2017 © Forum 20:17
Ruth Anderwald: Der Taumel – eine Ressource?, lecture in German at Forum 20:17, Zukunftslabor der Jugendarbeit.9–10 October, 2017Merano, Italy
My definition of a novel is therefore a practical one: I believe in the usability (Nutzbarkeit, Brauchbarkeit) of novels, be it as inspirational sources, as sources for new ideas, new perspectives, or even as simple instructions. To this end though, dialogue is essential.
As the artistic research project Navigating Dizziness Together started mid-May, this video-lecture is an introduction to the field to provide background for the definition of dizziness and further proceedings of the artistic research.
Every Body is Exhausted
Research is about the transformation of our understanding.
For living beings, dizziness indicates a situation in which the possibilities of reality can no longer be grasped in the habitual manner of prediction because of a disruption, lack, or overload of input. But this situation offers the potential for change and transformation.
The workshop will shed new light on disorientation and on how film artists throughout history use (optical) disorientation and confusion as a paradigm in their work. What can be gained by losing one’s grip, by simply letting go? What pictures arise with dizziness?
