Nathalie Fari

The catalogue Embodied Places: Performance Practices in Public Space explores different artistic strategies, notions and formats for developing performances in public space, using specific sites in Berlin as platforms to “embody” the city. In order to make these “embodied places” more tangible, artists were invited to write a report about what happened (or may have happened) in the space. The resulting reports not only cover the performance experience (for example particular situations, moments or gestures), they also construct a narrative by experimenting with different ways to describe a performative event, for example using either the present or past tense. The artists are therefore also acting as authors, creating their own stories based on their memories, knowledge and experiences of the event. The documentary value of a performance is therefore being reinterpreted using narrative means and set in new contexts. http://www.atelierobraviva.org/?q=node/82

The Body Mapping Lab is a site responsive program in embodied research that gets participants to explore the relation between the body and space, by considering modes of knowledge production, understanding and intuition through somatic and performative practices. The annual immersive laboratory takes place at different locations of the historical site Teufelsberg by examining a variety of topics and by gathering artists and researchers from different fields. https://www.bodymappinglab.com