TALK : Art and Philosophy Collaboration

Backlit Studio Automn Newsletter

"Since July 2013, Céline Siani Djiakoua has been working in collaboration with two philosophers from the University of Nottingham: Jules Holroyd and Komarine Romdenh-Romluc.


The project “Engendering Bodily Experience” initiates a dialogue between Art and Philosophy exploring the effects of social power on our bodily experience.

The first participatory event took place in September at 'Stuff of Life festival' (Sherwood rise, Nottingham) where questions exploring bodily experience and aspects of the self were creatively asked to the audience (see our Facebook page https://m.facebook.com/CelineKomarineJules ).

On Friday 29th November, 6-8pm, at Backlit, the group will present some of the ideas and artwork in progress on which they are working. They will reflect on the answers given to questions, exploring bodily experience and aspects of the self, which they asked people at the Stuff of Life Festival in September. They will invite you to consider with them what these ideas might mean to you."

Photos credit : Matthew Chesney

  Komarine Romdenh-Romluc, Céline Siani Djiakoua,  Jules Holroyd 















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