Public Moves: You’ve Got Eyes in the Back of Your Head
with Imani Rameses

Thu 24.07., 17.00h l MQ Forecourt l Free entry

In this class, we move our bodies as if we were doing an eye examination. We challenge our vision, unburden our gaze and discover our blind spots. The class uses cognitive science approaches and African mythology to challenge the conventional view of vision. By the end, you will have a new, expanded perspective on vision.

Public Moves dance classes take place outdoors every day – international and local instructors share their knowledge of everything from jazz and Bollywood dance to waacking in free outdoor classes. No previous experience is necessary, and all ages and levels are welcome!

Registration begins one day before the course starts at 11:00 a.m. via the calendar or by telephone on +43.1.523 55 58-19. If a class is ‘fully booked’, there is still the possibility of securing a remaining place on site. It's worth dropping by!

Biography 

Imani Rameses is in service to her community as a cognitive scientist, choreographer, dancer, teacher, and lifelong learner. She focuses her energies on the phenomenology of silence as it emerges at the intersections of cognitive (emotion) psychology, participatory performance practices, and African alchemy. She challenges the assumptions of “objective knowledge” by carefully infusing her participatory performative practices with cognitive psychological methodologies juxtaposed with Yoruba and ancient Egyptian alchemic technologies. Rameses has performed work at/in collaborations with ImPulsTanz, Tanzquartier Wien, Wiener Festwochen, the University of Applied Arts Vienna, brut, Digital Arts & Science DAS-Zurich, Society for Artistic Research (SAR), and has presented her research at Harvard University, University of Zurich, Center for Phenomenology at the University of Johannesburg, and many other international conferences, festivals, and symposiums.

Photo: © Hanna Fasching