- Ryesgade 15, 2200 København
- hello@relationalspaces.dk
Why do most house-parties start in the kitchen? Why do we feel alienated by small talk, yet we keep doing it? How come all social gatherings feel almost the same, except for varying degrees of awkwardness? Why is no one wearing asymmetrical beards, and what would happen if we did?
When starting your journey with socionautics, some of these questions (or similar ones) might appear. The one underlying question of socionautics that will always be there is this one: Why do we do things the way we do things — and what would happen if we started doing them differently? Socionautics is the art of not only thinking about this question, but practically starting to see how these changes would play out.
In more complicated words: ‘Socionautics’ is a method both for exploring social conventions and practices as well as transforming them. The method integrates artistic research practices and game/social design into a serious and playful way of moving through the social fabric of reality. Socionautics gives you both a framework to understanding social interactions, and a toolkit of how to change them. In very easy words: Learn how to hack your life (in a meaningful way).
The course will make you familiar with the basic techniques of socionautic exploration and experimentation, and introduce you to some theory. In no time will you become a socionaut, perfectly capable of exploring the vastness of Social Outer Space alone or in groups.
The sessions of the course will include discussion of socionautic material, introduction to basic operations, and of course lots of exploration of social interactions. At the end of the course, all participants are invited to host a social experiment of their own (they can use the rooms of Relational Spaces if they want to).
Dates: 29/1 | 12/2 | 26/2 | 12/3 | 26/2
Time: 14.00 – 18.00
Price: 3000 dkk (earlybird 2500,-)
Jana Schröder
Kiki Nadia
Mark Thyrring
Nuno Catharina Pedersen
Peter Munthe-Kaas