“Bodyation” movement workshops in the object lab: brain storming the body

This regular movement session invites the HU community to rethink thinking—engaging your body as an active partner in the research and ideation process. Where in your body does curiosity arise? How do ideas take shape through movement? How does a shift in posture shift your perspective?

Through guided movement improvisation tasks, we will tune into our researching and thinking bodies, exploring how physical awareness can offer new perspectives in scientific inquiry. Bring your research questions, wear comfortable clothing and shoes, and come with a spirit of playfulness and curiosity. This session is designed with an open and flexible approach, ensuring that participants can engage at their own pace, free from expectations.
No prior movement experience required—just an open mind and a willingness to experiment.

These sessions are part of Irina Demina’s commission at the Center for Cultural Techniques (ZfK), in which participatory, body-based formats for knowledge exchange with society and public engagement are developed and integrated into the research and teaching activities of the Object Lab. This practice invites to explore, how sensory experiences and artistic practices have the potential to open new pathways to scientific research and knowledge exchange. It offers an inviting space and opportunity for experimentation where ideas can flow freely, so that transdisciplinary and creative research approaches can meet and unfold together.

You may come to one or more sessions as you see fit.

Location:
Objektlabor
Hermann von Helmholtz-Zentrum für Kulturtechnik
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

Campus Nord – Haus 3
Philippstr. 13

Dates:
Wednesday   30.04.25  12.30 – 13.30h  (for ZfK members only)

Wednesday     07.05.25  09 – 10 h (open to all HU members)
Wednesday      04.06.25  09 – 10 h (open to all HU members) 
Wednesday      02.07.25  09 – 10 h (open to all HU members)

Language: English/Deutsch            

Short, non-binding registration would be appreciated: wissensaustausch.hzk@hu-berlin.de