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Being on the Beach Being on the Beach Exploring Sensomotoric Awareness Exploring Sensomotoric Awareness in a Landscape in a Landscape Aesth/Ethics in Environmental Change Aesth/Ethics in Environmental Change Hiddensee, 24-28 May 2010 Hiddensee, 24-28 May 2010 Grete Refsum & Ingunn Rimestad Grete Refsum & Ingunn Rimestad

Overview Overview 1. The Project The Project 1. 2. The Beach The Beach 2. 3. Workshop Workshop 3.

1. The Project 1. The Project • Statement of problem Statement of problem • Initial Questions Initial Questions • Hypothesis/Presupposition Hypothesis/Presupposition • Context Context • Research question/artistic challenge • Methods Methods • Grete & Ingunn Grete & Ingunn

Statement of problem Statement of problem Ecological crises demand: • an increased sensitivity to nature • an ability to change & adapt to new situations How can this be achieved?

Initial Questions Initial Questions How do we perceive a landscape? What do we sense : see, hear, smell, feel, taste? What are the connections between body postures and sensations? Do such actions influence our perception?

Hypothesis/Presupposition Hypothesis/Presupposition Increased body awareness impacts on: Increased body awareness impacts on: – how we sense and perceive how we sense and perceive – how we relate to our surroundings how we relate to our surroundings – how we how we cope with changes cope with changes

Context Context - body movement - environmental art Body Work Body Work Anna Halprin (1920-) Anna Halprin (1920-) Stone Circle Stone Circle Andy Goldsworthy Andy Goldsworthy (1956-) (1956-)

Grete’s Grete’s Beach Rosary Beach Rosary World Beach project http://www.vam.ac.uk/collections/textiles/lawt y/world_beach/map_gallery/ Finding Composing

Ingunn as as Water Queen Water Queen Ingunn Juv , 2008 Gudbrandsdalen, Norway Nor Choreography: Anne Grete Eriksen/Leif Hernes

Grete & Ingunn Grete & Ingunn Workshop Granavolden 26-29 March 2009 Body Awareness Body Awareness and Objects and Objects

Research Question/ Research Question/ Artistic Challenge Artistic Challenge How does our body position influence what we perceive? How does our body position influence what we perceive? How does what we perceive influence our actions? How does what we perceive influence our actions?

Methods Methods • Beach analysis • Workshops • Documentation plan – photo/video – participants’ communication • Analysis • Knowledge gain – experiential – theoretical – visual/aesthetic

2. The Beach 2. The Beach Østre Brygge, Brønnøya, Norway Østre Brygge, Brønnøya, Norway

To the East To the East Shallow water Shallow water

To the South East To the South East Stones in different sizes Stones in different sizes

To the North East To the North East Longitudinal overview Longitudinal overview

Directions Towards the sea Towards land Towards the sea Towards land

Zones

Border Area Border Area sea/beach sea/beach under water oscilliating under/over water under water oscilliating under/over water

sea/beach detail sea/beach detail

Border Area land/beach

Vegetation Zone Vegetation Zone

Vegetation details details Vegetation

Vegetation details details Vegetation

Tide Zone Tide Zone

3. Workshop 3. Workshop We invite you We invite you to explore to explore your sensomotoric awareness your sensomotoric awareness in relation to the landscape/beach in relation to the landscape/beach

Challenges Challenges • How do we perceive the beach? How do we perceive the beach? – nature nature – objects objects – people people • What do we sense? What do we sense? – see see – hear hear – smell smell – feel feel – taste taste • How do we position ourselves? How do we position ourselves? – stand stand – sit sit – lie lie

How does our body position How does our body position influence what we perceive influence what we perceive and what we do? and what we do? We will explore: We will explore: • our grounding our grounding • gravity gravity • displacements displacements • movements movements • actions actions

We will challenge We will challenge our accept of our accept of continuously continuously being being in transition in transition

Thank you for listening Thank you for listening welcome to the beach workshop! welcome to the beach workshop! www.refsum.no www.refsum.no