Meseguer Zafe sees the potential in rest and horizontality for a different kind of spectatorship; rest proposes alternative ways to be in conversation with one another as well as in making and engaging with art. For Grounding Practice, participants will explore the artistic potential of these different modes through a guided rest and invitation to have a horizontal or restful conversation, in the most comfortable way possible.
Raquel’s workshop stems from her immersive performance piece A Crash Course in Cloudspotting, an intimate audio journey telling some of the 300+ stories about attempts to rest in public gathered from people with disabilities and chronic illness. In this work, audiences are invited to explore the subversive act of lying down and the depths of human connection inherent in these stories.
This Grounding Practice workshop has been programmed in conjunction with Hyper Functional, Ultra Healthy, a dynamic series that considers individual and collective health and wellbeing through a programme of newly commissioned artworks, films, workshops, and conversations. The 2023 programme focuses on disability justice and artists who engage with the space of health and care.
