Failure in Performance (LHI-BJB-10-EN)
What are the redeeming qualities of failure in performance and beyond? When used as a subversive strategy, can failure offer something constructive, or liberating?
In this workshop the discourse of working with failure as a strategy in a creative process will be introduced. An opportunity will be given to reflect on the different types of power structures and systems that one can either fail or succeed at. Concepts will be introduced and participants will learn to connect some of them into their own artistic practice.
The participants will also think about different methods of failing and explore the potential new spaces that failing can open up for. How can the act of failing expand our understanding of our artistic, political or everyday reality?
This workshop will be a mixture of presentation and creative exercises offered by the artist Brogan Jayen Davison.
LessWhat are the redeeming qualities of failure in performance and beyond? When used as a subversive strategy, can failure offer something constructive, or liberating?
In this workshop the discourse of working with failure as a strategy in a creative process will be introduced. An opportunity will be given to reflect on the different types of power structures and systems that one can either fail or succeed at. Concepts will be introduced and participants will learn to connect some of them into their own artistic practice.
The participants will also think about different methods of failing and explore the potential new spaces that failing can open up for. How can the act of failing expand our understanding of our artistic, political or everyday reality?
This workshop will be a mixture of presentation and creative exercises offered by the artist Brogan Jayen Davison.
What are the redeeming qualities of failure in performance and beyond? When used as a subversive strategy, can failure offer something constructive, or liberating?
In this workshop the discourse of working with failure as a strategy in a creative process will be introduced. An opportunity will be given to reflect on the different types of power structures and systems that one can either fail or succeed at. Concepts will be introduced and participants will learn to connect some of them into their own artistic practice.
The participants will also think about different methods of failing and explore the potential new spaces that failing can open up for. How can the act of failing expand our understanding of our artistic, political or everyday reality?
This workshop will be a mixture of presentation and creative exercises offered by the artist Brogan Jayen Davison.
- Focus on
- Tenacity
- Self-awareness
- Self-expression
- Days
- 5
- Type
- Workshop
- Group size
- up to 10 participants
- more than 10 participants
- Duration
- More than 60 min
- More than 1 Day
- Settings
- Face-to-face
- Training field(s)
- Creativity Development
- Entrepreneurial Skills
- Competence / skill
- Ability to capture, grow and bring an idea to life
- Learning from experience / take up and integrate new knowledge
Title
Failure in Performance
Method
A series of interactive presentations and group discussions, creative exerciseS and individual tasks where the participants are offered some space to connect the ideas proposed during the course to their own artistic practice.
Materials
A studio, a projector, participants need a computer or pen or paper to take notes.
Preparation
None
Time for preparation
None
Tips for implementation
N/A
Resources/References
Failure (Whitechapel: Documents of Contemporary Art). Edited by Lisa Le Feuvre.
Performance Theatre and the Poetics of Failure. By Sara Jane Bailes.
The Queer Art of Failure. By Jack Halberstam.
Learning outcomes
Through this method/action, these benefits are achieved:
- Understand some of the concepts that have been proposed during the workshop to be able to discuss them in relation to artistic, political or everyday realities.
- Connect some of the concepts proposed to the participants' own artistic practice.
- Take advantage of the reflections made during the workshop and identify methods of working that could be used in the future.
Description in clear steps
In this workshop we are exploring methods of artistic creation through the discourse of failure in performance. Step 1
An opportunity will be given to reflect on the different types of power structures and systems that one can either fail or succeed at. Concepts will be introduced and participants will learn to connect some of them into their own artistic practice.
Step 2
The participants will learn different methods of failing and explore the potential new spaces that failing can open up for. Furthermore, they will make reflections and identify methods that can be useful in the future.
The workshop is for artists from any field who are interested in the subject of failure in artistic practices. We will be working through reading, discussions, looking at artistic works and reflecting. It is also possible to include creative workshops where the student has space to create a small project inspired by the topics of the course. This workshop can vary from 5-10 days for 2-3 hours sessions per day. For those interested, please contact the artist.
Contributor
Brogan Davison
Website
http://danceforme.is/
Links
brogan@lhi.is
Self-description of contributor and his/her offers
Brogan is a choreographer and performance maker based in Reykjavík. Brogan received a MA from Das Theatre at the Amsterdam University of the Arts and BA in Dance Theatre from Laban in London. In 2013 Brogan formed the award-winning collaboration Dance For Me alongside her partner Pétur Ármannsson. Dance For Me have have presented in dance and theatre contexts in Iceland, Germany, The Netherlands, Norway, Denmark, the UK, Finland, Italy, Sweden, Switzerland and Canada, in venues including Productiehuis Theater Rotterdam (NL), Everybody’s Spectacular Festival (ISL), Mousonturm (DE), BIT Teatergarasjen (NO) and Bora Bora (DK). Today Brogan is the co-artistic director of Reykjavík Dance Festival and heads the MFA in Performing Arts programme at the Iceland University of the Arts.
Brogan offers the course Failure in Performance and those interested can be in contact with her.
Art category
All artistic field
Spoken language
English
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