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DOING NOTHING call for participants

CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS 

Doing Nothing Sessions 18th - 22nd September

a research by Christiane Huber  (assistance: Heike Langsdorf)


Doing Nothing / Portraits - video recordings
Tue 8 until Fri 21/9 between 10h and 20h, Sat 22/9 between 10h and 15h

Christiane Huber is working on a collection of films, portraying people who are Doing Nothing.
The portraits attempt to explore notions of Leisure, Not-Doing and the meaning of Time related to Work.
During the week voluntary models are free to spend one or several 1-hour-sessions and use the space for whatever Doing Nothing means to them.
Portraits will only go public after mutual agreement !!!


Ne Rien Faire  / Portraits - enregistrements vidéo

mardi 18 au vendredi 21/9, entre 10h et 20h, samedi 22/9 du 10h au 15h
Christiane Huber travaille sur une collection de films qui constitueront des portraits de gens qui s’occupent avec Ne Rien Faire.
Les portraits essayent d'explorer les notions de Loisir, Ne Rien Faire et la signification du temps par rapport au travail.
Pendant une semaine, les modèles bénévoles sont les bienvenus pour passer une ou plusieurs sessions d'une heure et pour utiliser l'espace pour Ne Rien Faire comme eux le conçoivent.
Les portraits seront publics seulement après accord mutuel !!!

Niets Doen / Portretten - video opnames

di 18 tot vrij 21/9 tussen 10h en 20h, zat 22/9 tussen 10h en 15h
Christiane Huber werkt aan een collectie van films die mensen tonen die Niets Doen.
Deze portretten proberen noties van Vrije Tijd, Niets Doen en de betekenis van Tijd in relatie tot Werk te onderzoeken.
Tijdens de week kunnen vrijwillige modellen één of meerdere sessies van een uur boeken en de ruimte gebruiken
voor wat voor hen Niets Doen betekent.
De portretten worden slechts na een wederzijds akkoord publiek gemaakt !!!

Inscriptions/ inscriptions/ inschrijvingen and contact: christianehu@googlemail.com

or/ ou/ of  at/ chez/ bij Zsenne: rue Anneessensstraat 2, 1000 Bxl: info@zsenne.be

literature/ leeslijst (selection)

Why Work: Arguments for the Leisure Society, Vernon Richards, Bertrand Russell, William Morris von Freedom Pr (1932)

Faulheit: Eine schwierige Disziplin.Essays, Anne Hamilton, Manfred Koch (2012,no english version yet)

Secret World of Doing Nothing, Billy Ehn/Orvar Löfgren (2010)

The 4-Hour Work Week: Escape the 9-5, Live Anywhere and Join the New Rich ,Timothy Ferriss (2007)

Oblomov, Ivan Gontcharov (novel) (1859)

Nichtstun- und was sich daraus machen lässt, brand eins 08/12, journal for economy

http://www.brandeins.de/aktuelle-ausgabe.html

High-Speed Society: Social Acceleration, Power, and Modernity von William E. Scheuerman und Hartmut Rosa von Penn State University Press (2008)

The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism, Dirk Kaesler and Max Weber (1930))

Le droit à la paresse. Réfutation du droit au travail, Paul Lafargue (1848)

How to be idle,Tom Hodgkinson (2004)

The Idler, Tom Hodkinson (1993)

Die siebte Todsünde: Trägheit – das kosmische Laster.: Frankfurter Rundschau, 29. Januar 2010,  Salman Rushdie

One-Dimensional Man: Studies in the Ideology of Advanced Industrial Society, Herbert Marcuse (1964)

Das Unbehagen in der Kultur, Sigmund Freud (1930)

Taoist Books about Wu Wei

2012 / Christiane Huber / DOING NOTHING / Info

Doing - Nothing, Not - Doing and Leisure

It is an exercise for everybody exploring our relationship to work, doing, time and our personal happiness.
In a week-long research the german artist and psychologist will document, discuss and share her 4month - long self- study, in order to find principles for Doing - Nothing, Not - Doing and Leisure while working and living a social life. 
Participating and Drinks, Thursday 20th of september (time will be announced) BAGS: performance by Heike Langsdorf (time will be announced)

Christiane Huber is working on a collection of films, portraying people who are Doing Nothing.
The portraits attempt to explore notions of Leisure, Not-Doing and the meaning of Time related to Work. During the week voluntary models are free to spend one or several 1-hour-sessions and use the space for whatever Doing Nothing means to them. Portraits will only go public after mutual agreement !!!

 

Christiane Huber (Altötting/ Germany, 1973) studied acting and psychology and works as a performer and director in Munich and Brussels. After several artistical projects with homeless people in various german cities her work focuses on social interaction and participation in urban and rural environment. Her current research project Doing - Nothing, Not - Doing and Leisure is the result of an examination of the structure of democratic learning and a severe accident that left her left hand paralyzed for six month. http://www.open-frames.net/people/Christiane_Huberhttp://doingnothingallday.wordpress.com/team/

doing_nothing_garden

 doing nothing garden by Song Dong/ documenta 13 foto r_h

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Ne Rien Faire  / Portraits - enregistrements vidéo

mardi 18 au vendredi 21/9, entre 10h et 20h, samedi 22/9 du 10h au 15h Christiane Huber travaille sur une collection de films qui constitueront des portraits de gens qui s’occupent avec Ne Rien Faire. Les portraits essayent d'explorer les notions de Loisir, Ne Rien Faire et la signification du temps par rapport au travail. Pendant une semaine, les modèles bénévoles sont les bienvenus pour passer une ou plusieurs sessions d'une heure et pour utiliser l'espace pour Ne Rien Faire comme eux le conçoivent. Les portraits seront publics seulement après accord mutuel !!!

 

Niets Doen / Portretten - video opnames ma 18 tot vrij 21/9 tussen 10h en 20h, zat 22/9 tussen 10h en 15h Christiane Huber werkt aan een collectie van films die mensen tonen die Niets Doen. Deze portretten proberen noties van Vrije Tijd, Niets Doen en de betekenis van Tijd in relatie tot Werk te onderzoeken. Tijdens de week kunnen vrijwillige modellen één of meerdere sessies van een uur boeken en de ruimte gebruiken voor wat voor hen Niets Doen betekent. De portretten worden slechts na een wederzijds akkoord publiek gemaakt !!!

 

 


 

 

 

 

Doing - Nothing, Not - Doing and Leisure

 

 

 

17 > 23/9/2012 Christiane Huber

 

RESIDENCY

 

Doing - Nothing, Not - Doing and Leisure

 

It is an exercise for everybody exploring our relationship to work, doing, time and our personal happiness.
In a week-long research the german artist and psychologist will document, discuss and share her 4month - long self- study, in order to find principles for Doing - Nothing, Not - Doing and Leisure while working and living a social life.

 

Participating and Drinks, Thursday 20th of september (time will be announced) BAGS: performance by Heike Langsdorf (time will be announced)

 

Christiane Huber (Altötting/ Germany, 1973) studied acting and psychology and works as a performer and director in Munich and Brussels. After several artistical projects with homeless people in various german cities her work focuses on social interaction and participation in urban and rural environment. Her current research project Doing - Nothing, Not - Doing and Leisure is the result of an examination of the structure of democratic learning and a severe accident that left her left hand paralyzed for six month.

 

http://www.open-frames.net/people/Christiane_Huber

 

http://doingnothingallday.wordpress.com/team/

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