Event hosted by Teatre /Theatres, PETEC and Adriana Gheorghe

Scânteia+

Duration: 4 days

Public · Anyone, with or without a Facebook account

𝘍𝘶𝘭𝘭 𝘋𝘳𝘰𝘱. Exploration of Altered States, workshop with Margrét Sara Guðjónsdóttir
June 2, 3, 5 – 12pm–4pm, Scânteia+
June 4 – Scânteia Projects 12-4 pm
To take part write at theatresteatre@gmailcom or just pass by.
The exhibition will be especially open Mo-Tue and welcomes visitors during the workshop.
The first formulation of the Institution of Performance and also the first public event of the Chamber Performance Festival takes place at Scânteia+ gallery space. It might look like a performance workshop or like a durational performance work permeating the exhibition of Marius Bercea, "𝘕𝘦𝘸 𝘛𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘵 | 𝘚𝘶𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘕𝘰𝘪𝘳", curated by Tevž Logar.
The performance workshop is called "Full Drop. Exploration of altered states", a proposal by Icelandic Brussels-based choreographer, Margrét Sara Guðjónsdóttir who will add another experience/work to the exhibition already inviting for reflection on the possibilities to perceive and receive a work or a presence, touching on liminality and uncanniness.
One of the stakes of The Institution of Performance is to try to understand the conditioning of any current situation and attempt a deconditioning through imagination and speculation.
"Full Drop" offers a literal occasion to see what happens when poetic imagination meets with somatic approach by means of speculative language induction.
"Working with and sharing a practice of de-conditioning which is in itself directly healing and holistic is also a conscious political gesture. It was developed whilst creating a body of artistic works that address the mental, emotional, and physical states of the citizens living within the current social political environment, and how that reality expresses itself in our matter. […] The workshop is an introduction to the sensation and state-oriented practice Full Drop. It focuses on deep fascial release through visualisation meditation and verbal dialoguing aiming to guide participants towards a fully released body state. Developing heightened inner listening and awareness of the multiple autonomous systems and rhythms of the body and how to be guided and moved by them, participants enter a meditative space where time ceases to exist. […] So called HYPERSTATES of high resonance and sensitivity, these body states are celebrated as visceral denials of the externally and internally imposed imperatives to achieve, and draw a contrast between the neoliberal logic of hyperactivity and productivity by presenting an alternative kind of energy and strength."(M.-S. G.)
Margrét Sara Guðjónsdóttir considers her work involving de-conditioning as a direct political gesture and activism. She collaborates with phenomenologists, performers, and musicians. More on www.msgudjonsdottir.com
The Institution of Performance starts with an invitation to rest and reset. Participants can choose the level of immersion, from relaxation to embodied hyperstates and back. The workshop lasts for approximately 4 hours. The first two are the guided meditation part, then a break, followed by an artist talk and discussion.
The participants are asked to join from the beginning, if possible, and register at 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐫𝐞@𝐠𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐥.𝐜𝐨𝐦. (Participation is free). Nevertheless, visitors are most welcome to visit the exhibition during the workshop hours.
Thanx to Jecza Gallery, artist Marius Bercea, and Scânteia+ for graciously hosting the Institution of Performance, a program curated by artist Adriana Gheorghe and produced by Teatre/Theatres in collaboration with PETEC.
Graphics: Sebastian Danciu.
Photo: SKayacan, from the work "Boundless Ominous Fields" by M.S.G.
The artist's participation in the Performance Chamber Festival is kindly supported by French Cultural Institute in Bucharest.
This cultural project is co-financed by the Administration of the National Cultural Fund. The project does not necessarily represent the official position of the Administration of the National Cultural Fund. AFCN shall not be held liable for the project's content or any use to which the project outcome might be put. These are the sole responsibility of the beneficiary of the funding.