During two weeks, the historical process in the context of organization of spaces and bodies will be discussed. The techno universe that determines each of our lives, from public spaces through the formation of cities, to private spaces and education will be studied during the course to understand that we step into a universe of awareness. In particular, during our adolescence how our time/mind/body feels trapped with the stress of exams and success and how it evolves into a serene space/time will be investigated and how this experience can be reflected tin all phases of a person's life.
The aim of the workshop: To reconnect with our body, our presence and our emotions, to break our excess mental activities which are causing stress and to search for ways to relate with our breathing, our body, other people and the space / time we are in. To reestablish a relationship with human, meaning, culture, myth, movement and time by perceiving of space as a neutral category, hollow, unmanned, excluded by senses and emotions.
Goals of the Workshop: To learn how the concept, the presentation and production of space evolved through time. To understand how the modernity after the Renaissance shaped our spatial perception today; and to realize how the mental / physical and psychological state we are in is affected by this perceptual paradigm. To reestablish the relationship between our space / body and our movements through various awareness studies. To look at the relationships between sound, texture, movement, time, scale, senses and mind.
Strengthening our presence with space and body awareness with physical and meditative work focusing on body / space / movement, the awareness something which woman have lost in our dependency on the screens / images.
Indoor Activities:
The way the space and the body are perceived from Renaissance to day-to-day activities and such related architectural theories
Body awareness exercises: dance, yoga, group exercises, breathing exercises, meditation.
Outdoor Activities:
Where is Şirince? What has happened in this place? Mythology and stories, researching the transition of the concept of “place" from “anyoldplace”. Walking in Turkey and Şirince: sounds, smells, textures, light, heat, color awareness studies. Working with hands and bodies
A Performative Outcome: A performance / installation will be performed and installed with the help of participants, reflecting the workshop process.
NUR YAVUZ
Nur Yavuz graduated from METU, Department of Architecture in 1998. In 2000, she completed her Master’s studies in the Department of Visual Communication, Bilkent University with her thesis on time / space representation in Deleuze philosophy.
