GMU:Construction - Destruction/Cosmo Niklas Schüppel: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 09:54, 7 February 2023

Describe, by listing…

All space, natural or human-made, is comprised of actors that fulfil actions. In the contemporary western world view, non-human and non-sentient (objects) actors are often reduced to their effect to humans. This is how we define their ‘function’.

Through the interplay between these ‘functions’ humans ascribe ‘meaning’ to a space. Most of the time, we are unaware of the exact functions and relationships between these actors - and the meaning we are projecting into them.

The participatory Performance ‘Describe, by listing…’ sets out to guide the participants into an awareness about these relationships. By asking the participants to describe their surroundings, the performative exercise goes back to the basics of human perception and meaning-making. Starting with simple descriptions, the exercise builds up gradually - to ultimately dive deep into the topics of subject/object-relationships, differences between function and meaning, and into a pictorial understanding of the interactions that exist in every space.

The exercise can be done in any space, the content might change, but the experience is universal. A space outside is preferable.

The performance is conducted, as follows: After welcoming words, the participators are asked to start a voice memo on their phones. The act of recording the voice helps to focus the attention while describing. The performer sounds a gong and gives the first instruction: “Describe, by listing: What do you see?”. The participants turn into their perception and start describing.

Question after question they sink deeper into details of the space - focusing on different layers of the space and themselves: Interactions, consequences, function, meaning.

They are entering into a meditation on the complexity of relationship patterns and are beginning to feel themselves being united with the other actors in the space. They may see memories rising up, morphing with the trees surrounding them. They may see the logical mind coming to its limits, and are being left in a silent awareness of their detailed perceptions. They may not find truth and meaning, but they experience what it means to search for the absolute.

Performance is set to take place on Feb 8th 2023 in Ilmpark, Weimar.

Words of the performance.doc (spoken out to the participators):

File:07.02.23decribe, by listing... performance script.pdf

Edit of a participants recordings (test Performance 17.01.23, Berlin, Jahn-Sport-Park)

https://soundcloud.com/cosmo-schueppel/describe-by-listing-audio-documentation/s-1PVmXl2hH6n

''concept state of 16.01.2023''

''concept state of 01.12.2022''

''concept state of 08.01.2023''

old idea (contiued in Migas class)

not all who die are gone

''project documentation''

Detailed process documentation on:

https://www.uni-weimar.de/kunst-und-gestaltung/wiki/GMU:Sustainable_Aesthetics/Cosmo_Niklas_Sch%C3%BCppel

