organization

Length:
  • 8 x 1 week (5 days / week)
  • Attendees can register independently for each 1-week-long block
​Venues:
  • October 2-30: Hungary
  • November 1-28: France
Number of participants: 10 women
Application deadline: 1st of September
​Application process: here

pedagogical content

"UTOPIA/DYSTOPIA" is the name of an artistic research and trans-disciplinary creation program for all women. Through field-works, experiences, art projects, presentations and the regular practice of questioning, criticizing, revolting and physically fighting, the school's objectives are:
  • Develop self-confidence, self-care and self-love​;
  • Liberate yourself from your fears, transgress your boundaries, go beyond your limits and push yourself out of your comfort zone; ​
  • Dare to be you: defy self-doubt, fearlessly follow your own path and be confidently yourself!
OCTOBER 4-17: "UTOPIA/DYSTOPIA" - WHAT ARE THE PSICHO-SOCIAL CONSEQUENCES OF CLIMATE CHANGE?
"UTOPIA/DYSTOPIA"
Dates: October 4-17​
​Full-time: 5days/week, 6h/day, in total 60h
Venues: 
  • art gallery (ISBN Gallery, Budapest, HU)
  • outdoor (forest, park, riverside...)
​Related topics: Nature, environment, climate change, post-humanism, the Anthropocene, environmental catastrophes, queer and feminist ecologies, speculative fiction and eco-criticism
Forms, technics, tools: Visual Arts (images, objects, installation, space design, scenography...), public space intervention, land-art, art in nature
​Skills: Observation, concentration​​
OCTOBER 18-31: "ARCHIVES OF THE BODY" - WHY, WHEN AND HOW WOMEN BODY BECAME A POLITICAL-AFFECTIVE GEOGRAPHY, A HISTORICALLY SHAPED ARCHIVE, A BOTH PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SPACE, WHERE POWER IS CONSTANTLY CONTESTED AND NEGOTIATED?
"Archives of the body"
Dates: October 18-31​
Full-time: 5days/week, 6h/day, in total 60h
​Venues: 
  • art gallery (ISBN Gallery, Budapest, HU)
  • public space (street, square...)
​Related topics: Female body, standard of beauty, body positivity, body politics, reproductive rights, sexualization, cult of virginity, domestic violence, anti-pornography, queer bodies, women’s health and disabilities
Forms, technics, tools: Visual Arts (images, objects, installation, space design, scenography...)
​Skills: Imagination, deduction
NOVEMBER 1-14: "WHO IS THE BOSS?" - WHY ARE PEOPLE SO WILLING TO HUMILIATE PEOPLE FROM OTHER SOCIAL GROUPS? WHAT ARE THOSE ASPECTS OF HUMAN NATURE WHICH LEAD TO SOCIAL EXCLUSION? WHAT ARE THE COGNITIVE, AFFECTIVE AND MOTIVATIONAL COMPONENTS OF INTERGROUP BRUTALITY?
"Who is the Boss?"
Dates: November 1-14​
Full-time: 5days/week, 6h/day, in total 60h
Venue: theater (Abbey, 95, FR)
Related topics: oppression, domination, exploitation, marginalization, powerlessness, cultural imperialism, violence
Forms, technics, tools: Performing Arts (movement, dance, choreography, performance, voice, spoken words...)
​Skills: Perception, unity
NOVEMBER 15-28: "HAPPINESS CLINIC" -  HOW ART COULD CONTRIBUTE TO WELL-BEING, CELEBRATE JOY, PLEASURE, HAPPINESS, AND SPREAD POSITIVITY IN TODAY'S UNCERTAIN POST-COVID ​WORLD? CAN CONTEMPORARY ART BE FUN AND ENTERTAINING? IS IT ALLOWED TO SMILE?
"Happiness Clinic"
Dates: November 15-28​
Full-time: 5 days/week, 6h/day, in total 60h
​Venue: theater (Abbey, 95, FR)
​​Related topics: Localness, community, slowness, anti-fast art, community art, New Age, holistic and spiritual beliefs and healing practices, contemporary pagan perspectives, cultural imperialism, cultural appropriation, plastic shaman, plastic medicine people, happiness, joy, positivity, community, connection, human interactions, presence
Forms, technics, tools: Mix a performance art form (eg. ceremony, ritual, promenade, multi-sensorial experience, collective actions, gathering, public intervention, celebration, party...) with a wellbeing, healing or therapeutic practice (eg. naturopathy, aromatherapy, relaxation, dietetics, massage, reflexology, meditation, hair care, body care, ayurvedic care, stretching, pilates, tai chi chuan...), interactive and participative forms, simple, humble and generous actions, public space interventions
​Skills: Intuition, generosity

class activities

  • Discussions, screenings and readings from texts by writers, theorists, artists;
  • Performance, dance, acting, puppet theater, narrating and composing through structured-improvisation and movement;
  • Developing scores for solo and group choreographies;
  • Creative writing in different form (poetry, manifest, comics, diary...);
  • Making exercises and creative tasks in different medium (drawing, paining, collage, video, photo, installation art, multimedia art...);
  • Researching through storytelling, personal narratives, historical material, archives and divers audiovisual resources.

students' learning outcomes

  • Gain a better understanding of the psychosocial consequences of climate change;
  • Learn about artists, authors, theoreticians and their work in the context of ecology;
  • Through discussions, screenings and readings, have a better vision and a deeper understanding of contemporary artists and artivists challenging with and through their works the anthropocentric conundrum;
  • Develop interdisciplinary artistic skills, techniques and tools, new works, performances and series in relation to the topic;
  • Experiment with different materials, objects, images and tools in two spaces: white cube and black box;
  • Discover different methodologies and techniques of creation (narrating and composing through structured-improvisation, movement research through storytelling, personal narratives, historical material, archives and divers audiovisual resources....);
  • Participate in exhibitions and public performances, present your work to the public, get feedbacks;
  • Foster your creativity, critical thinking and innovation capabilities;
  • Develop interpersonal communication skills, collaboration and co-creation practices;
  • Join an international project, discover new cultures, connect with people from different backgrounds, initiate further cultural exchanges and artistic collaborations.

staff

  • Unlearning facilitators:
Anna Ádám (Performance)
Roland Korponovics (Visual Arts, Digital Art)
Anna Makay (Electronic music)
  • Program coordinators:
Anna Ádám in collaboration with the company Gray Box.

"UTOPIA/DYSTOPIA" partnerships & collabs

SometimeStudio (FR), Dance City Theatre Newcastle (UK), Mediterranean Dance Center (HR), V.A.R.P. (EU) with A4 – Space for Contemporary Culture (SK), ZFinMalta (MT), Hungarian National Theater (HU), Jászai Mari Theater (HU), Szeged National Theater (HU), Miskolc National Theater (HU), Artus Studio Theater (HU), Bethlen Theater (HU), ISBN Gallery (HU), Gray Box (FR)