Symposium

What approaches to structural transformation in relation to care, inclusion and sustainability exist in the performing arts, especially from disabled and multiple marginalised perspectives?

22.05.2025, 2pm–7pm until 23.05.2025, 9.30am–6pm – HKB, Fellerstrasse 11, 3027 Bern

Grafik mit Konturen von Dreiecken, Quadraten und Kreisen, die vor dunkelgrünem Hintergrund unterschiedlich angeordnet sind.

Working practices in the performing arts are changing: Both artists and cultural institutions are searching for methods and formats that take care, inclusion and sustainability into account. This not only has an impact on how art is produced, but also on the resulting aesthetics. Disabled and chronically ill artists have found methods and formats that challenge the status quo, because their lived experiences and access needs made them pursue different pathways. The Swiss National Science Foundation SNF research project ‘Aesthetics of the Im/mobile’ (2022–2026) has been examining perspectives by institutional arts practitioners and disabled and chronically artists, as well as analysing formats that explore the im/mobility of art in different ways. In a 2-day symposium at the Bern Academy of the Arts HKB, in collaboration with the Swiss Association for Theatre Studies, we will put these perspectives into dialogue and explore art formats and practices in workshops and exhibitions. The symposium aims to connect research and arts practices and offers insights into the outcome of the research project.

When

22.5.2025 2pm–7pm
23.5.2025 9.30am–6pm

Where

Fellerstrasse 11, 3027 Bern

Speakers and contributors

auawirleben Festival (CH), Kamran Behrouz (CH), Tanja Erhart (AT), Annemarie Hahn (Bern Academy of the Arts, CH), Alexandrina Hemsley (UK), Anouk Hoogendorn (CH/NL/UK), Nicolette Kretz (auawirleben Festival, CH), Fabienne Mathis (Kleintheater Luzern, CH), Flor Méchain (CH), Nina Mühlemann (Bern Academy of the Arts, CH), Edwin Ramirez (CH), Alessandro Schiattarella (CH), Yvonne Schmidt (Bern Academy of the Arts, CH), Thubten Shontshang (Bern Academy of the Arts, CH), Robert Stock (Humboldt-Universität Berlin, DE), Louise Westerhout (ZAF), Noa Winter (Theaterhaus Gessneralle, CH)

Languages

English, Swiss German Sign Language

Registration

Attendance is free. If you’d like to register, please email thubten.shontshang@hkb.bfh.ch by April 22.

Accessibility

Wheelchair access, sign language interpretation, different seating options, COVID-Test or FFP2 masks mandatory and available. If you would like more details or have questions, please contact thubten.shontshang@hkb.bfh.ch.