A Field Guide to Becoming-Animal this February
A workshop in movement, improvisation, perception, precarity & resilience Fridays, Feb. 21 & 28, 2020 6-9pm Saturday, Feb. 29, 1-4 pm While Western thought and science has long worked to separate us from plants and animals, alternative ways of knowing and feeling reveal our inherent and ongoing connection. Science now reveals the sensory perceptions of plants and the emotional capacities of animals, as environmental precarity challenges humans and ecosystems alike. In this workshop, we’ll explore what it might mean to “become-animal” (and plant!) using movement, observation, perception, and more. What might moving like a cat, thinking like a bat, or standing like a saguaro teach … Read more