Body Library is made up of a sequence of collaborative experiments that transform the joy and playfulness of art making and community into a sincere art practice. Working in different groups for the various workshops and assignments, you will develop unique processes to create self-driven interdisciplinary collaborative performances. The workshops of Body Library revolve around the themes of Ideation, EgoSystem, and Futurity, which will guide you through different stages of the process, from generating ideas, themes, and topics, through creative research to develop language and materials, to finally building a world to invite your audience into. 

Consisting of the entire cohort, you will be each other's artists, audiences, critics, and dramaturges. In this rigorous community and culture, we welcome challenges and risks into our processes to explore the opportunities and possibilities they present, and to learn how to meet them with support, creativity, motivation, and innovation. Expanding on the long history and traditions of experimental art practices, we will visit libraries and conduct research to inform our creative process and gain cultural knowledge and inspiration. The course will include visiting artists, guided workshops, readings, public sharing of work in progress, and attending three shows. 

Body Library will create self-driven interdisciplinary collaborative performances in groups to be shared with the Collaborative Arts community on two occasions: on Saturday, October 24th for an exchange with Art Palace, and at the end of the semester during the CA showcase on Tuesday, December 15th.

Body Library meets twice a week, on Mondays and Wednesdays, from 1:30 PM to 4:30 PM. One of those meetings a week will be dedicated to work time in the classroom on the course’s assignments and projects.