The EcoSomatics Conversations Series invites sharing of engagement, practices and thinking around environmental awareness through embodiment activities, dance and art. It posits a definition of EcoSomatics as of the body-mind-ecology and takes the form of open public dialogues between two (or more) people: independent artists, practitioners, and academics.
Grand Union’s Co-Programme Director, Jo Capper, contributed to episode two of this podcast, alongside movement artist Simon Whitehead. The project aimed to ‘bring people together who didn’t know each other and hadn’t worked together before… [inviting] contributors to spend a time together to find a title that seemed appropriate for them.’ This conversation between Jo and Simon was entitled ‘Tenderness’.
The conversation came out of discussions about ‘questions around home, homelessness, and the idea of belonging; thinking more widely about social and natural collages.’ With “embodiment” as a central starting point. How do we experience home rather than it being something of loss or something that we’re trying to find?
The project was conceived by Dr Polly Hudson, (Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, Birmingham City University), and the conversations are co-convened with Dr Karen Wood, (Birmingham Dance Network and C-DaRE).
The conversations took place virtually with a large international audience, with no fee to attend. The podcasts are audio recordings of these live events.
The project is supported by funding from Arts, Design, and Humanities Faculty Research Investment Scheme, Birmingham City University.
