18:00 performance by Joan Laage followed by warm drinks in the Slottsparken Greenhouse, Malmö, located next to Slottsträdgårdens kafé.

Thursday 26 February
9:30 coffee and registration. Roundtable and performances from 10:15 until 16:30, at the Medea Studio, Malmö University.

The “somatic” refers to a deep layer of the body, radiating outwards through physical and affective exchanges with the wider world. This symposium/event opens questions around the somatic, archiving, memory and cultural heritage. Performances by Joan Laage (USA), Boaz Barkan (Denmark) and Luanda Carneiro Jacoel (Brazil/Norway) will be interspersed by round-table discussions with contributions from academics, students and independent professionals.

We do not yet know what Somatic Archiving means. Expanding a performative mode of artistic research, we invite you to join us in posing questions or offering performative provocations to explore the zone where archiving, cultural memory and the body converge.
How does the body record and archive memories?
How can we access body memories through dance and somatic practices?
How can we archive, collect or disseminate corporeal memories?
What is activated in the body of a performer when they connect with people, memories and experiences of the past?
Does reawakening the past “pre-mediate” or anticipate future physical and cultural forms?
What political and social implications are revealed when historical memory is accessed and restaged through the living body?

For detailed schedule, registartion and more information please visit: http://livingarchives.mah.se/2015/01/somatic-archiving-symposium-feb-2015/