RESPIRA CONSPIRA
␣␣␣␣␣␣ tudo que ␣␣␣␣␣␣␣ ␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣ - Paulo Leminski Conspire: From Latin Conspirare;; to act in harmony, conspire, equivalent to con + spirare;; to breathe: breathing together.
Conspiring often has a negative connotation;; a strategic game in the shadows, an alliance to plot against another power or person. But it can also be interpreted as coming close together to sharpen the senses, to be more attentive to the other’s signals and thoughts;; lowered voices breathing the same air. RESPIRA CONSPIRA is an ␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣ initiated by Camilla Rocha Campos and Thora Dolven Balke, both 2016 residents of Capacete, concerning the practice of thinking together – with the aim to create moments of action, ␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣ movements to change a given situation.
This open research will manifest during 7 days between the 7th and 14th of November 2016 at CAPACETE. All the events are free and will be live whisper translated between English and Portuguese.
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Mon & Tue 7/11 & 8/11 from 5 to 8 pm Workshop with artist Humberto Velez (PA/UK) Participativo – A workshop about public and participatory art projects developed for Respira Conspira presented at Capacete. Examining the possibilities of collaboration and collectives, why and how do artists work with groups or communities;; as intuitive formations out of necessity or common interest, or as projects commissioned by outside ␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣ ␣␣␣␣ ␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣ ␣␣␣␣␣ ␣␣␣␣␣ ␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣ ␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣ ␣␣␣␣␣␣ ␣␣␣␣␣ ␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣ ␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣ ␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣ ␣␣␣ ␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣ ␣␣␣ ␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣ creating something together.
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Wed 9/11 from 7:30 to 10:30 pm Group talk with Capacete residents 2016 Starting from the conspiration that is the residency Capacete, this conversation with the 2016 residents will consider questions, movements, other conspirations and experiences that have manifest throughout the 8 months we have spent together so far, inside and outside Capacete itself.
Niqui Tapume Artist Marssares (BR) is building a new structure within Capacete, changing the usual movements, encouraging new places to meet, talk, listen and observe from. This new set-up will stay throughout Respira Conspira.
Cooking Respira Conspira Self-revolutionary and resident chef of Capacete Kadija de Paula (BR) will bring nourishment to the Respira Conspira participants, together with other invited chefs, for the duration of the events.
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Thur 10/11 from 3 to 5 pm Conversation with Ella (BR) and surprise guest (?) Ella is a collective of women artist-researchers. Ella is an experience in creating a medium for activating thoughts and actions in artworks. The group was formed from an encounter between women artists, students and researchers from Escola de Belas Artes da UFRJ with the desire to deconstruct traditional hierarchies of academic art education, exploring spaces for art around the city.
5:30 to 8 pm Group conversation with Dominic Barter (BR/UK) Dominic Barter plays with social innovations based on dialogue, empathy and partnership. In the mid-90s he was instrumental in the development of Restorative Circles, a community-based and -owned practice for dynamic ␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣ ␣␣␣␣␣ ␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣ ␣␣␣␣␣ ␣␣␣␣␣ ␣␣␣␣␣ ␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣ ␣␣␣ ␣␣␣␣␣␣ ␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣ ␣␣␣␣ ␣␣␣␣␣ ␣␣␣ ␣␣␣␣␣ ␣␣␣␣␣␣␣ ␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣ ␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣ Council resolution. A long time theatre practitioner, Dominic has developed daily practices for artists, a gift economy model called Financial Co-responsibility and currently collaborates daily with Espaço Beta, a high school devoted to conviviality and relational intelligence. At Respira Conspira he will hold a group conversation, taking its starting point from an encounter on a bus during the political demonstrations in 2013, a moment where an unspoken connection, a kind of conspiration, manifest between himself and a fellow passenger.
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Fri 11/11 from 5:30 to 7:30 pm Reading group with Ian Ericksson-Kery (US) Ian is a writer, researcher, and translator, with a focus on the intersection of art and political activism. He is currently a resident at Capacete. He organizes a regular reading group in Rio de Janeiro, carried out in translation and through collective enunciation. One postulate of these meetings is having time together to articulate desires in the face of an ever-privatized present and future. On this day he will propose a text to be read out loud and discussed together.
From 7:30 to 10:30 pm Conversation through sound, with Marssares (BR), Lilian Zaremba (BR), Caetano (BR), Gaby Hartel (DE), Thora Dolven Balke (NO), Leandro Nerefuh (BR) and Daniel Sant’Anna (BR) This conversations participants work with sound and music in various ways;; as artist, curator, broadcaster, teacher, ␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣- formed live - to start a conversation, as an extension of their own thinking and a reaction to the questions posed by Respira Conspira.
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Sat 12/11 from 5 to 7pm Final presentation and talk about the workshop with Humberto Velez (PA/UK) The participants will collectively present their research and impressions from the topics raised during the workshop.
From 7 to 10:30 pm Conversation through movements and actions with Trine Falch (NO), Michelle Mattiuzzi (BR), Camilla Rocha Campos (BR) and Tali Serruya (AR/FR) A day dedicated to performance, to the body, and conversation between artists and an audience as a reaction to the notion of conspiring - of creating new movements based current situations and history from various geographical perspectives.
Trine Falch␣ ␣␣␣␣␣ ␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣ ␣␣ ␣␣␣␣␣ ␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣ ␣␣␣ ␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣ ␣␣␣␣ ␣␣␣␣␣␣ ␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣ ␣␣␣␣ ␣␣␣␣␣␣ ␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣ ␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣ ␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣ ␣␣␣␣␣ the participants. Michelle Mattiuzzi is an artist who uses her own body to visualise historical and current narratives. Through people’s contribution Camilla Rocha Campos will make bubbles and build a context loaded by humor and criticism. Tali Serruya will create an exercise around the contagious physical and emotional reactions that tend to spread through groups of people.
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Mon 14/11 - time to be announced Caminhada de mulheres with Julia Retz (BR) and Aurelia Defrance (FR) ␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣ are invitations to take a moment …to gather, to drift collectively or to be guided …to trust intuition and knowledge of others …to understand the urban fabric we are part of ␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣ ␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣
