6 Aug 2023


Artistic Research Working Group of Performance Studies international (PSi)


PSi 28: Uhambo Luyazilawula (Embodied Wandering Practices)


Online Exchange: 30 June / 30 July / 30 August

Following the ARWG’s established “PERFORM/RESPOND/EXTEND” framework, three interconnected online gatherings are held, one month apart, between 30 June and 30 August, 2023
 
June 30 online gathering: participants make initial presentations/performances
July 30 online gathering: participants offer a performative response to designated presentations/performances
August 30 online gathering: participants offer a performative ‘extension' of designated presentations and responses. 

Below is a summary of the program

 

June 30 2023, presentations

 

ARLANDER, Annette : Walking in the Woods 

 

WOOD, Becca: a series of distributed site-based choreographic wanderings 

 

DAVIDSON, Jamie: “DESERTO”: itinerant wayfaring and performance writing 

 

ARTINPROCESS, Pablo Alvez: Dialoguing trajectories – from African philosophies to performance through Levinas 

 

BARTON, Bruce: Dragon 

 

BOEHME, John G.: The dérive 

 

CANNON, Sage: Collaborative creation with young adults who have experienced poverty 

 

COLEMAN, Beau: wherever you go, I will…. 

 

DISELE, Lebogong: The impact of environment on the human body during performance 

 

DIAS, Annalisa: The Invention of Seeds 

 

ERINCIN, Serap: Desire Paths: The Right to Wander in Precarious States 

 

FITZ-JAMES, Thea: Deep Play Artist Residency: Creative Research & Professional Development 

 

GRINIUK, Marija: The impact of environment on the human body during performance 

 

HALLIDAY, Tia: The Weight of The Word: Investigating Embodied Technologies of Care 

 

HOUSEHOLDER, Johanna: Thinking through Hodology 

 

KRUCHININA, Irina & Elvis Bendaña RIVAS: Mystinteriors 

 

LEFEVBRE, Hélène: To revisit and further inhabit the Japanese encounter 

 

LIU, Tingyu: Performing the Archive: Contemporary Curatorial Practices and Performance Art 

 

NEW, Sophia & Daniel Belasco ROGERS : A Drawing of Our Lives 

 

O’GORMAN, Roisin: Terminal VelocityHow can we remember that we are falling?

 

 

July 30 2023, responses

 

ARLANDER, Annette – responded to Becca Wood 


WOOD, Becca – responded to Jamie Davidson 


DAVIDSON, Jamie – responded to Bruce Barton 

 

ARTINPROCESS, Pablo Alvez – responded to Roisin O’Gorman 


BARTON, Bruce – responded to Pablo Alvez Artinprocess 


BOEHME, John G. – responded to Annette Arlander 


CANNON, Sage – responded to Annalisa Dias 


COLEMAN, Beau – responded to Lebogang Disele 


DISELE, Lebogang – responded to Sage Cannon 


DIAS, Annalisa – responded to John G. Boehme 


ERINCIN, Serap – responded to Beau Coleman 


FITZ-JAMES, Thea – responded to Serap Erincin 


GRINIUK, Marija – will respond to Thea Fitz-James 


HALLIDAY, Tia – responded to Marija Griniuk 


HOUSEHOLDER, Johanna – responded to Tia Halliday 


KRUCHININA & RIVAS – responded to Johanna Householder 


LEFEVBRE, Hélène – responded to Irina Kruchinina & Elvis Rivas 


NEW Sophia & Daniel Belasco ROGERS – responded to Tingyu Liu 


O’GORMAN, Roisin – responded to New & Rogers 

 

LIU, Tingyu – responded to Hélène Lefebvre


 

