Esther Kläs participates in the Woods: More-than-Human Curiosity symposium
28—30 July 2023
the forest and meadow land between the villages of Písečná and Hnátnice in the Orlické Mountains, Czech Republic
Esther Kläs is included in the fourth annual forest symposium More-than-Human Curiosity, which will take place from 28 - 30 July 2023 on the forest and meadow land between the villages of Písečná and Hnátnice in the Orlické Mountains. The symposium follows how research on the neuroplasticity of the brain (not only human but also animal), memory, creativity, neuro- and roboethics, and neuroethology are involved in the processes of returning to a more-than-human community. It is divided into three thematic sections plus the Children’s Forest Group, which works with the above themes using methods accessible to younger people. The common programme includes cinema, concert, performance, and a forest kitchen.
Saturday 29 July
18:10 – 19:00 First part of participatory performance by Esther Kläs
Start: Draw a line in front of yourself. Relate yourself to the line, make another line move. Move towards the lines and the other bodies (people). Don’t produce movement just because. Prefer to not move – just listen. Then move. There is no wrong movement. All is necessary.
I am interested in drawings where you can see the history of the marks. Some lines are erased because they are not necessary anymore, others stay, and some become reference points. Actions/lines that used to be important are, after a while, not important anymore, or might have disappeared, having generated others.
Sunday 30 June
10:30 – 11:20 Second part of participatory performance by Esther Kläs