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Performative Workshop in dialogue with Paula Regos art exhibition «Machtspiele»

(picture used: Copyright: © Paula Rego. All rights reserved 2024 / Bridgeman Images
Creditline: Margarida Marinho)

On Power

Performative workshop series

Embark on a transformative journey through the thought-provoking art of Paula Rego in this immersive series of performative workshops exploring the themes of power and surrender in a playful way. Through a combination of embodiment, play, reflection, and experimental activities, participants will deepen their own understanding of the concepts, narratives and the complexities of power dynamics and their impact, emotions, and the human psyche. Let’s create a space where reflection, sharing and questioning are encouraged within a guided structure.

The workshops are suited to all shapes of bodies regardless their level of fitness.

Minimum age is 16 years.

Play with Power – Let me walk my Dog

Saturday, November 9, 2024 and December 7, 2024, 4 – 6 p.m.
Kunstmuseum Basel | Hauptbau, Atelier

Participatory, performative workshop designed to explore the concept of play as depicted in Paula Rego's artworks, specifically those featuring dogs. This workshop delves into the complexities of play, including its symbolic meanings and power dynamics, through a combination of somatic exercises, performative enactments, and group discussions. Participants will engage with the characters and archetypes in Rego's paintings, using their bodies to act out and interpret the scenes and emotions portrayed.

Costs: Entry + CHF 5
Please note: The exhibition can only be visited before the workshop

Sharka Rey is a psychosomatic sex educator and performance artist based in Basel, Switzerland. Sharka studied psychology at University of West London and is currently focusing her research on sexual culture, “epistemological disobedience”, and power dynamics within her Masters in social sciences at the University of Basel. With a further background in yoga, dance, experimental voice work, theatre improvisation, bdsm, tantra, and tao, her main interest lays in exploring ´´realness´´ in encounters (on and off stage), including its boundaries and limits.