Toward a Kinoderm Aesthetics
November 17-18, 2012
Museum of Human Achievement
Austin, TX
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What if one’s gait could see?
Take Dziga Vertov’s concept of kino-eye and vision it anew in the age of gait-based detection and surveillance: the skin-as-camera. Think with others on questions of performance, politics and pedagogy as mobile subjects in the contemporary vision machine.
“Toward a Kinoderm Aesthetics” might be of interest to academics, artists, activists or others working with questions of moving bodies, visioning technologies, public spaces and politics in the common sphere. We encourage a variety of educational backgrounds, professional practices and personal experiences to enliven and enrich the weekend event.
This intensive workshop of research-creation will weave previous work by the Department of Biological Flow together with contemporary critical theory, embodied movement practices and consideration of cognate works by other artists. While a background in any of these areas would certainly be considered useful for the workshop, it is by no means a prerequisite for participation. One need only be interested in challenging discussions designed to catalyze potentials in one’s own projects thereafter.
Come play with us!
