In this short introductory episode, Steinunn Knúts Önnudóttir, theatre maker and an artistic researcher gives an introduction to the term ´performative encounter´in connection to participatory performance practice and how it links to her artistic research on sustainable performance practices.

Intro with Steinunn Knúts Önnudóttir. Transformative Encounters.

A performative encounter with dramaturg and senior researcher at Utrecht University Maaike Bleeker delwing into her experiences, reflextions and insights.

1. Maaike Bleeker. Reciprocal Illumination.

A dialogue with artist, curator and scholar Gigi Argyropoulou about performative encounters and how she understands the term in relation to her practice.

2. Gigi Argyropoulou. Living space for the unplanned.

A performative encounter with artistic researcher and textile artist Charlotte Østergaard.

3. Charlotte Østergaard. Bouncing with your valuesystem.

A performative encounter with Sofie Lebech a performance maker and an associate professor at Malmö Theatre Academy about participatory performances, pedagogy and performance making.

4. Sofie Lebech. A call for response.

A performative encounter with Tanja Diers a dramaturg and artistic researcher at Malmö theatre Academy about how she understands performative encounters through her work.

5. Tanja Diers. Heightened attention.

A performative encounter with Liv Kristin Holmberg performance artist, musician and an artistc researcher base in Berlin. The episode is recorded in Berlin in May 2023.

6. Liv Kristin Holmberg. Existential dialogue.

A performative encounter with performance maker and teacher at Malmö Theatre Academy, Erik Pold. Erik has a long experience in working with participatory performance, as a performer and as a maker. He talks about how he understands his meeting with his guests, spectators and his environment.

7. Erik Pold. Going out for an adventure

This week on Below the Radar, we’re joined by Patrick Blenkarn and Milton Lim, co-creators of the participatory videogame performance asses.masses. The show recently wrapped up a run at Vancouver’s PuSh International Performing Arts Festival. Patrick and Milton discuss the show’s development, videogames as performance, and what they’ve discovered as they’ve toured the piece.

Find out more and get tickets for their upcoming performances at https://www.assesmasses.work/performances

Full episode details: https://www.sfu.ca/vancity-office-community-engagement/below-the-radar-podcast/episodes/239-patrick-blenkarn-milton-lim.html

Read the transcript: https://www.sfu.ca/vancity-office-community-engagement/below-the-radar-podcast/transcripts/239-patrick-blenkarn-milton-lim.html

Resources:
asses.masses: https://www.assesmasses.work/
Patrick Blenkarn: https://patrickblenkarn.com/
Milton Lim: https://www.miltonlim.com/
culturecapital: https://www.culturecapital.cards/

Bio:
Patrick Blenkarn and Milton Lim are conceptual artists exploring urgent questions around the social value of art, digital labour, and the political potential of games. Mixing their backgrounds in performance, philosophy, psychology, and digital media, their collaborations have manifested in video games, participatory installations, digital archives, and card games. In addition to asses.masses, Patrick and Milton are also the co-founders of the Canadian national video archive of performance (videocan) and the co-creators behind a performing arts economy trading card game (culturecapital). Their projects have been presented across Canada, as well as in Argentina, Mexico, and the United Kingdom, in English, French, and Spanish.

Cite this episode:
Chicago Style

Walters, Samantha. “Ass Power — with Patrick Blenkarn and Milton Lim.” Below the Radar, SFU’s Vancity Office of Community Engagement. Podcast audio, April 9, 2024. https://www.sfu.ca/vancity-office-community-engagement/below-the-radar-podcast/episodes/239-patrick-blenkarn-milton-lim.html.

Ass Power — with Patrick Blenkarn and Milton Lim

Amplifying ideas that fly below the radar. We talk environmental and social justice, arts, culture, community-building and urban issues with featured guests.

This podcast is produced by SFU’s Vancity Office of Community Engagement as a part of our Knowledge Democracy Project @ 312 Main — encouraging the meaningful exchange of ideas and information across communities.

Hosted and currently produced by:
Am Johal
Joey Malbon
Julia Aoki
Kathy Feng
Samantha Walters

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