A beautiful example of connectivity at work here. Two dancers - one in a wheelchair, one standing using immersive video goggles to embody dance. … [Read more...] about Embodied dance: connectivity at work
Walking, disability rights and embodiment (video feat. Judith Butler & Sanaura Taylor)
In this short video, Judith Butler explores the lived experience and some of the social and political dimensions of disability with Sanaura Taylor in a walk through the streets of San Francisco. During the walk they challenge the normative definition of the idea of walking and talk about how disability is often projected on to people by our stereotypical attitudes. One of the things that really moved me was their discussion of the normality of obtaining help from people. This feeds into one of the growing critiques of Western culture - and we see it coming through really strongly in health care, particularly when funding cuts are being made - and that is that we should not be looking … [Read more...] about Walking, disability rights and embodiment (video feat. Judith Butler & Sanaura Taylor)
Bodies, embodiment, advertising
Embodiment is a hard concept to grasp. We don't just have bodies, we are bodies, movements, capacities, abilities...we experience the world through our bodies and literally and figuratively feel what it's like to be alive. Here are three recent advertisements that shamelessly play on the idea of bodies and embodiment. As a result of watching these you should definitely vote, buy a Volvo and drink Smirnoff vodka. If you do, remember to be a donor. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nc-lmer_TQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbEVE0CPdR8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPQJXhZK_4k … [Read more...] about Bodies, embodiment, advertising
Movement/life in early 20th century England
The BBC has recently compiled a series of amazing documentaries which show what life was like for ordinary people in Northern England in the first years of the 1900s. The documentaries (click here to view on YouTube) derive from the work of pioneering film makers Sagar Michell and James Kenyon (more about them here), and have been restored to their former glory by the National Film Archive in the UK having been lost for many years. Documentary film of ordinary people's lives is commonplace now, but in 1900 - only five years after the invention of the film camera - people were still experimenting with its possibilities. There are many things that can be said about this film series, … [Read more...] about Movement/life in early 20th century England