9 to 5 (2023)
pamphlet published by KOMMA Performance Productions with HAUT, Copenhagen (DK) and RAS Sandnes (NO).This pamphlet is a conglomeration of contents that surfaced in the light of the residency “IN PROCESS – Self-organising” organised by HAUT and RAS (Regional Arena for Samtidsdans) for which we (Joana Öhlschläger, Nadja Bounenni and Lara Vejrup Ostan) were selected and traveled to Sandnes, Norway in February 2023. During the one week residency titled “The other time plan”, we spent time engaging with imaginaries around possible and impossible contemporary dance futures, self-production and its manifestation through dance. We held conversations in motion, processing hard questions, questions with no answers and speculations. We created maps of the future and past, breaking down the physical footprint of production in our bodies and our artistic practices.
We drew inspiration and spent time daily reading the following literature materials: “Produktionsæstetik" by Cecilie Ullerup Schmidt, “Enduring time” by Lisa Baraitser, “The Carrier Bag Theory of Fiction" by Ursula K. Le Guin and “Towards a Trans-Individual Self” by Ana Vujanović & Bojana Cvejić.
Prior to the residency we had invited the members of KOMMA Performance Productions to share with us their contemplations on the future of artistic work life. We begin the pamphlet with abstracts of their contributions, creating a mix tape of voices from professionals within dance and choreography. What we have noticed when processing their material is that none of the wishes are extraordinary, they are in fact quite humble, and in no way exceeding what would be the absolute minimum standard in many other job realities: weekends, payment, work life balance.
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