Abstract
A tested methodology for collaborating with materials into creative ideas. The premise of the session is to steer the locus of design away from human hegemony and instead support truer collaboration amongst all moving materials, both human and non-human. As multidisciplinary artists eager to move away from human-centered practices across dance and costume design, we have been seeking epistemological reframings of the concept of material, asking how artists might push against Anthropocentric tendencies in order to find ways of diffusing power, impetus, and value across all matter. Our aims of this material-led research include: interrogating the human hierarchy in design processes; rethinking the dynamism between garments/raw materials and the body; applying perspectives of inter-being intra-activity to the creative process; creating innovative new methods of dance making; developing and sharing a methodological template that can be applied beyond the bounds of performance and arts practices.
Presenters
Rob KitsosProfessor, School for the Contemporary Arts, Simon Fraser University, British Columbia, Canada
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KEYWORDS
Interdisciplinary Collaboration, Dance, Collaboration, Critical Materiality, Textile Art, Costume Design
