Metamorphetic States: Bodies, Entities, Forces, Atmospheres Two Day Intensive with Victoria Hunt

We acknowledge that this workshop is hosted on the unceded land of the Gadigal People of Eora (Sydney). We honour their enduring custodianship, the original storytellers, dancers, song makers that have flourished since time immeasurable. We are grateful to be able to meet and practice in this space as guests, rich with Lore, embedded in these lands, its waters and sky.

ReadyMade Works hosts a Two-Day Workshop Intensive led by acclaimed artist Victoria Hunt. 

Saturday 9th November & Sunday 10th November, 11am - 5pm Cost: $125

Metamorphetic States: Bodies, Entities, Forces, Atmospheres

Can we perceive, construct, and perform animate relationships that are more-than-human?

Can we become the architect of guardian and protector energies during times of collapse?

How must we attune ourselves to the dynamics of embodied intelligence, intuition, dream logic, ancestral wisdom and living cycles - coexisting in radical gestures amid the malevolent forces shaping our times.

Lineages: We will engage with diverse strategies, notably IndigiQueer futurisms, Mātauranga Māori (Indigenous-Māori knowledges) and BODYWEATHER philosophy, which questions what the body is, where awareness and consciousness arise, and how the imagination functions within the practice.

This workshop will offer processes that playfully question the bedrock of how we live our lives. Participants are invited to come as you are, and bring your imaginations, an openness to try new approaches, and curiosity.

We will begin each day with:

MB (mind><body, muscle><bone) - a rigorous series of rhythmic and dynamic proposals which cultivate strength, stamina, flexibility, coordination.

MANIPULATIONS - a partner-based practice involving one practitioner giving and the other receiving a series of touch-based stimulations, with roles alternating throughout.

GROUNDWORK: IMAGE-BASED SENSORY EXPLORATIONS – sensitivity training and movement creation through refined image-based propositions and improvisational practices.

~ Please bring loose comfortable clothing, a yoga mat, water bottle, notebook/pen, and snacks.

NB: BODYWEATHER philosophy was developed by Min Tanaka and his Mai-Juku performance company in Japan. Tess de Quincey was a member of Mai-Juku (1985-91) who introduced the BODYWEATHER practice into Australia in 1989. Victoria Hunt joined De Quincey Co. to begin an apprenticeship in 2000.

Photo Credit: Juan Salazar, COSMOGRAPHIES  

Image description: an otherworldly spectral entity is partially visible - hovering between a liminal threshold of fine particle mist. There are minimal details in this shrouded light grey realm. She wears an assemblage of grey and white regalia and her arm is raised to hold in place a bone relic mask which completely covers the head. 

ReadyMade Works is supported by Create NSW and City of Sydney.