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Body of distraction

To be here and elsewhere, constantly rearranging between the imaginary and the tangible, questioning the real and the invented.

Format: WORKSHARING
Genre: Choreography, dance, performance

Date: 6th June 2025
Time: 15:00-17.00
Place: Studio 0.1.
Thoravej 29,
2400 Copenhagen NW

Participation in the event is FREE, but please reserve a ticket as seats are limited. You can book your ticket here:

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Photographer: August Vinther Thomsen

The artistic research

During a two weeks IN SEED residency dancer Alvilda Faber Striim in close collaboration with artists Elisha Mercelina, Sissel Johanna Bakken and Þórunn Guðmundsdóttir will unfold their reseach with the title Body of distraction. A research project on storytelling, the imaginary, and the state of distraction as a choreographic motor for reorganization.

Drawing on Claire Bishop’s Disordered Attention, the project seeks to dismantle the binary between distraction and attention and instead cultivate distraction as a different type of attention, and thereby fostering a critical alternative to capitalist notions of focus and productivity.

Distraction will be investigated as a physical and relational dance practice, proposing a sensorial and affective type of attentiveness.

The decorative and the practical cross in the interaction with objects, bodies, memories, and fiction. Oscillating between dramatic action-character outbursts and moments of stillness, the project ponders the demands of late-stage capitalism, constantly pulling the body in multiple directions and dispersing attention.

You are invited to join the WORKSHARING, here you will meet the artists in the work space and get an insight into the material they are working with, take part in a conversation about the work at this exploratory stage and thereby contribute the artists further process.

The artists

Coming from different backgrounds in dance, music, theater, pedagogy, and performing arts, as well as different generations, this gathering of artists creates a rich foundation for exchanging new knowledge and strategies within the topic of distraction. Through each artist’s own way of moving and performing ever-shifting landscapes, allowing affection to unfold, the project aims to develop a language and collective rhythm in dance compositions, navigating emotional and sensorial layers.

The project will be facilitated by Alvilda Faber Striim in close collaboration with artists: Elisha Mercelina, Sissel Johanna Bakken and Þórunn Guðmundsdóttir.

Alvilda Striim

Elisha Mercelina

Sissel Johanna Bakken

Þórunn Guðmundsdóttir

Credits

Concept, artist and collaborator: Alvilda Striim (DK)
Artist and collaborator: Sissel Johanna Bakken (N)
Artist and collaborator: Elisha Mercelina (NL)
Artist and collaborator: Þórunn Guðmundsdóttir (ISL/DK)

About IN SEED

IN SEED is HAUT's 2-weeks residency, which creates an opportunity to develop and anchor new artistic practices in the Danish performing arts landscape.

The residency is supported by the Danish Arts Foundation, The Bikuben Foundation and The Municipality of Copenhagen.