Image courtesy of Hana Van der Kolk and Erin Sickler

WitHnessing : Becoming… 
Inviting all you psi-borgian* l/u/vers to move your human+++ bods with us in this 2-hr digi-topic workshop WitHnessing : Becoming… 

Led by Hana van der Kolk and Erin Marie Sickler as part of their 2023 residency at The Interior Beauty Salon

*Hana and Erin borrow the name of a Marvel character here to trouble the cyborgian/tryborgian line, for further definition of these terms click HERE
 
what: What is typically engaged in an act of witnessing? Seeing, hearing, empathy, judgment, and interpretation. What if witnessing can become “witHnessing,” a practice of being with the unknowing present? 
 
During the Covid-19 pandemic, we increasingly turned to video technology to stay in touch with our family, friends, and colleagues and conduct the business of our lives via technological means. In this workshop, we propose witHnessing as a strategy for a fuller embodiment that allows us to reclaim our organismic presence in relation to the digital interface of Zoom.

We will lead this shared inquiry into witHnessing with a curiosity that invites questions of/with/towards/against the limits of embodied virtuality as we maneuver through our various prostheses–limbs, objects, organs, ornaments, identities, technologies–towards a collective work of play, rest, sound, movement, and creativity.
 
No experience with movement, meditation, or writing is necessary. All bodies and abilities will be included and accommodated. 

To register click HERE