Tiistaina/ Tuesday 21.5. klo 15:00–17:30
Tervetuloa osallistumaan Hietsun paviljongilla esitykseen An Attempt for Devising a Democratic Assembly, joka toteutetaan osana Kaupunki sääntöjen ja uneksunnan tilana -tutkimushankkeen (Koneen Säätiö 2021–2024) taidetutkimustapahtumaa “City is sound, city is quicksand” tiistaina 21.5. klo 15:00–17:30.
Esityskonseptin on luonut Danae Theodoridou, ja Hietsussa toteutettava esitys on osa Theodoridoun “Practices of Democracy”-esitysten sarjaa . Esitys on englanninkielinen.
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Ilmoittautumiset tähän sähköpostiosoitteeseen 17.5. mennessä:
cityissoundcityisquicksand@gmail.com
Esityskuvaus / Description of the performance:
In An Attempt for Devising a Democratic Assembly, the audience members/participants create their own citizens’ assembly following a text given to them at the beginning of the performance. The text assigns ‘roles’ (of speaker, listener, moderator, etc.) to the members of the assembly, instructing them on what to do or say (or even refuse to do or say if they want to). Part of the text is left open, giving space to the participating individuals to freely express their thoughts about democracy and our social coexistence. Through a game structure, the assembly is led step by step into a collective reflection on the practice of assembly and our personal attitude towards it. Recognizing the central role of the body in politics, this participatory performance explores how the way we use and position our bodies in relation to other bodies can affect the way we think, speak, feel and act politically.
An Attempt for Devising a Democratic Assembly is the third phase of the artist’s research on the relationship between art and democracy. After the Analogue Campaign, which focused on the practice of public speaking, and Languages of the Unheard, which experimented with the language of protests, this time the focus is on an embodied approach to the practice of assembling.
Kuva esityksestä An Attempt for Devising a Democratic Assembly, toteutettuna toukokuussa 2023 osana Athens City Festivalia. ©Kostas Giokas & Danae Theodoridou
