19 18 #8 “You think too much, it’s only the cup and you!” by Hélène Aarts A sentence from the movie “Greetings from Fukushima” where an old Japanese woman whose house was completely destroyed by the tsunami tells a young lady how she should drink her tea. “It is only training” she says. The little “tea ceremony” in the film explains what full attention is and the importance of that for the connection between the self and the world we live in. Alienation exists because we miss that connection, due to the distractions created by all the machines made to make our lives easier. In this workshop, we will experience the reconnection with the world and the spaces we inhabit in a conscious manner. We follow a methodology of creating a wide variety of drawings and models directly on the spot, made as “recordings” of the space we are observing. In the direct reaction of “the making” it is stretching time to prolong attention, taking time to observe more attentively, and in the meanwhile making connections to create new ideas. The process of ‘the making’ will take place in a variety of ways, among which are individually, in isolation, and in small groups, but also collaborative drawing and designing is part of it. We will visit all kinds of spaces to discover our true nature and re-alienate. The adventure will lead us as a group to create a commemorative rite in the end. What for and how this will look like is the result of the journey we make as a group.
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