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A performance conference curated and hosted by David Weber-Krebs.
With contributions by Andrea Bozic, Andre Eiermann, Nikolaus Gansterer, Maximilian Haas, Mette Ingvartsen, André Lepecki, Jeroen Peeters and David Weber-Krebs.

as part of the studium Generale program of the Rietveld Academy 2015.
ARE YOU ALIVE (OR NOT) Looking at art through the lens of theatre.
18-22 march 2015 at de Brakke Grond, Amsterdam
Convened and moderated by invited curators Claire Tancons (curator, New Orleans), David Weber-Krebs (artist, Brussels), Joanna Warsza (curator, Berlin) and Claire Bishop (art historian, New York).

Usually people who step into a theatre are of two kinds: the spectators and the actors. The spectators watch the actors. Both usually are humans. This happens usually in the enclosed space of theatre. In its symbolism, economy, and practice, theatre is the place where the human stands central with his body and his words. But what kind of spectatorship applies when challenged by an encounter with a thing, a creature, a flow, fiction, or darkness? Is it at all possible to abandon anthropocentrism in this game? During this day we are going to focus on the non-human in theatre and outside of it, on stages, screens, and the great outdoors. Spectators will be activated in various ways by lectures, screenings, performances in and outside the theatre, and a cosmic event.

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On Enclosed Spaces and the Great Outdoors - 1. More-than-Human Participation (De Brakke Grond 2015)