Read more about the entire pax praxis program and the event 01
parallel movement (online presentation)* on the posters below.
18:30
Opacity
as generative withholding / Dr Vânia Gala (Glasgow · Lisbon)
Dr Vânia Gala
The
talk explores the potential of withdrawal and opacity* as fundamental ideas for choreographic performance in the present time.
Such an approach troubles simple versions of agency that tend to go hand in hand with the visible embodiment of subjectivities
which have been the privilege of the few. *opacity (Glissant 1997, 193) not only as aesthetic formations but also as political
value. Dr Vânia Gala is the Interim Head of Contemporary Performance Practice BA (Hons.). Prior to joining the Royal Conservatoire
of Scotland, she was a lecturer in Dance and the Module Leader of Examining Practice in the MA/MFA Choreography at Trinity
Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance.
19:30
Telepresence
in the age of extreme self / Choy Ka Fai (Berlin · Singapore)
Choy Ka Fai
A
research presentation on the notions of telepresence, in relation to art-making, social media, and the metaverse. Choy Ka
Fai is a Berlin-based Singaporean artist whose multidisciplinary art practice situates itself at the intersection of dance,
media art and performance. He graduated with an MA in Design Interaction from the Royal College of Art, London
20:30
Circuits
of imaginations: #BhangraAndMe / Narendra Pachkhédé (Toronto · London
Narendra Pachkhédé
What
does it mean to be us in the contemporary condition of our lives and its memory? Narendra Pachkhédé is a Commonwealth Fellow,
a multidisciplinary artist, curator, programmer, critic, and writer. Discourse-oriented, through his procedures of pedagogy
and exhibition, he fosters collabo- rations and interventions at a range of sites, events, and networks, with keen interests
in connected histories and comparative anthropologies.
