Liz Rech
LIZ RECH, Hamburg, Director, dramaturge and performance artist
[https://lizrech.wordpress.com]
After having completed her studies in dramaturgy at the Bayerische Theaterakademie in Munich she studied directing at the HfMT /Hamburg from 2002 – 2007. After that she has been working on numerous projects in the border region between theatre and performance, as well as video and installation projects.
Since 2009, her artistic practice has been exploring the field between activism and art - being part of the artist initiative KOMM IN DIE GÄNGE, the MEGAPHONE CHOIR and the activist-art collective SCHWABINGGRADBALLETT. Since 2015 she is working on her PhD about collective movements within the PhD program PERFORMING CITIZENSHIP | Hamburg. More Info: http://performingcitizenship.de/data/en/
Research Project:
Performing Citizenship: Assembly in movement
The expressions MOVEMENT and MOBILISATION are ambiguous and therefore fascinating terms that refer to the field of politics on the one side and to the body and to choreography on the other. In both instances the terms encompass “assembly in movement” and “the becoming of many” (Kunst 2014). In my graduate thesis I am looking at the two terms MOVEMENT and MOBILISATION at the crossroads of choreography/dance, activism and politics. My artistic studies investigate the practice of movement and its multiple meanings. Furthermore, my research topic includes the gathering and presence of bodies in resistance in the public and the making of temporary collective identity by moving within and through “social choreography” (Hewitt 2005). The word assembly is also used in its ambiguity, functioning as a term to describe political meetings as well as the gathering of bodies in movement. Both ways of assembly temporarily generate community at a specific place, whereby in keeping with Nancy, the term community is understood as being-with (“Mit-sein”), and not as a self-contained collective body. Within the conceptual framework of assembly, what is political takes place “between” bodies in movement, which significantly and uniquely become visible. Consequently, working on performative formats of interventions, marches and collective dances in public spaces and in the space created by theatre always leads to the crucial question of the subject as a political one.
Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Sibylle Peters, Dr. Kai van Eikels, and Dr. Kerstin Evert
[https://lizrech.wordpress.com]
After having completed her studies in dramaturgy at the Bayerische Theaterakademie in Munich she studied directing at the HfMT /Hamburg from 2002 – 2007. After that she has been working on numerous projects in the border region between theatre and performance, as well as video and installation projects.
Since 2009, her artistic practice has been exploring the field between activism and art - being part of the artist initiative KOMM IN DIE GÄNGE, the MEGAPHONE CHOIR and the activist-art collective SCHWABINGGRADBALLETT. Since 2015 she is working on her PhD about collective movements within the PhD program PERFORMING CITIZENSHIP | Hamburg. More Info: http://performingcitizenship.de/data/en/
Research Project:
Performing Citizenship: Assembly in movement
The expressions MOVEMENT and MOBILISATION are ambiguous and therefore fascinating terms that refer to the field of politics on the one side and to the body and to choreography on the other. In both instances the terms encompass “assembly in movement” and “the becoming of many” (Kunst 2014). In my graduate thesis I am looking at the two terms MOVEMENT and MOBILISATION at the crossroads of choreography/dance, activism and politics. My artistic studies investigate the practice of movement and its multiple meanings. Furthermore, my research topic includes the gathering and presence of bodies in resistance in the public and the making of temporary collective identity by moving within and through “social choreography” (Hewitt 2005). The word assembly is also used in its ambiguity, functioning as a term to describe political meetings as well as the gathering of bodies in movement. Both ways of assembly temporarily generate community at a specific place, whereby in keeping with Nancy, the term community is understood as being-with (“Mit-sein”), and not as a self-contained collective body. Within the conceptual framework of assembly, what is political takes place “between” bodies in movement, which significantly and uniquely become visible. Consequently, working on performative formats of interventions, marches and collective dances in public spaces and in the space created by theatre always leads to the crucial question of the subject as a political one.
Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Sibylle Peters, Dr. Kai van Eikels, and Dr. Kerstin Evert
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"Hello, March!" is a site-specific participatory performance in public space (in the format of a demonstration). It took place on September 9th, 2017 within the graduate school "Performing Citizenship" in Hamburg. The full video documentary of the project is also available (15 min).
