Body of distraction
To be here and elsewhere, constantly rearranging between the imaginary and the tangible, questioning the real and the invented.
6.6.25
6.6.25
3pm-5pm
Studio 0.1. Thoravej 29, 2400 Copenhagen NW
19:30 Surbending_Black box
Participation in the event is FREE, but please reserve a ticket as seats are limited. You can book your ticket here:
The Artistic research
During a two-week IN SEED residency, dancer Alvilda Faber Striim, in close collaboration with artists Elisha Mercelina, Sissel Johanna Bakken and Þórunn Guðmundsdóttir, will unfold their research entitled Body of distraction.
A research project on storytelling, the imaginary and the state of distraction as a choreographic engine of reorganization.
Building on Claire Bishop's Disordered Attention, the project seeks to break down the binary relationship between distraction and attention and instead cultivate distraction as another form of attention, thus promoting a critical alternative to capitalist notions of focus and productivity.
Distraction will be studied as a physical and relational dance practice that proposes a sensory and affective form of attention.
The decorative and the practical intersect in the interaction with objects, bodies, memories and fiction. Alternating between dramatic bursts of action characters and moments of silence, the project ponders the demands of late-stage capitalism, constantly pulling the body in several directions and scattering attention.
You are invited to participate in WORKSHARING, where you will meet the artists in the workspace and get an insight into the material they work with, participate in a conversation about the work at this investigative stage and thus contribute to the artists' further process.
the artists
With diverse backgrounds in dance, music, theatre, pedagogy and performing arts - as well as different generations - this collection of artists creates a rich basis for exchanging new knowledge and strategies on the subject of distraction.
Through each artist's own way of moving and performing in ever-changing landscapes where love can unfold, the project aims to develop a language and a collective rhythm in dance compositions that navigate emotional and sensory layers.
The project will be facilitated by Alvila Faber Striim in close collaboration with the artists: Elisha Mercelina, Sissel Johanna Bakken and Þórunn Guðmundsdóttir.
Credits
Concept, artist and collaborator: Alvilda Striim (DK)
Artist and collaborator: Sissel Johanna Bakken (N)
Artist and collaborator: Elisha Mercelina (NL)
Artist and collaborator: Þórunn Guðmundsdóttir (ISL/DK)
Alvilda Faber Striim
Alvilda Faber Striim (she/her) is a dance artist exploring choreographic potentials of bodily encounters.
Through a physical and visual approach, the work proposes universes that intersect reality and fiction. Doing so, she explores how to unfold political and anthropological layers from the organisation of bodies with other bodies or with visually strong objects. As such, Alvilda is interested in examining how objects can be anthropomorphized in performative settings as co-authors with human bodies.
Through exploring imaginary bodies with for example extra appendages attached to the body, such as extra legs or a wig constantly floating in the air, body and object are suggested as subjects and mediums, creating situations that straddle both humor and tragedy.
about the format
IN SEED is HAUTs 2-week residency, which creates the opportunity to develop and anchor new artistic practices in the Danish performing arts landscape.