In the theoretical and practical sessions of the workshop, the participants will explore how bodies inhabit and transform space by focusing on the underlying scores that guide us. Through exercises translating physical experience into symbols, the workshop will trace the evolution from tactile, embodied communication to abstract writing, questioning what is lost along the way. Participants will explore non-Western ways of representing information, which differ from alphabetic scripts based on speech, and other notations that use different forms of expression to communicate ideas beyond spoken language.

The workshop will approach the notion of a score in an extended way, examining its manifestations in everyday life, art, architecture, education, and ritual. Exercises will include performing the scores of others and creating their own, also drawing inspiration from Venice’s architecture while considering what makes a score “open” and exploring the negotiation between constraints and freedom. The workshop’s focus will also be on three-dimensional scores, and particularly on how the body interacts with sculpture, design, and architecture. Using "play" as a catalyst, the group will explore how it fosters physical exploration and challenges preconceived norms, collaborating on a score inspired by the artist’s installation at Scuola Piccola Zattere.

In the second part, the workshop will shift to the movement of bodies through space and place, not only physically but also emotionally, imaginatively, culturally, aesthetically, and politically. Participants will reflect on how these movements create spaces and how reenacting them can serve as catalysts for memory activation.
The workshop will also explore mnemonic strategies rooted in the experience of space, beyond the purely visual. In the practical session of the workshop, textures, materials, and the memory of place will converge as participants anchor their sensations to physical surroundings, creating tactile maps that reflect both presence and passage.

 

The workshop consists of two sessions (December 2024 and January 2025). Participation in both is requested.  

First session: December 16-17, 2024, 10 am-6 pm

Second session: January 13-14, 2025, 10 am-6 pm

The workshop will be conducted in English and is free of charge.  

To apply for the workshop, you can send an email to [email protected] by December 12, 2024, with the subject "Workshop_Lines of Presence", attaching:

A short bio;
A brief motivation (from 3 sentences to one paragraph) explaining your interest in participating;
A completed and signed participation form and privacy policy.

All candidates should be able to confirm their availability for both modules.

For participants from outside the region, we offer the possibility to stay for free in our guest rooms. Availability is limited, please mention this request during the application process.

Results will be communicated via email by December 13.

Andrea Canepa is a visual artist originally from Lima, now based in Berlin. Through her practice she looks into the intricate ways in which processes of abstraction have created language, symbols, codes, notations, and patterns to represent, translate, and make sense of the surrounding world. At the same time, she highlights the nuances lost in these abstractions, as the corporeal aspect of the world and its material substrate is increasingly overlooked. Working primarily with sculpture, textiles, and performance, she aims to emphasize the potential for embodied knowledge in interactions with places, objects and beings. Her projects often take the form of installations that actively engage viewers, inviting them to explore new ways of connecting with their senses and the collective, encouraging exchanges between bodies and the reinvention of spaces.  

Canepa is the first artist in residency at Scuola Piccola Zattere. She studied Fine Arts in Lima (PE) and Valencia (ES) and received her MFA in Visual Arts and Multimedia from the Universidad Politécnica de Valencia. She has received grants from the German Art Fund Foundation, the Senate for Culture and Europe in Berlin, Endesa Foundation (ES), and awards including the ARCO Community of Madrid Prize for Young Artists and the Generaciones Prize (ES). She has participated in a number of residencies including Gasworks (UK), Jan Van Eyck Academie (NL), Cité des Arts (FR), Bauhaus Masters' Houses (DE), MATADERO (ES), Tokyo Wonder Site (JP), Beta Local (PR), and was a 2018-2019 recipient of the Spanish Academy in Rome Fellowship (IT). She’s had solo shows at the MSU Broad Museum in Michigan, De Appel in Amsterdam, the Peruvian-American Cultural Institute - ICPNA in Lima, Domus Artium Museum in Salamanca, the Museum of Teruel and Sant Andreu Contemporani in Barcelona.