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The city as a dream of presence [Geopeotics urban laboratory] 2016

The City as a Dream of Presence; an urban performance laboratory
Performance group Geopoetics
November 2016
facilitators: Elli Vassalou (architect, multimedia artist, performer) Anna Tzakou (performer, theatre deviser)
Exhibition [OUT] TOP\AS: Performance & Public / Outdoor Space
Benaki Museum - Peiraios 138
www.benaki.gr
If the city's experience fades away from its norms What would there be to notice, to affect and be affected by, to care and dream of? Would it signify the discovering of a new or hidden place that it has been sending us insightful messages of who we are and how we stand in this world?
In this laboratory we use the body as a mean of activating space. Through movement (or stillness) we explore the urban space as a kinaesthetic and audiovisual environment. We experiment with the senses and their objects such as form, shape, perspective and time in order to expand the mind to new mythologies of the urban space. The workshop addressed dancers, performers, artists, architects and anyone wishing to explore the city with her body and sight.
The workshop took space in and around the areas of the Benaki Museum [Kerameikos- Metaxoyrgeio].
photos by: Elli Vassalou, Christina Thomopoulou, Eleni Mastrogeorgopoulou