At the beginning of the academic year, we were invited by Knut Klaßen to lead a one-week workshop with students from the Stage Design and Visual Arts departments of the Mix & Match studio at HfBK Dresden. The workshop took place at the Käferklause and brought together students from different artistic backgrounds to explore sleep, hypnagogic states, and altered modes of attention as material and methodology for artistic practice.
The workshop was developed as part of our ongoing research project Embodied Liminalities, funded by Kunststiftung NRW.
Across the week, we worked through shared practices of listening, movement, voice, spatial composition, and collective care. Rather than focusing on production, the workshop proposed a shift towards receptive states, drifting attention, and embodied experimentation. Students developed their own spatial and performative propositions, exploring how atmospheres of rest, fatigue, and post-club resonance can be composed and shared.
The workshop culminated in a public presentation on Friday evening: a collective Hypnagogic Club Session developed and hosted by the students. The audience was invited into an immersive environment shaped by sound, light, objects, and subtle guidance, offering a shared experience between wakefulness and sleep.
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