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Bodies in Transition (2025)

Anja Plonka, Rasmus Nordholt-Frieling, Marko Stefanovic, Laura Brechmann
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The research project BODIES IN TRANSITION (2023-2024) searches for sensitive and collaborative bodies of the future by interlacing voices and materials from the Wadden Sea into a cosmology of plants, animals, bacteria, humans and planets. In the context of global crises, which appear as symptoms of a patriarchal and hierarchical self-understanding of human existence, three performers travel to the island of Sylt (Germany) to relearn ‘being’ in this more-than-human-world. Performative research is undertaken in the protection zone 1, the Morsum cliff and the mudflats near Munkmarsch. These dynamic ecosystems, with their tidal rhythms dictated by the moon and sun and their diverse life forms, ranging from Japanese berry seaweed to Pacific oysters, make the world’s processualism perceptible and remind us that our lives are intertwined with dynamic ecosystems. The performers immerse themselves in a fluid space of video, sound, natural materials, and performance, rethinking and questioning the diverse relationships between the organisms of the Wadden Sea and their own state as living beings. The leading question of this research is what we can learn from this dynamic interplay, to transform our existence with planet Gaia and all its organisms into a sensitive and resilient future. Download Accessible PDF
typeresearch exposition
keywordsecology, transition, gaia, embodiment, performance, water
date14/09/2024
published29/12/2025
last modified29/12/2025
statuspublished
copyrightSpeculative Creatures GbR
licenseCC BY-NC-ND
languageEnglish
urlhttps://www.researchcatalogue.net/view/3008895/3008896
doihttps://doi.org/10.22501/jar.3008895
published inJournal for Artistic Research
portal issue37. 37


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