Vagabondage Nocturne, 2008 © Anderwald + Grond photo
© Anderwald + Grond
Lecture Performance by Robert Prosser at Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna.
– See also Dizzy on Stage. Trance in Anthroplogy and Practice.
Ecology Is Dead and We Have Killed It is a text written by María Auxiliadora Gálvez and Mauro Gil-Fournier in response to the urgent circumstances of today, where countless conflicts, inequalities, and crises are proliferating across the planet.
"I saw the Statue of Liberty, and — this is weird — I saw it, and I just had it”, he said. He swiftly decided that he wanted to “spin around this thing."
A central goal of the artistic research project ‘Dizziness–A Resource’ is to gain a better understanding of the role of dizziness in the artistic process. As one approach towards this goal, Ruth Anderwald + Leonhard Grond teamed up with psychologists from the University of Graz to conduct an empirical investigation.
At the LOSING CONTROL Line-Up, discursive formats, film screenings and performances will line up in rapid succession for one afternoon. Top-class guests from art and science invite the audience to engage with the experienced or threatened loss of control.
What causes us and our society to lose our balance? And what can this sense of dizziness tell us about our present?
This panel discussion considers infrastructure under shifting political, technological, and ecological pressures, asking what visions for a sustainable future might be possible.
