Astarti Athanasiadou & Stéphane Verlet Bottéro

Farm/Dance, Feeling/Doing, Focus/Derail (agriculture as embodiment) | OPEN FIELDS - Art and Agriculture

02.09.2023

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Date

02.09.2023

Time

3pm - 7pm

Location

Art in Public Space

Meeting point

Biobauernhof Moar in Graslupp, Zeutschach 33, 8820 Neumarkt

Costs

free

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Event

Opening and dance performance by Astarti Athanasiadou & Stéphane Verlet Bottéro in the context of OPEN FIELDS - Art and Agriculture.

OPEN FIELDS - Art and Agriculture

With the project OPEN FIELDS the Institute for Art in Public Space Styria combines the realms of art and agriculture. It includes 12 sub-projects by various international artists and art collectives and just as many Styrian farms.

Astarti Athanasiadou & Stéphane Verlet Bottéro

Farm/Dance, Feeling/Doing, Focus/Derail (agriculture as embodiment)

The transdisciplinary practice of the artist duo Astarti Athanasiadou & Stéphane Verlet Bottéro moves at the intersection of socially committed art, ecological work, performance training and choreography. It takes place in rural and agricultural locations in Europe, mainly. The artists built a temporary research laboratory and dance studio on Konrad Liebchen’s organic farm in Neumarkt in Styria, which is situated in the Zirbitzkogel-Grebenzen Nature Conservatory. Here, endangered domestic livestock species such as Murboden cattle, Noriker horses and Carniolan sheep are bred. In collaboration with four other performers Astarti Athanasiadou & Stéphane Verlet Bottéro created a dance performance based on the “Body Weather” performance practice.

In terms of content, the movement experiments, in keeping with the project title Farm/Dance, Feeling/Doing, Focus/Derail (agriculture as embodiment), relate to the performers’ personal experiences on the farm, such as in-situ explorations and agricultural activities they pursued during their two-week stay.

With: Astarti Athanasiadou, Stéphane Verlet Bottéro, Nicolas Gabriel, Sophie Krier, Antti Juho Matias Uimonen and Tiia Tuulia Veneranta.

Farm: Biobauernhof Moar in Graslupp