Shattering the Bell Jar
How can we, as Ann Cvetkovich writes, ‘depathologize negative affects so that they can be seen as a possible resource for political action rather than its antithesis’? Based on various texts by Mark Fisher, Lynne Segal, Franco Berardi and Ann Cvetkovich, among others, which we will read and discuss together, as well as through somatic exercises and writing sessions, ‘negative’ emotions should not be understood in this workshop as an individual, self-inflicted deficit but as a collective expression of objection and protest – to allow us to contextualise our own experiences in a broader and political discourse on vulnerability and privilege.
is a dramaturg, writer and cultural worker in the fields of dance and performance. She was born the year Prozac entered the US market. With a background in Sinology and dance studies, her work is situated at the intersection of artistic practice and theoretical reflection. Her research focuses on examining ambivalences of healing, and feminist strategies of world-building.
In German and English
Limited number of participants
Trigger warning: The workshop addresses mental ‘health’, depression and forms of anxiety.