FULLY BOOKED · workshop with Emily Mast, September 2023

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Workshop with artist
Emily Mast

Image: Emily Mast.

LA-based artist Emily Mast is offering a free, inten­sive 8 day exper­i­mental move­ment & voice work­shop at Betonsalon art center that explores the com­ple­men­tary roles of per­sonal autonomy and inter­re­la­tion­ality through con­scious and col­lec­tive pro­duc­tion in pre­car­ious times.

As a group, we will engage in exer­cises that involve phys­ical move­ment, vocal­iza­tion, the­atrical play, free writing, hyp­nosis, tantra, dom/sub dynamics, and dura­tional impro­vi­sa­tion. Together, we will build a series of con­sent and boundary frame­works that probe col­lec­tive thresh­olds and engage the sub­con­scious, mining it as a tool for cre­ation and trans­for­ma­tion.

Workshops will begin with exer­cises in building intrapsy­chic and inter­per­sonal trust among par­tic­i­pants. We will cul­ti­vate a prac­tice of courage and care, learn how to be vul­ner­able with one another, and develop our expres­sive vocab­u­lary as a group.

We will share our pro­cess with out­side eyes during two public “sharing ses­sions” on two con­sec­u­tive Saturdays – more in a ges­ture of humility than of per­for­ma­tivity.

Together, we will be asking: what might be pos­sible if we accept to work in con­stant rela­tion to one another? If exis­tence nec­es­sarily means being in rela­tion­ship, and if authority is decen­tral­ized, how might we come up with working methods that can shape equitable pre­sents and futures? And how might we build the nec­es­sary struc­tures to manage all of the above with opti­mism and imag­i­na­tion?

In order to build an atmo­sphere of trust and secu­rity, par­tic­i­pants must commit to attending each work­shop ses­sion in its entirety.

Each ses­sion lasts 3 hours and will take place on the fol­lowing days:

Wednesday, September 27 from 19h-22h
Thursday, September 28 from 19h-22h
Friday September 29 from 19h-22h
Saturday September 30 from 15h-17h: Sharing Session

Wednesday October 4 from 19h-22h
Thursday October 5 from 19h-22h
Friday October 6 from 19h-22h
Saturday October 7 from 15h-17h: Sharing Session

People of all ages, back­grounds, and phys­ical abil­i­ties are encour­aged to apply. A will­ing­ness to col­lab­o­rate is imper­a­tive to this pro­cess as it openly demands an aban­don­ment of the ego in favor of col­lec­tive iden­tity. Participants must be curious and open to exper­i­menting with their body, their voice, and their sub­con­scious. All work­shops will be con­ducted in French. No prior per­for­mance expe­ri­ence nec­es­sary.

The work­shop is fully booked.

BIOGRAPHY
Emily Mast is a Los Angeles-based visual and per­forming artist. She com­bines visual art, the­ater and dance to pro­duce multi-com­po­si­tional pro­jects that employ live per­for­mance, instal­la­tion and activism. For the past few years her prac­tice has focused on power dynamics and sub­verting seem­ingly immove­able hier­ar­chies. Mast is par­tic­u­larly inter­ested in how artistic imag­i­na­tion can be used to reimagine the world at a time when value, equality and the con­cept of freedom are demanding rad­ical recon­sid­er­a­tion.

Mast has staged “chore­ographed exhi­bi­tions” and pre­sented live per­for­mances inter­na­tion­ally at venues such as the Villa Medici, Rome; Picasso Museum, Barcelona; Theatre des Champs Elysées, Paris; Fondation LUMA, Arles; Grazer Kunstverein, Graz; Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin; Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery, Toronto; La Ferme du Buisson, Paris; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Hammer Museum and REDCAT, Los Angeles. She lives and works in Los Angeles.