Participatory workshop and performance.

Since at least the European Enlightenment, nature and society have been positioned as two separate sciences and we rely on a reformatting of the “wild” for our gain. But for many, our wild - the wild we are familiar with - is the city, consumerism and online media, and, when inhabit the landscape of the High Desert, this "other" wild becomes an unfamiliar obstacle.

In this one-day workshop, we began with informal "anthropological" research, observing participants’ reactions to this new wilderness and noting moments of ease and discomfort. These reflections were then translated into a series of movements, exploring how we construct and frame nature through human behaviour.

The following scenes emerged:
1. Macho Moves (and the morning after), directed by Anastasiia Budnyk
2. The Shuffle, directed by Senna Hanner-Zhang
3. Aria Walks up a Hill, directed by Aria Ekasilapa
4. Everyone Walks up The Hill, directed by Neal Lucas Hitch
5. Facial Expressions, directed by Weerada Chalermnont (Mint) 
Nature is Not Our Natural Habitat
TEAM
Rebecca van Beeck
Anastasiia Budnyk
Senna Hanner-Zhang
Aria Ekasilapa
Neal Lucas Hitch
Weerada Chalermnont

DOP
Zeno Legner

MUSIC
"Hakan" by Sylvan Aztok
Nature is Not out Natural Habitat
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