MOVEMENT LIBRARY

Move/ Stand
Change speed
Change rythm
Change direction
Head moves
Hand moves
Step closer/ step away
Interact (Follow, get closer, copy, keep a certain distance)

QUESTIONS

do u feel like moving?
what annoys you in a dancefloor?
what do people do when they don’t dance?
why do you feel like crying ?
Would you like a drink?
Why do you move in a dancefloor?
Are you here with a friend?
How do you look like?
What do other people think of you?
In which place do you feel more comfortable?

WAYS THAT MOVEMENT
CAN AFFECT SOUND

Rythm (faster- slower)
Noisier
Pauses
specific gestures producing
specific sounds
average of data affecting sound

welcome to the danceloor

The game starts now. It will last for about 20 minutes. Listen carefully and move accordingly.

Do you feel like moving today?
If you do so, please start moving in the space.
If not, then please stand.

Do you feel uncomfortable?
If you do so, please make a step away to others. If not, please make a step closer to others.
Are you hungry?
Think of
Think of
What was the last time you danced?
Beware!

The dancefloor is half empty
The dancefloor is half full
Did you brush your teeth today?

Think over

Think of your day: think carefully: the moment you woke up, think of all the moves and thoughts that came across. Think of your day: think carefully: from the moment you woke up until now.
Now
Now, observe the movement of the space around you.
Move close to a person that you think has the same zodiac sign as yours.

References

Thomas Hirschhorn, Schema Art and Public Space, 2016. Courtesy of the artist.

by Jenni Pif

Source:https://www.e-flux.com/announcements/57478/thomas-hirschhorn-santiago-sierraradical-democracy/

Democratic dance floor means a competition between two DJ couples playing after the audience’s choice of song.

This is how it works:

1.You dance.
2.Two DJ teams each present song on a screen on the stage.
3.You vote for the next song by dancing on the side of the dance floor where your favorite song is presented.
4.A judge appoints a winner.
5. The DJ team with the most dancers on its side of the dance floor wins the round.
6. The winning team plays the song you have voted for and you dance again.
7. New round.

Democratic Dance Floor at Debaser Beach

OVERTHINKING IN THE DANCEFLOOR

source: https://www.myguide2stockholm.com/democratic-dance-floor-at-debaser-beach/

ways in which ritual and ritualized practices such as memorial gatherings, festivals, protest actions, pilgrimages, worship services give rise to modes of feeling, processes of representation, and patterns of interaction in which democratic explorations, collective resistance and/or involvement with the larger than human world are given pride of place.

source: https://www.bloomsburycollections.com/book/reassembling-democracy-ritual-as-cultural-resource/

what the function of rituals is and how important their bodily based mise-en-scène and diversity are for the coherence of communities and societies. It will be demonstrated that to a large extent the effects of rituals and gestures are related to mimetic processes in which people mostly unconsciously relate to ritual patterns and schemes already shaped by other people in different historical and social conditions. Due to their performative character they make the invisible visible and create a flow of experience and practical knowledge. A critical perspective on rituals is required to appreciate their hierarchies and implicit power structures and to be able to modify them.

https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3649699

sharing equally the space

the collective rythm of thinking?

going with the flow?

dancefloor game improvisation with a group of 10

the dancefloor is half empty/ the dancefloor is half full