friday 10.10. 13h-19h
Áron Levente
Hospitality and The
Stranger
one day workshop
friday 10.10.
13h-19h
Áron Levente
Hospitality and The Stranger

register by sending an email to poslijesvijet@objectofdance.com
limited spots


In this workshop we will explore guiding and hosting in artistic practices. Guiding and being guided, hosting and being hosted - be it for an event, a participatory work, an immersive piece or even for a book to read, these roles blur the boundaries between performance and facilitation. We will touch on the power relationships of authority and authorship in these situations but only to discover that in hospitality, it’s not always clear or important to always know who is in charge. Rather, hospitality can be a place of mutual service, where both host and hosted are serving something more than the sum of themselves.

Practically, this workshop will use Áron’s practice as a guide and host, and the questions and concerns he’s come across over the years as conversation starters. The participants will try out some guided experiences that gently challenge attention, sensation and perception. After which we will try and look under the hood, see what artistic decisions can inform the buildup of such an experience and how this echoes with your practices and interests. Every activity will be introduced in advance and you are encouraged to take a step back or change things up if something is not working for you. By the end I hope for us to arrive to a point of intimate curiosity with the messy realities of coming together.
Photo: Reinout Bos

register by sending an email to poslijesvijet@objectofdance.com
limited spots


In this workshop we will explore guiding and hosting in artistic practices. Guiding and being guided, hosting and being hosted - be it for an event, a participatory work, an immersive piece or even for a book to read, these roles blur the boundaries between performance and facilitation. We will touch on the power relationships of authority and authorship in these situations but only to discover that in hospitality, it’s not always clear or important to always know who is in charge. Rather, hospitality can be a place of mutual service, where both host and hosted are serving something more than the sum of themselves.

Practically, this workshop will use Áron’s practice as a guide and host, and the questions and concerns he’s come across over the years as conversation starters. The participants will try out some guided experiences that gently challenge attention, sensation and perception. After which we will try and look under the hood, see what artistic decisions can inform the buildup of such an experience and how this echoes with your practices and interests. Every activity will be introduced in advance and you are encouraged to take a step back or change things up if something is not working for you. By the end I hope for us to arrive to a point of intimate curiosity with the messy realities of coming together.
Photo: Reinout Bos

Áron Levente(fka Áron Birtalan) is an artist and theologian, whose work explores languages of intimacy between angel, creature and computer. Working together with participants and their imagination as an artistic medium, Áron hosts guided games, mystical practices, musical releases, unruly thoughts and publications. In recent years Áron has hosted events at ImpulsTanz, Oxford, Cambridge, Harvard, curated the Mysticism + Consent panel for the University of Antwerp and the Gathering to Disappear symposium at SKH, as well as gigs in squat basements, bars and children’s camps. Currently he is running Angel Dog studio at Vienna and finishing his PhD at SKH Dance, titled ‘Your Bones Hold the Shape of What’s to Come.’

Áron Levente(fka Áron Birtalan) is an artist and theologian, whose work explores languages of intimacy between angel, creature and computer. Working together with participants and their imagination as an artistic medium, Áron hosts guided games, mystical practices, musical releases, unruly thoughts and publications. In recent years Áron has hosted events at ImpulsTanz, Oxford, Cambridge, Harvard, curated the Mysticism + Consent panel for the University of Antwerp and the Gathering to Disappear symposium at SKH, as well as gigs in squat basements, bars and children’s camps. Currently he is running Angel Dog studio at Vienna and finishing his PhD at SKH Dance, titled ‘Your Bones Hold the Shape of What’s to Come.’