ABOUT THIS SITE >>> This site is a blog as well as an archive. It gives visibility to the continues working of radical_hope, its current move to radical_house, the research project Distraction As Discipline (2016 - 2019) and the process of OTΗOE - works for passers-by, a working trajectory (2013 and 2014).
radical_house is a long term project and has a threefold nature: it presents a physical place, a framework and a logic. When in 2013 teaching and mentoring became an extension of Langsdorf's artistic practices now radical_house stems from her pedagogical experience where 'being in dialogue' with others is her main principle.
Distraction As Discipline is
an investigation into enactivist principles in art and education
(research trajectory at KASK School
of Arts Ghent 2016-19). It considers the potential of performance art and
pedagogy in general, in resisting the current and massive
desubjectivation, by critically reclaiming both, attention for the moment and participation in a process.
OTΗOE - works for passers-by was the development of radical_hope's artistic practice in the city and questioned how and by whom this practice (and its bodily, social and economical aspects) is perceived. The title refers to the public of a city and to how we encounter and register most things on our way through the city: Out of The Corner of Our Eyes. OTΗOE.
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SITTING WITH THW BODY open studio
sitting with the body - open studio
After a year of research on "moving images" for public places, Sitting With The Body concludes its research phase. During the second week of February, 10/2 - 15/2, you can see the artists working on visual material, selected for the creation in the fall 2014.
Everybody is welkom to pass-by ZSenne artlab these days...
Please note that we will make video recordings, so you might literally come into the picture.
[read more on SWTB - the research >>>]sitting with the body 24/7 (fall 2014) will be a group choreography, performed in a space in the centre of a city during 168 hours. Depending on the time of the day, passers-by can observe the performers at work from outside through display windows or physically join.
a friendly looking guy standing at a door
a bit like a guard
it's not a shop, it's not a club, whatever it is, it's an entrance
through windows you see people
they are busy
they seem to work
all together they look funny
serious ... but content
some sit still, others read a book sitting next to them,
some are laying on the ground feet up the wall, - it's not clear if they are sleeping or meditating or whether they are ill
they don't look like it
next to the door on the outside wall a sort of tear off calendar
flyers to take away
8 images in a row, on the first a person sitting, on the second, laying down on the floor ...
the people in the room actually DO these images ...
now some are standing blindfolded, there is a woman walking while balancing a plant on her head, - exactly like on the 3rd and 4th image
she says "haaalo"
she makes a funny face with which she excuses herself, she obviously can't chat
she needs to concentrate on balancing
an older man, sitting close to one of the windows, makes a pair of shoes
another younger man seems to cook a small portion of food
again others hang backwards over a sort of hamac
they seem to enjoy the upside down perspective
after a while they receive help with coming back onto their feet
there is one now starting to turn like a derwisj ...
a young girl in the corner concentrates on a microphone, her lips move
she is recording her own speech
all together it looks like many things
a group-meeting, a performance, a co-working space, an office, a kind of fitness studio, a kitchen and a circus school
the man at the door says
"you can go in, but you don't have to"
he greets and walks into the room himself
apparently he feels like reading a book ...
he makes himself comfortable in an armchair ...
the flyer says: sitting with the body 24/7
this means the place is busy day and night