Baroque bodies in Brussels and Amsterdam
The RITS Winter School is part of a research project on baroque corporality taking
the work of John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester, a 17th-century poet, pornographer,
libertine and satirist as its starting point. The work of Rochester will serve as a
starting point for a dive into contemporary baroque visual culture. Can we understand
our times of postmodern confusion as a genuinely baroque period? How does
this idea of baroque challenge pre-conceived notions such as corporality, performance
and (post-)colonial hybridization? How would a baroque body look like and
what is its performative potential? Are we approaching a true baroque era of crisis
as the distinctions between man and machine, between human and non-human life
are slowly dissolving and man is entering a new phase in the history of colonization,
conquering space?
The RITS Winter School consists of two periods. In November 2011 the Brusselsbased
arts centre Beursschouwburg will host three workshops for artists, activists,
art students and academics. During these workshops the participants will find
themselves immersed in the baroque universe of one out of three experienced
artistic researchers. During a second period, in January 2012, you will get the opportunity
to develop your own artistic response to your experience in one of the three
workshops in Brussels. This individual research phase will be hosted by De Brakke
Grond in Amsterdam. You will collaborate with other artists and with students from
different art schools and you will be coached by different teachers from the participating
art schools. The results of this workshop will be included in the program on a
festival on baroque theatricality (February 1-3, Brakke Grond)
Application
Application form and information on www.beursschouwburg.be.
Application deadline: 15 September 2011
Please send your application to katrien.van.langenhove@ehb.be
Please indicate the Brussels workshop of your choice and whether or not you will be able to participate in the Amsterdam workshop. You cannot attend the Amsterdam workshop without taking part in one of the workshops in Brussels. You can take part in one of the workshops in Brussels without going to Amsterdam. However, applicants attending both workshops will be given priority.
Participation fee: 250 € (lunch and diner included).
Students from the participating art schools do not have to pay the participation fee and will receive accommodation and transport support.
Application is compulsory for ALL participants.
More info in attachment below.
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