19th-20th May
Seminars

An Ecology of (EMBODIED) mind(S): from Gregory Bateson and the latest approximations

The two seminars are articulated around two documentaries as portals for the discussions and activities. These two film screening/seminars will explore relevant, influential and polemic ideas from the cybernetics pioneer Gregory Bateson and its latest post-humanist developments in relation with embodied practices.

Day one: May 19th

11am to 3pm
An Ecology of Mind: A Daughter’s Portrait of Gregory Bateson
Seminar led by Nora Bateson, filmmaker.
Co facilitated by Marlon Barrios Solano
The art of thinking in terms of systems is a practice that requires all faculties of cognitive process. It takes effort to expand the context to include a perspective that can effectively hold the interrelationships of the natural world.
Einstein said, “ No problem can be solved at the same level of consciousness that created it”. To get to another level of thinking, different questions have to be asked, from a different perspective.
When Bateson asked the question, “What is the pattern that connects the crab to the lobster the orchid to the primrose and the four of them to me, and me to you?”-He pushed our perception to the level of patterning of the interrelationships.

The discussion and usage of Bateson’s ideas will be brought to a broad range of interdisciplinary focuses, from scientific methodology to parenting, and from biological modeling to artistic processes.
Duration 4 hours
http://www.anecologyofmind.com/thefilm/
http://www.anecologyofmind.com/bateson/
Credits and Nora Bateson’s bio:
http://www.anecologyofmind.com/credits/

Day two: May 20th

11am to 3pm
The Whole Creature: embodied, networked and…out of control
Seminar/workshop based on the documentary Fast, Cheap and out of Control by Errol Morris offering a counterpoint of contemporary ideas of choreography, embodiment, social systems, networks, control, organization and complexity.

Facilitated by Marlon Barrios Solano
Bio:
http://www.dance-tech.net/profile/network_producer

Duration 4 hours

Time: 10:00-14:00
Fee per seminar 50 euro
90 E per both
Max 20 per seminar

Please register by sending an email with your name, email address and telephone number to francieneppens@ickamsterdam.com or phone ICK and ask for Francien +31-(0)20-6167240

Curated by Marlon Barrios Solano as part of a research his residency at ICKamsterdam.