presupposition
Hypothesis/Presupposition
Context
- Research question/artistic challenge
- Methods
Methods
Grete & Ingunn
SLIDE 4 Statement of problem Statement of problem
Ecological crises demand:
- an increased sensitivity to nature
- an ability to change & adapt to new situations
How can this be achieved?
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Initial Questions Initial Questions
How do we perceive a landscape? What do we sense: see, hear, smell, feel, taste? What are the connections between body postures and sensations? Do such actions influence our perception?
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Hypothesis/Presupposition Hypothesis/Presupposition Increased body awareness impacts on: Increased body awareness impacts on:
– how we sense and perceive how we sense and perceive – how we relate to our surroundings how we relate to our surroundings – how we how we cope with changes cope with changes
SLIDE 7 Context Context
- body movement
- environmental art
Body Work Body Work Anna Halprin (1920-) Anna Halprin (1920-) Stone Circle Stone Circle Andy Goldsworthy Andy Goldsworthy (1956-) (1956-)
SLIDE 8 Grete’s Grete’s Beach Rosary Beach Rosary
World Beach project
http://www.vam.ac.uk/collections/textiles/lawt y/world_beach/map_gallery/
Finding Composing
SLIDE 9 Ingunn Ingunn as as Water Queen Water Queen Juv, 2008 Gudbrandsdalen, Norway
Choreography: Anne Grete Eriksen/Leif Hernes
Nor
SLIDE 10 Grete & Ingunn Grete & Ingunn Workshop Granavolden
26-29 March 2009
Body Awareness Body Awareness and Objects and Objects
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Research Question/ Research Question/ Artistic Challenge Artistic Challenge
How does our body position influence what we perceive? How does our body position influence what we perceive? How does what we perceive influence our actions? How does what we perceive influence our actions?
SLIDE 12 Methods Methods
- Beach analysis
- Workshops
- Documentation plan
– photo/video – participants’ communication
– experiential – theoretical – visual/aesthetic
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- 2. The Beach
- 2. The Beach
Østre Brygge, Brønnøya, Norway Østre Brygge, Brønnøya, Norway
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To the East To the East
Shallow water Shallow water
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To the South East To the South East
Stones in different sizes Stones in different sizes
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To the North East To the North East
Longitudinal overview Longitudinal overview
SLIDE 17 Directions
Towards the sea Towards the sea Towards land Towards land
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Zones
SLIDE 19 Border Area Border Area
sea/beach sea/beach
under water under water
- scilliating under/over water
- scilliating under/over water
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sea/beach detail sea/beach detail
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Border Area
land/beach
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Vegetation Zone Vegetation Zone
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Vegetation Vegetation details details
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Vegetation Vegetation details details
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Tide Zone Tide Zone
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We invite you We invite you to explore to explore your sensomotoric awareness your sensomotoric awareness in relation to the landscape/beach in relation to the landscape/beach
SLIDE 27 Challenges Challenges
- How do we perceive the beach?
How do we perceive the beach?
– nature nature –
– people people
What do we sense?
– see see – hear hear – smell smell – feel feel – taste taste
- How do we position ourselves?
How do we position ourselves?
– stand stand – sit sit – lie lie
SLIDE 28 How does our body position How does our body position influence what we perceive influence what we perceive and what we do? and what we do? We will explore: We will explore:
- our grounding
- ur grounding
- gravity
gravity
displacements
movements
actions
SLIDE 29 We will challenge We will challenge
- ur accept of
- ur accept of
continuously continuously being being in transition in transition
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Thank you for listening Thank you for listening welcome to the beach workshop! welcome to the beach workshop!
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