ARTivistic strategies

Abstract

This is a reflection on contemporary performance work and it’s various strategies and methods in the interdisciplinary field of theatre, dance and performance art. Researching performative art in public space I’m posing the question; how can one develop new artistic strategies and arenas for dialog in and with our current society? By mapping my own practice and selected works, I emphasise the position of working outside of the theatre institutions and venues. With a background in the laboratory theatre tradition, physical theatre and dance – I’m attracted to the blurry field where performative art intervenes in our society questioning norms, conventions and cultural political agendas. Were art meets activism. The main focus here is my multi-spatial performance work ‘OmniPresence’ and the performance lecture ‘The Performance HYDRA’. My artistic drive is to shine light on invisible mechanisms and challenge dominant narratives. By unveiling some ways of creation and devising, I want to share some essential and selected strategies. My intention is that this account will function as a source and inspiration for future works.