BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Memento EPFL// BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Muscles : questioning the language of the body in the public space DTSTART:20240521T120000 DTEND:20240521T130000 DTSTAMP:20260313T061258Z UID:cf81b621a2c9559b96b58c10f6755ad733658db0abd4492c7e50b59f CATEGORIES:Cultural events DESCRIPTION:Sara Leghissa\, Nathalie Garbely\, Sandra Cane et Claire Logoz \nSara Leghissa\, an Italian artist based in Milan\, will be presenting Mu scles\, a 30-minute performance exploring the notions of visibility (and s ometimes ultra-visibility) and invisibility of women in the public space.\ n\nThe artist draws inspiration from her own body and her personal experie nces in the public space. She also draws on a text by Kathy Acker (1947-19 97): Against Ordinary Langage\, The Language of the Body (1993). In it\, t he American essayist and playwright interweaves observations on her bodybu ilding practice with reflections on the philosophy of language. Her words will be displayed during the performance. Sara Leghissa will stick more th an 80 posters on an ad hoc support\, reading a text that will gradually be composed according to the gestures and movements of her body. The sentenc es will be superimposed to create a palimpsest text established in the tim e of the action. Sara Leghissa's artistic and philosophical appropriation of public billboards\, most of which are used to advertise consumer produc ts\, calls into question the ways in which people are present and act in t he public space.\n\nTHE PERFORMANCE IS FOLLOWED BY A DISCUSSION:\nAt aroun d 12:30\, there will be an opportunity to look back at the creative proces s behind this multi-faceted performance\, share different impressions and develop a collective reflection. A discussion in English will be led by Na thalie Garbely (far° festival)\, with Sara Leghissa\, accompanied by Sand ra Cane (specialist in Gender Studies) and Claire Logoz\, architect (ENAC- ALICE) who\, in the DRAG(UE) course\, introduces the notions of performati vity and gender in the built environment. The discussion will be supplemen ted by contributions from EPFL associations\, the Bureau de l'Egalité and members of the public.\n\nWhy Muscles at EPFL?\nArchitecture\, civil engi neering and\, more generally\, the construction and management of built sp aces occupy an important place at EPFL\, both in terms of teaching and res earch. It is on the question of the uses of public space that we propose t o bring the performing arts and science into dialogue. Sara Leghissa's app roach invites us to think about the norms that structure public space and the performativity of bodies that deviate from gender norms. By playing wi th ambivalence and placing a queer experience at the heart of Muscles\, Sa ra Leghissa invites the EPFL community to critically and openly question t he uses\, occupations\, dominations and other appropriations of public spa ce.\n\nA co-production with the far° festival des arts vivants\, Nyon\nLe s Culturelles develops partnerships and collaborations with renowned Swiss cultural institutions. Muscles is a co-production with the far° festival et fabrique des arts vivants in Nyon. Founded in 1984 in Nyon\, the far° festival is now renowned in Switzerland and abroad for its exploration of the living arts (contemporary dance\, theatre\, performance\, circus\, mu sic and all other ephemeral art forms). Every year\, far° organises a mul ti-disciplinary festival that gives pride of place to up-and-coming artist s and site-specific creation. For ten days or so in August\, it brings tog ether artists and different audiences around inventive and daring works\, in a convivial setting conducive to encounters. During the year\, it opera tes as a factory\, welcoming artists in residence\, organising participato ry projects and occasionally opening its doors to the public for public me etings. The 40th edition of the far° festival of the performing arts will take place from 8 to 18 August 2024\, in Nyon and the surrounding area.\n \nThe CDH-Culture and the far° festival collaborated successfully for the first time in 2023 by inviting Sara Manente\, an Italian artist-researche r and choreographer based in Brussels. For several years now\, she has bee n interested in the relationships between living beings\, both human and n on-human. At Culturelles de mai 2023\, she presented Molding\, a choreogra phic piece. With her team\, Sara Manente also ran Ruined\, a participatory workshop to build architectural pieces from mycelium. The elements built collectively with the students became part of an installation presented at the far° festival des arts vivants\, in August 2023.\n\nSara Leghissa is an artist\, performer and researcher based in Milan. Her work questions t he power relations that run through public space and affect bodies. Her pr ojects have led her to work with marginalised population groups (people wi th migratory backgrounds or living in peripheral neighbourhoods) in Milan\ , Madrid and Palestine. Sara Leghissa's performances\, most of which take place in the street\, are based on elements such as billboards. She plays with customs\, twists codes (gestures\, language\, etc.) to invite us\, no t without humour\, to take a fresh look at our everyday modes of interacti on. Sara Leghissa regularly shows her work in Italy and elsewhere in Europ e: Santarcangelo (IT)\, ShortTheatre (IT)\, TriennaleTeatro Dell'Arte (IT) \, far° festival des arts vivants Nyon (CH)\, La Casa Encendida (E)\, Fes tival Parallèle (FR)\, Les Tombées De La Nuit (FR)\, Mir Festival (GR)\, Beursschouwburg e Kunstencentrum Vooruit (BE). The performance Muscles wa s created in Milan in 2023. In August 2024\, Sara Leghissa will present Pr etend is a toilet in Nyon\, a new performance exploring the interactions b etween bodies and normative\, gender-binarised spaces such as public toile ts.\n\nSandra Cane trained in Oriental and African Studies at the SOAS Uni versity of London\, and is pursuing independent research into queer cultur es and contemporary Palestinian culture. She is interested in queer\, anti -normative and decolonial cultural practices. She contributes to several j ournals and online platforms\, including Kohl: A Journal for Body and Gend er Research\, Palestine Square\, Il Tascabile\, Arabpop\, Not - NERO on Th eory\, Harper's Bazaar Italia\, Quid Media and Zero. In 2023\, she publish ed La grammatica della frammentazione with Einaudi\, a book with an open a nd unstable form\, combining a self-portrait with a theoretical reflection on the construction of identity.\n\nClaire Logoz is an architect graduati ng from EPFL in 2021 who devotes her research to the performativity of the built environment and the way in which architecture materialises social c onstructions. In 2021 she co-created the multiple practice detritus\, whic h - through texts\, drawings\, installations\, performances\, competitions and objects - playfully navigates the complexity of the contemporary cont ext. Claire Logoz is also active in the educational field\, teaching proje ct design as studio director in the ALICE laboratory at EPFL. She also tea ches the DRAG(UE) course\, which introduces the notions of performativity and gender in the built environment.\n\n> Lunch offered to registered peop le (sold out)\nFree entrance\n \n\n\n LOCATION:Hall du MED https://plan.epfl.ch/?room==MED%200%2094.22 STATUS:CONFIRMED END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR