The artist Eglė Budvytytė extends an invitation to corporate and governmental organisations to host Dragging, a workshop that explores collective practices of slowness and intimacy.
Eglė Budvytytė approaches movement and gesture as technologies for a possible subversion of the dominant narratives governing public spaces. Her practice, spanning across songs, poetry, videos and performances, explores the persuasive power of collectivity, vulnerability and permeable relationships between bodies, audiences and the environments.
The artist conceived this workshop specifically for corporate and governmental organisations (teams up to 20) who are interested in rethinking power relationships and collapsing social hierarchies among participants.
The workshop is based on Budvytytė’s acclaimed dance performance, Some were carried, some - dragged behind, choreographed for public space, which was shown internationally as part of art and performance exhibitions and festivals in Basel, Melbourne, and Munich.
In the workshop, participants will safely engage physically with different surfaces: gravel, grass, asphalt, mud, parquet, concrete, bits of carpet or office floor, moving through different spaces, outdoors or indoors, by moving through different somatic configurations with other participants. The workshop encourages vulnerability, awareness, mindfulness, and engagement with the surrounding world, while offering participants a chance to build trust and rethink the often invisible hierarchies and power structures that so often emerge within team and group dynamics.
The workshop can be adapted to any space available at the client location.
Eglė Budvytytė approaches movement and gesture as technologies for a possible subversion of the dominant narratives governing public spaces. Her practice, spanning across songs, poetry, videos and performances, explores the persuasive power of collectivity, vulnerability and permeable relationships between bodies, audiences and the environments.
The artist conceived this workshop specifically for corporate and governmental organisations (teams up to 20) who are interested in rethinking power relationships and collapsing social hierarchies among participants.
The workshop is based on Budvytytė’s acclaimed dance performance, Some were carried, some - dragged behind, choreographed for public space, which was shown internationally as part of art and performance exhibitions and festivals in Basel, Melbourne, and Munich.
In the workshop, participants will safely engage physically with different surfaces: gravel, grass, asphalt, mud, parquet, concrete, bits of carpet or office floor, moving through different spaces, outdoors or indoors, by moving through different somatic configurations with other participants. The workshop encourages vulnerability, awareness, mindfulness, and engagement with the surrounding world, while offering participants a chance to build trust and rethink the often invisible hierarchies and power structures that so often emerge within team and group dynamics.
The workshop can be adapted to any space available at the client location.
Eglė Budvytytė is an artist based in Vilnius and Amsterdam working at the intersection between visual and performing arts. She approaches movement and gesture as technologies for a possible subversion of normativity, gender and social roles and for dominant narratives governing public spaces. Her practice, spanning across songs, poetry, videos and performances, explores the persuasive power of collectivity, vulnerability and permeable relationships between bodies, audiences and the environments.
Her work was shown amongst others at Riga International Biennial of Contemporary art (RIBOCA 2); Renaissance Society, Chicago,
Lofoten International Art festival; Block Universe festival, London; Art Dubai Commissions, Dubai; Liste, Art Basel; 19th Biennale of Sydney; De Appel Arts Centre; Contemporary Art Center, Vilnius, and Stedeljik Museum, Amsterdam. Eglė was resident at Le Pavillon, Palais de Tokyo (Paris, FR, 2012) and at Wiels, Contemporary art centre, (Brussels, BE, 2013).
Her work was shown amongst others at Riga International Biennial of Contemporary art (RIBOCA 2); Renaissance Society, Chicago,
Lofoten International Art festival; Block Universe festival, London; Art Dubai Commissions, Dubai; Liste, Art Basel; 19th Biennale of Sydney; De Appel Arts Centre; Contemporary Art Center, Vilnius, and Stedeljik Museum, Amsterdam. Eglė was resident at Le Pavillon, Palais de Tokyo (Paris, FR, 2012) and at Wiels, Contemporary art centre, (Brussels, BE, 2013).