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+== '''Describe, by listing…''' ==
-== '''Describe, by listing… (meaningless)''' ==
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+All space, natural or human-made, is comprised of actors that fulfil actions. In the contemporary western world view, non-human and non-sentient (objects) actors are often reduced to their effect to humans. This is how we define their ‘function’.
+Through the interplay between these ‘functions’ humans ascribe ‘meaning’ to a space. Most of the time, we are unaware of the exact functions and relationships between these actors - and the meaning we are projecting into them.
-[[''concept state of 01.12.2022'']]
+The participatory Performance ‘Describe, by listing…’ sets out to guide the participants into an awareness about these relationships. By asking the participants to describe their surroundings, the performative exercise goes back to the basics of human perception and meaning-making. Starting with simple descriptions, the exercise builds up gradually - to ultimately dive deep into the topics of subject/object-relationships, differences between function and meaning, and into a pictorial understanding of the interactions that exist in every space.
-[[''concept state of 08.01.2023'']]
+The exercise can be done in any space, the content might change, but the experience is universal. A space outside is preferable.
+The performance is conducted, as follows: After welcoming words, the participators are asked to start a voice memo on their phones. The act of recording the voice helps to focus the attention while describing. The performer sounds a gong and gives the first instruction: “Describe, by listing: What do you see?”. The participants turn into their perception and start describing.
-The Participatory Performance ''Describe, by listing… (meaningless)'' is an attempt to create a modern ceremony - balancing a scientific approach with a spiritual practice. By following the guiding words of the performer, the participants are describing the space, in which the performance is taking place. Through these voiced descriptions, the participants are investigating layers of relationships between them and the space. These investigations loosen the boarder between their outside and inside realm. By doing so, a sensation of a one-ness, between them and the space, is trying to be created.
+Question after question they sink deeper into details of the space - focusing on different layers of the space and themselves: Interactions, consequences, function, meaning.
-The space, that the participants are investigating, is a space that is existing in a vacuum of meaninglessness. It is a space formerly dominated by human presence and the accompanying projections of meaning and function - that has been abandoned and is now in the process of redefining itself. This transforming state, is a process without ending. It is a symbiosis between birth and death, between decay and becoming alive, between construction and destruction. This space, expressing a  transforming movement, is defined by the actors in it. It is these actors, which constitute the space and that cannot be separated from it. By taking the action of stepping into the space, the participants become part of it. They become another actor in the space. They become the space. Making this process experienceable is the goal of the performance.
+They are entering into a meditation on the complexity of relationship patterns and are beginning to feel themselves being united with the other actors in the space. They may see memories rising up, morphing with the trees surrounding them. They may see the logical mind coming to its limits, and are being left in a silent awareness of their detailed perceptions. They may not find truth and meaning, but they experience what it means to search for the absolute.
-Developing a practice to connect to the actors of a space and thereby dissolving the illusion of individuality - holds potential to rethink the current societal approach on relating the the environment.
-Through the performative fusing of participator and the space, questions of meaning making, demarcation, subject/object relationships and non-human agency are being opened.
+Performance is set to take place on '''Feb 8th 2023''' in '''Ilmpark''', Weimar.
+[[File:describe, by listing... POSTER.jpg|400px]]
-'''(Procedure of the Ceremony)'''
+Words of the performance.doc (spoken out to the participators):
+[[:File:07.02.23decribe, by listing... performance script.pdf]]
-When arriving the participant shall be welcomed warmly.
+Edit of a participants recordings (test Performance 17.01.23, Berlin, Jahn-Sport-Park)
-During the welcoming a microphone shall be attached to each participant.
+https://soundcloud.com/cosmo-schueppel/describe-by-listing-audio-documentation/s-1PVmXl2hH6n
-The participants shall be invited to loosely spread around a space.
-The performer shall walk among them, dressed in ceremonial clothes.
-The ceremonial words shall be read out loud. There shall be a considerable pause between every instruction.
-Every line of score shall be preceded by a gentle gong, that the performer shall sound to catch the participants attention.
-The participants shall be invited to describe the space, led by the performers instructions.
+[[''concept state of 16.01.2023'']]
-The descriptions by the participators shall be spoken out loudly and recorded with the microphones.
+[[''concept state of 01.12.2022'']]
-The participants shall not talk to each other, but only to them selves and the space.
+[[''concept state of 08.01.2023'']]
-The script shall be followed from beging to end. There shall be no improvisation in the ceremonial score.
-The performance shall be finished by the act of collecting the microphones and recorded voices.
-During the act of removing the microphones, the performer shall express their gratitude for the participation.
-This collected of contemplations shall be brought together in an audio-composition, after the participators have left.
-'''(Ceremonial Words)'''
-''Describe the space, by listing what you see.''
-''Describe the space, by listing the functions of what you see.''
-''Describe the space, by listing the interactions between the functions of see.''
-''Describe yourself, by listing everything you perceive.''
-''Describe yourself, by listing the interactions between what you perceive.''
-''Describe yourself, by listing the meaning behind the interactions between what you perceive.''
-''Describe the space, by listing the  interactions between you and the space.''
-''Describe the space, by listing the functions of the interactions between you and the space.''
-''Describe the space, by listing the meaning behind the functions of the interconnections between you and the space.''
-''Describe, by listing: Function of the space.''
-''Describe, by listing: Boarders of the space.''
-''Describe, by listing: Myself and the space.''
-[[File:describe_diagram of influences.jpg|2500px]]
-Example picture of a ''transmorphic space'' found in Portugal in the environment of the ''Quarry Sonnet program''.
-[[File:portugal_moss.JPG|500px]]
-[[File:portugal_moss3.JPG|500px]]
-[[File:IMg_1745.JPG|500px]]
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