26.07.2025—27.07.2025
The Body as a Laboratory of Feelings, Fears and Limits
Workshop
with Leman Sevda Darıoğu
with Leman Sevda Darıoğu
Venue:
Kreuzberg 3
Möckernstr. 68
10965 Berlin
Möckernstr. 68
10965 Berlin
Dates:
Info:
Level: open
in English
Price: 130/110€*
in English
Price: 130/110€*
Description
This two-day workshop approaches the body as a resource to be unfolded—an intersectional space where ancestral, societal, and personal converge. Through movement and performative gestures, we will explore what resides within our bodies: feelings, fears, desires, memories, vulnerabilities, and boundaries. Together, we will transform our bodies into laboratories of sensation and reflection and seek to build new corporeal vocabularies. Participants will be guided into a deep and attentive listening to their inner landscapes by combining somatic exercises, body awareness practices, performance scores, and journaling. We will engage in gentle yet radical inquiries to expand the perceived limits of our bodies and move toward new possibilities of expression. The participants engaged in movement and performance in their practice are encouraged to carry out their ongoing research during the workshop. The workshop is open to everyone, regardless of prior movement experience, who wants to sense, express, and experiment with the unknown.
Biographies
Leman Sevda Darıoğu
Leman Sevda Darıoğu (they/them) is a multidisciplinary queer artist, workshop facilitator, and founder of Queer & Move, a platform for queer body and movement practitioners. In their performance practice, Leman investigates the physical, emotional, and mental boundaries, limits, and potentials of the body. Leman's work centres on the vulnerability and resilience of the marginalized, especially queer bodies. As a facilitator, they are committed to creating inclusive, safer spaces that honour each participant's unique presence and expand their potential with radical tenderness. Leman holds a master’s degree in Live Art Forms from the Academy of Fine Arts, Nuremberg, graduating with distinction, and was awarded the 2024 DAAD Prize for their graduation project. Their work has been presented at Door Foundation, Amsterdam, Ornamenta 2024, Pforzheim, SANATORIUM, Istanbul, EuroPride23, Valletta, Bärenzwinger, Berlin, ICA, London, Goethe Institut, Rome, SALT, Istanbul, Schwules Museum, Berlin, Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe, among others. They have facilitated body, movement, and performance workshops at documenta fifteen, Kassel, Performistanbul, Istanbul, Warehouse9, Copenhagen, Nesin Art Village, Izmir, Forum Dança, Lisbon, and more.