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A workshop by the artist duo plan b, Sophia New and Daniel Belasco Rogers, who have a unique and ongoing practice of recording everywhere they go, every day, with a GPS for two decades.
About the workshop
Looking at plan b’s work of building a lifelong collection of GPS traces, as well as other artists using GPS, students of this workshop will examine a diverse range of urban practices, from the revolutionary literary movement that gave rise to psychogeography, to strategies of following from Vito Acconci and Sophie Calle, to multimedia and audio walks by Janet Cardiff or Christina Kubisch.
We aim to contextualise these practices, suggest strategies to explore the current state of this artistic field and develop ideas together for future formats. We encourage ways of connecting through digital media that acknowledges the difference in time and space, but also offers modes of sharing that suggest companionship.
About the artists
plan b have made sited participatory works, audio and new media works, durational theatre performances and works for galleries, airports, disused swimming pools and rivers.
Since 2003, Daniel has a complete record of every journey he has made above ground and in 2007 Sophia joined him in the daily practice of GPS recording. Sophia and Daniel have both performed for Gob Squad and Forced Entertainment.
Sophia has worked with the theatre makers Antonia Baehr, Penelope Wehrli and Petra Sabisch Daniel has performed for She She Pop and made choreographic work with Sabine Zahn, Juan Dominguez/Arantxa Martínez and Alice Chauchat..
Sophia and Daniel have both been guest professors at the University of the Arts Berlin in recent years and have taught in higher educational institutions across Europe, including Bard College Berlin.
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