RUINS|BODIES Online Symposium, 2021

An inter-disciplinary performance symposium RUINS|BODIES presents and explores the possibilities and limitations of self-representation in performance making, whilst witnessing and observing the constant shifts in the physical, social and cultural urban landscape.

Maud Hendricks and Bernie O’Reilly of Outlandish Theatre Platform with WoW Group Ireland, presented RUINS|BODIES, combining live performances, conversations and film presentations from Irish and international thinkers and artists.

The event included the sharing of a new film work, BODIES, artists’ responses to the theme of ruins/bodies by Olivia Hassett, Mirna Bamieh, Liza Cox, Edoardo Ripani and Joan Somers Donnelly, the premiere of the film Catastrophe Blues made in collaboration with WoW Group Ljubljana, and a round table discussion.

The round table discussion includes contributions from Haider Al Timimi (Kloppend Hert, BE), Laura Hopes (UK),  Tamara Searle and Sarah Mainwaring (Back to Back Theatre, AU) and Dr. Jeannette Golden and Dermot Reilly (Mercer's Institute for Successful Ageing).

“In the practice of Outlandish Theatre we acknowledge that our Bodies are affected by the intersectional experiences of the urban landscapes. We theorise and imagine that our bodies become extensions of the landscape and the landscapes are extensions of our bodies. With the intensification of global enterprises and neo-liberal processes transforming our city’s public and private spaces rapidly, as experienced in Dublin 8, the delicate balance between the human and physical city bodies is affected.”

Full symposium: https://youtu.be/MUTkohIbniU