August 30 2023 extensions



John BOEHME extends Pablo Alvez ARTINPROCESS’s response to Roisin O’Gorman 

Beau COLEMAN extends BOEHME’s response to Annette Arlander 

Roisin O’GORMAN extends Hélène LEFEVBRE’s response to Kruchinina & Rivas 

Tingyu LIU extends KRUCHININA & RIVAS’ response to Johanna Householder 

Hélène LEFEVBRE extends Johanna HOUSEHOLDER’s response to Tia Halliday 

Thea FITZ-JAMES extends Beau COLEMAN’s response to Lebogang Disele 

Johanna HOUSEHOLDER extends Marija GRINIUK’s response to Thea Fitz-James 

Marija GRINIUK extends Serap ERINCIN’s response to Beau Coleman 

KRUCHININA & RIVAS’ extend Tia HALLIDAY’s response to Marija Griniuk 

Tia HALLIDAY extends Thea FITZ-JAMES’ response to Serap Erincin 


Serap ERINCIN extends Lebogang DISELE’s response to Sage Cannon 

Lebo DISELE extends Sage CANNON’s response to Annalisa Dias 

Sage CANNON extends BARTON’s response to Pablo Alvez Artinnprocess 

Becca WOOD extends Roisin O’GORMAN’s response to NEW & ROGERS 

Annette ARLANDER extends Tingyu LIU’s response to Hélène Lefevbre 

Pablo Alvez ARTINPROCESS extends WOOD’s response to Jamie Davidson 

Jamie DAVIDSON extends ARLANDER’s response to Becca Wood 

Sophia NEW & Daniel ROGERS extend DAVIDSON’s response to Bruce Barton 

Bruce BARTON extends NEW & ROGERS response to Tingyu Liu 


DISCUSSION 



2 Apr 2023

CALL FOR PROPOSALS 2023

Artistic Research Working Group of Performance Studies international (PSi)

PSi 28: Uhambo Luyazilawula (Embodied Wandering Practices)

Online Exchange: 30 June / 30 July / 30 August
In-Person: 2-5 August


The Artistic Research Working Group (ARWG) of Performance Studies international (PSi) invites proposals to its 2023 gatherings. Following the ARWG’s established “PERFORM/RESPOND/EXTEND” framework, three interconnected online gatherings will be held, one month apart, between 30 June and 30 August, 2023


The ARWG in-person gathering will be held onsite in conjunction with PSi 28 in Johannesburg, South Africa, 2 - 5 August 2023.

 

The PSi 28 theme — Uhambo Luyazilawula (Embodied Wandering Practices) — is particularly well-suited to the ARWG’s preoccupations. The conference Call for Proposals (https://www.psi-web.org/2022/11/28/call-for-proposals-psi28-johannesburg-2023/) explicitly emphasizes “performative ‘wanderings’: creative journeys and intersections between past, present, and future, digital and in-person” and “alternative epistemologies: explorations of undiscovered performances, pedagogies and practices.” In this, it clearly shares the ARWG’s priorities of "mobility, wandering, and fluidity” in terms of subject matter and process design.

 

Online Gatherings:

 

April 15 / deadline for proposals

April 30 / acceptances announced and ‘perform/respond/extend’ partnerships established 

June 30 / online gathering #1: participants make initial presentations/performances

July 30 / online gathering #2: participants offer a performative response to designated presentations/performances

August 30 / online gathering #3: participants offer a performative ‘extension' of designated presentations and responses


Onsite Gathering:


As noted, above, the ARWG in-person gathering will emphasize artistic research exchange with South African artists and artist-researchers new to the ARWG. It will be held onsite in conjunction with PSi 28 in Johannesburg, South Africa, 2 - 5 August 2023.

 

Notes

  • a detailed description of the ‘perform/respond/extend’ framework will be provided to all accepted participants
  • participants are strongly encouraged to contribute to all three online stages of the perform/respond/extend framework
  • all presentations and responses are limited to a maximum of 10 minutes in length
  • participation at the onsite gathering in Johannesburg during PSi 28 is welcomed but not a requirementmore information about the in-person gathering will be shared as details are confirmed

 

Please send proposals for the online sessions no later than 15 April 2023 to arwgpsi@gmail.com. All proposals should adhere to the following guidelines: 

  • 250 - 300 word description of artistic research project, question or area of focus, including relationship to conference theme
  • include name, affiliation (if any), and preferred email address
  • Indication of commitment to all three online events (June 30, July 30 & August 30)
  • Indication of interest in attending the ARWG session in Johannesburg

 

Questions can also be sent to arwgpsi@gmail.com

 

Annette Arlander / Bruce Barton / Johanna Householder
Convenors, Artistic Research Working Group
Performance Studies international (PSi)
http://psi-artistic-research-working-group.blogspot.com/