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Open Call for participation: AN ATTEMPT TO DEVICE A DEMOCRATIC ASSEMBLY

September 25, 2023AntwerpwpZimmer

SAVE THE DATE! wpZimmer invites you to take part in a workshop/experimental performance AN ATTEMPT TO DEVICE A DEMOCRATIC ASSEMBLY by Danae Theodoridou.

Through a playful role-game we assemble and experiment with ways to practice democracy.

Saturday, October 14, 2023, from 14.00-17.00 CANCELED
Sunday, October 15, 2023, from 14.00-17.00
Location: wpZimmer, Gasstraat 88-90, 2160 Antwerp
The language of the event is English.

Please reserve your place either through the LINK, or send an email to latifa@wpzimmer.be. The participation is FREE, but the number of participants is limited.

During this experimental performance, we create our own democratic assembly, where we share our views on democracy and social coexistence, guided by a script set up by artist Danae Theodoridou who is also facilitating the process. As a participant, you’re handed the script at the beginning and everyone is assigned a ‘role’ usually found in an assembly: the speaker, the listener, the moderator. The script is used as a playful proposal that guides us in what to do or say, or even refuse to do or say when disagreeing with the script.

It starts from Danae’s work on the Practice of Democracy, focusing on the relationship between art and democracy. After the Analogue Campaign (2019), which focused on the practice of public speaking, and Languages of the Unheard (2020), which experimented with the language of protests, this time the focus is on an embodied approach to the practice of assembling.

We are welcoming you with a hot soup and soft introduction before the workshop begins.

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