Performative Practice – Concept and Instruments

The course proposes a varied set of theoretical and methodological instruments for exploring different forms of performative practices. During the course, we will identify, contextualize and analyze various performative strategies and we will draw new possible directions of research and creation.

The course modules will focus on important elements of performative practice, such as corporality, performativity, context specificity and audience. We will approach the subject of documenting the performance practice, asking ourselves what happens to a performance after it took place live and we will think about ways of presentation and representation.

The concepts will be introduced and understood starting from examples of artistic practices, short fragments of text (sometimes in Romanian, sometimes in English) and group discussions. We will make room for our own artistic curiosities through short presentations of personal areas of interest and research. We will access the imagination and sensory perception through performative exercises and experiments materialized through writing, movement and active listening.