Drafts by Liz Rech
In my artistic research, you can clearly see a development within my two research set-ups from a low-risk design in my first artistic research project (Marching Session I - VI. An Interactive (Lecture) Performance for Followers and Pacemakers, 2016) to a high-risk design in my second artistic research project (Hello, March! Collective Walking Performance, 2017). What does it mean to be the host of a participatory performance and how do you create a safe space that can be inhabited by the participants as an empowering situation?
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German Description:
Der Marsch als choreografisches Format ermöglicht es Gruppen immer schon sich in der Bewegung zu versammeln und nach außen hin kollektiv sichtbar zu werden. Aber inwieweit lässt sich der zwiespältige Charakter des Marsches auch künstlerisch nutzbar machen? Lässt sich das scheinbar outdatete Format für emanzipatorische Praxen hijacken? Kann man Marschieren als "Arbeit" am Kollektiv verstehen?
Die interaktive Performance setzt sich mit der Praxis der Bewegung – im vielfachen Wortsinn – auseinander. Thema ist die Versammlung und Präsenz widerständiger Körper in der Öffentlichkeit und die Herstellung von temporären kollektiven Identitäten in (der) Bewegung. Im Rahmen der Versammlung ereignet sich das Politische im Zwischenraum, insbesondere im „Dazwischen“ der sich bewegenden Körper.
In der Lecture-Performance gibt Liz Rech einen Einblick in ihr Forschungssetup; darin wird die Aufführung als „Probe“ methodisch zur Wissensgenerierung innerhalb der künstlerischen Forschung genutzt.
ABLAUF DES ABENDS:
# Teil I: Lecture- Performance
# Teil II: Praktischer Teil und kollektive Performance in 2 Workshops in der k31 und in der p1 mit Liz Rech und Annika Scharm
# Teil III: Fragebogen/Auswertung (in Zweier-Gruppen)
KONZEPT & FORSCHUNG: Liz Rech
KÜNSTLERISCHE MITARBEIT: Annika Scharm
MIT: Daniel Dominguez, Ted Gaier, Tanja Kämper, Latoya Mainly-Spain, Heike Nöth, Liz Rech, Annika Scharm, Luise Vind Nielsen u.a.
OBJEKTE: Kathrin Affentranger
KOSTÜMBILD: Ada Genske
SOUND: Louise Vind Nielsen/umuligt instrument, Katharina Kellermann, Ted Gaier
ANIMATIONEN: Sebastian Rether
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German Text:
〉〉〉〉 HALLO, MARSCH! ________ 〉〉〉〉〉 ist das zweite künstlerische Forschungsprojekt von Liz Rech im Rahmen des künstlerisch-wissenschaftlichen Graduiertenkollegs Performing Citizenship. Als partizipative Performance wird das Projekt im Rahmen der Hallo Festspiele am 09.09.2017 als Walkingperformance vom Berliner Tor zum alten Kraftwerk Bille in Hammerbrook/Hamburg durchgeführt.
Books by Liz Rech
The political movement itself; the real physical, choreographic movement; as well as associated personal movement and connection to shared values.
These three dimensions are aspects of a bodily practice, in which the collected bodies are present and vulnerable in assemblies like demonstrations or other acts of resistance in public space. These practices mark the field of study in which the political occurs on and in the ‘between-ness’ of the bodies. The article considers choreographic formats that appear in specific protest contexts: What insights can be discovered with regard to its generation of political dimensions? How can the role of the body and its ‘Response / Ability’ be defined within the context of political ethics? What practices of movement would respond to its necessities?
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This chapter is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0. International License, which permits use, sharing, adaption, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author and the source, provide a link to Creative Commons License and indicate if changes were made). °°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°
The article is published in:
Hildebrandt, P., Evert, K., Peters, S., Schaub, M., Wildner, K., Ziemer, G. (ed.): PERFORMING CITIZENSHIP – Bodies, Agencies, Limitations. London 2019 (Palgrave Macmillan,
ISBN 978-3-319-97502-3). The book is open acess, you can download it here for free here:
https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007%2F978-3-319-97502-3.pdf
Teaching Documents by Liz Rech
Anhand von aktuellen Beispielen aus Hamburg - der Künstlerinitiative "Komm in die Gänge" und des Hamburger Agitpropkollektivs Schwabinggrad Ballett - wird untersucht, welche Rolle performative Strategien bei innerstädtischen Aushandlungsprozessen spielen.
Papers by Liz Rech