(English below)
For nogle uger siden fortalte jeg en medstuderende her I Island om efterårets sansevandringer. Vi sad i en bar, og han blev så intereseret i konceptet at jeg endte med at føre ham lidt rundt i baren med lukkede øjne (mens vores andre medstuderende kiggede nysgerrigt på). Hændelsen gav tilsyneladende en god portion inspiration, og senere fortalte han mig at han havde taget en veninde med på sansevandring i byen. Nogle dage senere hørte jeg at han nu ville afprøve konceptet i Reykjaviks store shoppingcenter, Kringlan, sammen med en performancegruppe han er en del af. Jeg kontaktede gruppen og fik lov at komme på besøg som observatør den aften de skulle lave vandringerne.
Gruppen hedder Við og Við. De mødes en gang om ugen og undersøger forskellige performative øvelser. Denne aften var der ti fremmødte. Vi startede med en kort opvarmning. Derefter delte jeg lidt erfaringer fra mit arbejde inden gruppen begav sig hen i Kringlan og førte hinanden rundt to og to. Alle fik en halv times tur med bind for øjnene og uden at tale sammen imens. Det var aften, så de fleste butikker i centret var lukkede og der var ikke så mange handlende. Men der var stadig mange muligheder for leg og udforskning. I feedback’en bagefter blev der delt mange inspirerende følelser og tanker, og jeg gik derfra med stor taknemmelighed og en bekræftende følelse af at her er et koncept som kan noget særligt.
Her er lidt billeder fra aftenen.
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A couple of weeks ago I told a fellow student here in Iceland about my sensorial walks this fall. We where sitting in a bar and he became so interested in the concept that I ended up guiding him around in the bar with his eyes closed (while our other fellow students were watching curiously). This happening seemed to produce some inspiration, and later he told me he had taken a friend on a blindfolded walk around town. Some days later I heard that he were now going to test the concept in Reykjavik’s bog shopping mall, Kringlan, together with a performance group he is a part of. I contacted the group and was invited to visit them as an observer on the night they would have the walks.
The group is called Við og Við. They meet once a week and do different performative practices. This night there were ten people attending. We started with a short warmup. Then I shared some experience from my work before the group made its way to Kringlan to guide each other, two and two. Everyone got 30 minutes blindfolded walk without any talking. It was late in the evening, so most shops were closed and there were few people in the mall. Still there were lots of opportunitiesfor for playing and exploring. In the feedback afterwards many inspiring feelings and thoughts were shared, and I left that night with great thankfulness and a feeling of being confirmed that here is a concept capable of something special.
Here are some pictures from that evening.
Tekst og billeder af Lotus
/Text and pictures by Lotus