A practice-based workshop
YARYNA SHUMSKA
CHICAGO
IN-PERSON
Sept 11 - Sept 15, 2023
Five, three hour sessions from
1pm - 4pm CST
Photo credit by Sandra Johnston
BEING. PRESENT
A practice-based performance art workshop from Monday September 11 - Friday September 15 at 1pm - 4pm
In times of destruction, uncertainty, permanent threats, whether it is near or far, values are changing. The war in Ukraine became one more challenge to reconsider many points which existed as a constant in our lives in the 21st century. We are changing.
"Being present" becomes stronger and priceless nowadays, when death is close at hand, when we are balancing on the edge of the known and the unknown, doubt and despair, intimacy and memory. "The more you live, closer the past is", the distances start to functions in many different ways. Presence, which we constantly talk about in performance art, acquires a sacral meaning today because it is so much about life. It has specific energy, rhythm, temperature, it reveals evidence of movement, it creates memories.
An brief outline of the five practice-based workshops
WEEK 1 Workshop (3 hours per day)
Day 1: 1pm - 2:30pm
Introduction of the lecturer (30min, indoor)
Lecture ¨Art in a time of now¨ (1h (50min+Q&A), indoor). During the lecture, you will get acquainted with the works of Ukrainian artists who reflect on war through the practices of contemporary art. The lecture will be accompanied by a discussion about the challenges and changes that happened in cultural life in Ukraine during the last 9 years.
2:30pm- 2:40pmBreak
2:40pm - 4pm
Introduction of the students (25min, indoor)
Brief introduction of the workshop and its aim (10 min)
Practical exercises considering the body, place, space, time, context as a starting point in performance art (45min)
Day 2: 1pm - 2:30pm
Individual work / Practical exercises and research: body, place, time (1h30, indoor)
2:30pm- 2:40pm Break
2:40pm - 4pm
Individual work / Practical exercises and research: body, space, context. (1h20, outdoor)
Day 3: 1pm - 2:30pm
Lecture ¨Memories as presence in performance art¨ (45min, indoor)
Individual work / Practical exercises and research: object, material, story (45min, indoor/ outdoor)
2:30pm - 2:40pm Break
2:40pm - 4pm
Group practical exercises (1h20 indoor/outdoor)
Day 4: 1pm - 2:30pm
The place talks. Collaborations in/with a public space ¨Connected¨. Site-specific: part 1. (1h30, outdoor)
2:30pm - 2:40pm Break
2:40pm - 4pm
Talking to the place. Collaborations in/with a public space ¨Connected¨. Site-specific: part 2 (1h20, outdoor)
Day 5: 1pm - 2:30pm
Title, Location, Time - Frame? Small group (duo, trio) work / practical exercises and collaboration (1h30)
2:30pm - 2:40pm Break
2:40pm - 4pm
Individual work concerning a chosen outdoor space (1h10).
Discussion and conclusions (10 min)
Performance by Yaryna Shumska (2023) BIFPA, Belfast, N.Ireland photo by Sandra Johnston
Performance by Yaryna Shumska (2023) BIFPA, Belfast, N.Ireland photo by Sandra Johnston
Performance by Yaryna Shumska (2023) BIFPA, Belfast, N.Ireland photo by Sandra Johnston
Performance by Yaryna Shumska (2023) BIFPA, Belfast, N.Ireland photo by Sandra Johnston