2008 © Catherine Yass
Catherine Yass speaks about the dream of walking in the air and about falling.
– See also Catherine Yass, HASENHERZ.
– See also Descent and High Wire.
Lecture by Mathias Benedek at ‘Navigating the Unknown – Fears and Pleasures of Dizziness‘.
Reenactment in Istanbul of one of Mieko Shiomi's works.
When dizzy we cannot distinguish between inside and outside.
This workshop will elucidate how dizziness breaks up the given, be it habits, beliefs, preconceptions or patterns, creating space and dynamics between established categories and perceived oppositions. In this sense dizziness provides power and dynamics to restructure, to rethink, to redesign the given.
Filmmaking has developed epistemological practices of its own, which do not align seamlessly with current notions of artistic research.
“Dizzy Dress” is a colourful silk dress featuring anatomical illustrations of the inner ear and findings from our research on dizziness.
