Third Edition: Communities of practice in natureculture strategies

Community program:

18.-21. May, Fußgänger e.V. parkour research trip to the Elbe Sandstone Mountains
22.-29. May, KunstKartell e.V. community program at Floating University
27.-29. May, Fußgänger e.V. parkour camp at Floating University

Public program:

13. June, 5-7pm, Fußgänger e.V. parkour jam, at Floating University
26.-28. June, KunstKartell e.V. public program at Floating University
29 April + 27 May + 24 June + 29 July, 2:30pm, FEMME (FEMale Movement Event), multiple locations

(more information below)

Contaminations is a multi-week program for people working with their body to bring nature and culture together. In its third edition, Contaminations works with & supports existing “communities of practice”. This is a different format than past editions which brought together individual artists. Communities of practice are groups of people who share a concern or a passion for something they do and learn how to do it better as they interact regularly (Lave and Wenger, 1991) (Wegner, 1998). 

References:

Lave, J. and Wenger, E. (1991). Situated Learning: Legitimate Peripheral Participation. Cambridge University Press.
Wenger, E. (1998). Communities of practice: Learning, meaning, and identity. Cambridge University Press.

Communities of practice and artists:
KunstKartell e.V. with Carla Petzolt, Camille Larroque, Marlon Miguel, Alena Trapp, Cilia Herrmann, Miriam Taschler, Jarmila Lee-Lou Kuznik, Luis Stängl, and Katherine Ball
Fußgänger e.V. with Martin Wille, Amala Monn and Regina Aulenbach
FEMME with Regina Aulenbach, Nora Mansmann, Marie Fechner and Clara Enge

Guest artists:
Idolboyz (Ibrahima Ndiaye & Aly Johnson)
Moritz Lucht (Black Box Circus Company / Vuesch)
Fernanda Branco (TAL-TechArtLab / MoA / ACTS – laboratory for performance practices)

Artistic vision and coordination: 
Katherine Ball with Marlon Miguel of KunstKartell e.V., Martin Wille of Fussgänger e.V., and Regina Aulenbach of FEMME

Illustration and graphic design: 
Linda Kocher & Roman Karrer

Poster riso print: 
Drucken3000

Communication: 
Garance Maurer, Jeanne Astrup-Chauvaux, Roman Karrer

Production: 
Katherine Ball with support from Ute Lindenbeck and Jöran Mandik

Contact: 
Katherine Ball (katherine.ball@yale.edu)

Fußgänger e.V. parkour jam
13. June, 5-7pm, at Floating University, free
Fußgänger, a Berlin-based parkour group, invites you to join a parkour session at Floating University. Everyone welcome! Free.
Coordinated with Martin Wille, Amala Monn

KunstKartell e.V. public program
26-28 June, at Floating University
All events are free. Donations are appreciated
KunstKartell invites you to join three days of interdisciplinary theoretical, practical, and performance sessions in which we develop collective compositions on the theme “contaminations”.

Monday (26/06) 
14:00-17:00: Handstand Workshop with Moritz Lucht (Black Box Circus Company / Vuesch)
Handstand in motion course designed for beginners as well as advanced handstand enthusiasts. It includes warm-up, tension exercises, technique training, strength training and stretching.

18:30-20:30: Open Stage with Audience Feedback coordinated by Jarmila Lee-Lou Kuznik, Luis Stängl & Miriam Taschler (KunstKartell)
Open stage with dance, acrobatics and other acts from artists in KunstKartell e.V. and guests. We’re aiming to create a safer space, in which performing artists have the possibility to receive constructive feedback about their work. The open stage offers artists of the independent scene the opportunity to network and support each other. We’re looking forward to a variety of input both from the audience and performers. There will be an awareness team and structure. Programme TBA

20:30: Gathering at Floating University’s Bar
Join us for an informal gathering with KunstKartell and guest artists.

Tuesday (27/06)

10:00-13:00
Afro Hip-Hop Workshop with Idolboyz
Idolboyz (Aly Johnson & Ibrahima Ndiaye) offer a workshop in which participants will learn movements fusioning Senegalese afro-dance and hip-hop. Open to all levels.

13:00-15:00
Collective Picnic at the Floating University Spaces
Bring your food and enjoy a moment together with KunstKartell members and guest artists.

15:30-18:00
Sounding – contagious vibrations workshop with Fernanda Branco (TAL-TechArtLab / MoA / ACTS – laboratory for performance practices)
Performer Fernanda Branco will lead an explorative series of exercises engaging the body and the voice so that the participants get contaminated thorough vibration. Open to all levels and interested people.

19:00-21:00
Open Stage with Audience Feedback coordinated by Jarmila Lee-Lou Kuznik, Luis Stängl & Miriam Taschler (KunstKartell)
Open stage with dance, acrobatics and other acts from artists in KunstKartell e.V. and guests. We’re aiming to create a safer space, in which performing artists have the possibility to receive constructive feedback about their work. The open stage offers artists of the independent scene the opportunity to network and support each other. We’re looking forward to a variety of input both from the audience and performers. There will be an awareness team and structure. Programme TBA

21:00
Gathering at Floating University’s bar
Join us for an informal gathering with KunstKartell and guest artists.

Wednesday (28/06)

14:30-17:30
On Disturbance and Swarms, by Cilia Herrmann & Katherine Ball (KunstKartell)
A 3-hour session with a theory and practice input on disturbance theory and swarming. Open to all levels and interested people.

19:00-21:00
Mbeuk Mi Wossi
Performance by the Idolboyz (Aly Johnson & Ibrahima Ndiaye)
Followed by a Panel Discussion coordinated by Carla Petzolt & Marlon Miguel (KunstKartell)
A boat, two young men, the sea: Mbeuk Mi Wossi (No to Emigration) is a performance and a research work on the topic of migration on the Senegalese coast. Based on interviews with people who were about to flee to Europe or had to turn back on their journey, the two hip-hop dancers tell the fictional story of a young Senegalese man. The desire for better living conditions, hope for change and disappointed expectations are themes dealt with in this performance.

21:00
Gathering at Floating University’s Bar
Join us for an informal gathering with KunstKartell and guest artists.

FEMME (FEMale Movement Event)
29. April + 27 May + 24 June + 29 July, 2:30pm
multiple locations, free
FEMME invites you to a movement event with parkour influences. This event is for FLINTA* persons (female, lesbian, intersex, non-binary, trans, agender). With or without previous experience, you will find a space to learn about parkour or simply train together.
Meeting points:
29.04.23 Velodrom
27.05.2023 Floating University Berlin
24.06.23 Puttkamer Straße
29.07.23 Gelbes Dorf

Coordinated with Regina Aulenbach, Nora Mansmann, Marie Fechner, Clara Enge