I like flocks of birds
Workshop Lotte van Gelder with 15 participants, artists, architects, graphic designers who came in from Seoul to Lyon to LA. The context is the Know-How Show-How Summer program of art and design that takes place in Sofia, Bulgaria since 2015.
The key to all our research is the body as an instrument. The body as tool to observe movement patterns and dynamics in relation to the architecture of the mineral sources in the heart of the city. We use the site and all material and immaterial structures we find here as a source and translate these matters into urban choreography. This is where our process starts.

 
I like flocks of birds + Lotte van Gelder + Know How Show How 2015

sofia city the context of our research

 
I like flocks of birds + Lotte van Gelder + Know How Show How 2015

the sources in the heart of the city

 
I like flocks of birds + Lotte van Gelder + Know How Show How 2015

 
I like flocks of birds + Lotte van Gelder + Know How Show How 2015

sketching in the studio

 
I like flocks of birds + Lotte van Gelder + Know How Show How 2015

moving together in the studio

 
I like flocks of birds + Lotte van Gelder + Know How Show How 2015

observing movement at the sources

 
I like flocks of birds + Lotte van Gelder + Know How Show How 2015

sketches and presentations end of day 1

 
I like flocks of birds + Lotte van Gelder + Know How Show How 2015

sketches presented on the studio wall, day 1

 
I like flocks of birds + Lotte van Gelder + Know How Show How 2015

presenting first sketches and crits

 
I like flocks of birds + Lotte van Gelder + Know How Show How 2015

research process kenneth loe chek siang phase 1

 
I like flocks of birds + Lotte van Gelder + Know How Show How 2015

lecture performance and screening Lotte van Gelder

 
I like flocks of birds + Lotte van Gelder + Know How Show How 2015

movement in the studio - preparing for the performative moment

 

Research and creation phase
over the course of four days we went into our collective investigations; participants looked into movement patterns in relation to the architectural structures. From the recordings of these patters, sketches, movements and words we refined personal observations into ephemeral and tangible projects.

 
I like flocks of birds + Lotte van Gelder + Know How Show How 2015

concentration in the studio, day two

 
I like flocks of birds + Lotte van Gelder + Know How Show How 2015

in between movement concentration

 
I like flocks of birds + Lotte van Gelder + Know How Show How 2015

research process Troy C. Kreiner phase 1

 
I like flocks of birds + Lotte van Gelder + Know How Show How 2015

developing work in the studio, day three concentration

 
I like flocks of birds + Lotte van Gelder + Know How Show How 2015

publication of the process

 
I like flocks of birds + Lotte van Gelder + Know How Show How 2015

installation sketch end of day one

 
I like flocks of birds + Lotte van Gelder + Know How Show How 2015

observing the choreography of the daily life

 
I like flocks of birds + Lotte van Gelder + Know How Show How 2015

publication of the process

 

Manifestation /conclusion
Patterns turned to new shapes, we exercised daily, moving together, observing together. From a communal project, each different accent gently arose. Turning into small performances, haiku-movement sketches, flowy installations, touching stones and typography. All this is presented to an audience on the last day, in installed and performed pieces.
This page reflects the process that we walked through collectively, and shows the different routes all participants took. In a trail that is light as the water that flows through, and then evaporates..

 
I like flocks of birds + Lotte van Gelder + Know How Show How 2015

passing the water: the opening performance ceremony

 
I like flocks of birds + Lotte van Gelder + Know How Show How 2015

opening performance - group work - passing of the water

 
I like flocks of birds + Lotte van Gelder + Know How Show How 2015

performing the opening sequence

 
I like flocks of birds + Lotte van Gelder + Know How Show How 2015

installation dirtify to purify, Bin Koh

 
I like flocks of birds + Lotte van Gelder + Know How Show How 2015

drawings for the architecture, Troy C Kreiner

 
I like flocks of birds + Lotte van Gelder + Know How Show How 2015

performance moment poetry Kenneth Loe chek siang

 
I like flocks of birds + Lotte van Gelder + Know How Show How 2015

Fanny Boulord performing drawing the wind

 
I like flocks of birds + Lotte van Gelder + Know How Show How 2015

performance architecture and poetry, group piece

 
I like flocks of birds + Lotte van Gelder + Know How Show How 2015

Yoana Ivanova sketching out her piece

 
I like flocks of birds + Lotte van Gelder + Know How Show How 2015

drawing with the wind - performance by Fanny Boulord

 
Know How Show How 2015, Sofia

performative installation dirtify to purify Bin Koh

 
I like flocks of birds + Lotte van Gelder + Know How Show How 2015

final presentation, detail

 
I like flocks of birds + Lotte van Gelder + Know How Show How 2015

projection piece in the group show by Milena Pacherazova

 
I like flocks of birds + Lotte van Gelder + Know How Show How 2015

short verse for the wall by Barbara Majsa

 
I like flocks of birds + Lotte van Gelder + Know How Show How 2015

live calligraphy performance of Ivaylo Nedkov

 
I like flocks of birds + Lotte van Gelder + Know How Show How 2015

stepping into the exhibition space

 
I like flocks of birds + Lotte van Gelder + Know How Show How 2015

traces of water refer to the source

 
I like flocks of birds + Lotte van Gelder + Know How Show How 2015

visitors walk entering the presentation, Svetoslava Ilieva

 
I like flocks of birds + Lotte van Gelder + Know How Show How 2015

Lusina Terziyan, mechanical dance video box

 
I like flocks of birds + Lotte van Gelder + Know How Show How 2015

overview of the exposition

 
I like flocks of birds + Lotte van Gelder + Know How Show How 2015

 
I like flocks of birds + Lotte van Gelder + Know How Show How 2015

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