
Our intern Liska invits you to an experimental series of workshops on the topic of
“Language s e g m e n t e d „.
The series deals with the given boundaries of language in 4 workshops with additional showings. We attempt to point out, break and redefine the clear rules of language. The world we see is clearly shaped by our language and influences our perception, but what spaces become imaginable when we start to play with language, leave it out, rearrange it? Spaces that we want to explore together using the methods of aesthetic research, which allows us to freely escape the rules and limits of language. It is a search for a language that reduces neither people nor things to one category but searches rather abstracts words and assigns them a new meaning.
When: Every second Wednesday from 6 to 9 pm from 13.11.2024
Where: WUK, Währinger Str. 59, 1090 Wien
Costs: None! Donations are welcome.
Who: Anyone who is interested
Registration: Preferable a fixed group where you can come to every workshop. Registration under https://form.jotform.com/242844158240051
In doing so, we playfully explore these areas:
13.11.24 “Questions about language” >>> In this workshop, we will first follow our own interest in the topic and collect questions without judgment. One of our goals is to minimize the use of words, we will create our own collages inspired by Herta Müller.
27.11.24 “New languages for (un)describable problems”>>> In this workshop we will take an intensive look at the power relations behind language, who talks about whom and for which problems are words and for which there are none. The guiding question will be for which issues would we like to have new words?
11.12.24 “Expressions without endings” >>> In this workshop we will play with expression, their origins and the story behind the characters. A change of perspective on the sentence construct used every day.
08.01.25 “Cutting up scraps of conversation”>>> In this workshop, we will work with observations of small conversations over the Christmas/New Year period and abstract them using various methods. The language of the body will also have its place here.
22.01.25 “Showing”>>> As a festive end to this small series, there will be a presentation evening. We will decide together during the workshop series how this will be organized. But there will be a collection of different art forms.
Language
The theater workshop takes place in German and/or English, depending on the needs and possibilities of the participants.
Looking forward to it!

