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Making ‘sense’ of cultural ecosystems: Researching the cultural fields using sensory research methods
This course familiarises students with different sensory research methods and trains them to analyse cultural ecosystem.
Led by Emilie Sitzia & Carissa DiCindio
Echo Location and Multisensory Interventions
Introduction to Echolocation (or Click Sonar), and a more broad consideration of how we collectively experience both each other and the spatial environment through our auditory and tactile senses.
Led by Britt Hatzius and Thomas Tajo
Making Cultures
Design thinking through project creation and execution; reimagining public spaces
Led by Costas Papadopoulos
Sharpening Your Senses
Training the senses for research, professional practice, and personal development
Led by Emilie Sitzia
Tropical Ecology
Practicing plant biology by engaging the body
Led by Roy Erkens
Skins
Skin as a physical element. What is the role of the skin for the body? What are the smallest movements underlying it?
Led by Katja Heitmann
Performing Work
To discover and analyze the different versions of ourselves – a version of us when we work as opposed to a version that might not be as prevalent.
Led by Philippine Hoegen, Nirav Christophe and Carolien Stikker
Listening as Intervention
In this workshop Davide Tidoni, together with dancer Simone Evangelisti, will invite participants to explore and investigate their own capacity to touch, filter, absorb, and block sound when realizing the performative potential of the scores. Through guided sequences and improvisational moments, participants will experiment in new ways to approach sound and listening as resources for developing movement and body awareness.
Led by Davide Tidoni and Simone Evangelisti
Catching Your Eye
Puppeteers and magicians are masters in directing your attention. They make you focus on one part of their performance and lose sight of the rest. This shows their skillful mastery of techniques, but also tells us something about our own way of perceiving. In this session, we explore both angles.
Led by Rachel Warr and Will Houstoun.
Bodies, Spaces, Performances
Learning objectives: Graduate learning outcomes in this course focus on learner skills in four general areas (1. Knowledge and Thinking, 2. Conceptual and Creative Activity, 3. Communication & Literacy, 4. Capacity for Autonomy & Leadership
Led by: Mark Lipton