ATD / Towards a carnivalesque body 

Campus Wahlmodul / Master Class / Kursangebot der Partnerschule (ATD)

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Nummer und TypMTH-MTH-WPM-04.23H.006 / Moduldurchführung
ModulMaster-Campus-Theater-CH 04 ECTS 
VeranstalterDepartement Darstellende Künste und Film
LeitungRaul Vargas Torres
Zeit
OrtAvegno, Tessin
Anzahl Teilnehmendemaximal 15
ECTS4 Credits
VoraussetzungenWorkshop
Lernziele / KompetenzenThe aim of the workshop is to propose a methodology, tools and devices for composition and creation, by offering different ways to explore, deal, shape and transforms text, objects, energy-movement and space-time.
InhalteIs it possible that the body becomes an author, or it is just the mind constantly giving meaning or pathologising every single desire, affect or action of the body?

This course is inspired by the historical form of the carnival and its relation to the grotesque. During the carnival period, the usual prohibitions and restrictions that regulate social life are lifted, giving way to a kind of counterculture. During carnival, the body takes agency and expands to incorporate all its physiological, emotional and discursive needs.

By identifying and extrapolating the elements and concepts that constitute the carnivalesque and integrating them into our artistic practice, this workshop will stimulate, examine and explore the creative potential of our moving body – enabling us to experience the body in an unfinished, provisional state of constant ‘becoming’, oscillating between de- and reconstruction.

We will approach the world of carnival and the grotesque by way of task-led, thematic exercises focusing on such themes as laughter, the erotic, disharmony, penance, the sacred and the profane, employing objects, texts, and above all movement. Within the frame of the workshop’s transversal activity, participants are invited to create little events, either improvised or fixed. Any specific expression, demonstration, cultural manifestation, ritual act or installation may qualify as an ‘event’.

We will reflect on the notion of carnival as counterculture in the 21st century and try to perceive the carnivalesque in contemporary society.

Is there still a social need for subversion?
Bibliographie / Literatur
  • Rabelais and his World, Bakhtin. Affects, Actions and Passion in Spinoza, Chantal Jaquet
Termine04.-15.12.2023
Dauer9:30-12:00 Uhr und 13:00-16:00 Uhr
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SpracheEnglisch