UNCLEAR DEFINITIONS by Franziska Zauner

This open exposition explores uncertainties and critical engagement through Backpulver´s Feedback Sessions in Vienna during winter/spring 2024. It is called BACKPULVER - think and practice tank for contemporary dance and works with the circular feedback training provided and co-facilitated by 6 different dance artists and the Backpulver Peer group. The aim is to Co-Generating Knowledge for other facilitators and to impact on the Viennese Dance Community. Another interest is in measurement of such Impact, which is tried to approach trough arts-based research. Visibility politics is also at the center of this research / work. It is treated through consent but also through artistic translation of the data. This exposition is not a classic documentary in the sense of an “inventory” or “record/evidence” of an event that is as objective, visual or written as possible. This research is understood as the art of documentation as a translation of what has been experienced into what can be used for further generation of knowledge.

COLLECTED FEEDBACK - PEER TO PEER - GIVER RECEIVER

WHAT IS THE PEER TO PEER FEEDBACK ABOUT?

AND HOW DOES IT DIFFER TO 'OTHER' FEEDBACK?

COLLECTING

SELECTING

TRANSLATING

CREDITING

AARON JOSI STERNBAUER

MAJA KAROLINA FRANKE

Through breathwork and partitures, the space INBETWEEN writing and drawing, moving and dancing dissolves and choreographies emerge out of this.

Question

What is the distinction between limitation and restriction?

Researching on the contours of constraint explores the dynamic between action and inaction.

Performing an impossible task.

Survival technique

How do we navigate and exist within the physical world and space?

G I V E R

R E C I E V E R

Questions

What are the politics of our breath?

How we can engage with a practice (possibly one that is unfamiliar) and respect the structure or task at hand while maintaining personal expression and connection to others?

Insight

Reflecting on history from multiple perspectives, including political and

dance history, to fill in gaps and understand what was overlooked.

BITA BELL

JOLYANE LANGLOIS

Jolyane's practice explores the profound role of breath in connecting body, emotions, and social relationships, with a focus on intuitive, non-controlled breathing as a way of enhancing both personal and collective awareness.