2019-2020 Planetary Campus: KITCHEN

As an infrastructure Planetary Campus is the container for several activities initiated by the DAI, one of them is the

             edition 2019-2020 

Introduction

“Orality…is inseparable from the body in movement.”
 ~ Édouard Glissant

Each DAI-week, one, sometimes two full day(s) (out of seven) is /are dedicated to acts, lectures or lecture-performances (recognized here as a longstanding unique discipline, a hybrid of research, lecture, visual art and performative narrative techniques) performances, screenings or presentations, directed and steered by 11 to 12 individual students (each month a different constellation of names). Each Kitchen Act of 20 minutes is authored by one student but may involve invited "others" as collaborators, assistants or audience-participants (please scroll for Basic Curatorial Guidelines).

The ‘Kitchen’ as an educational tool was coined in 2003 by DAI and molded and sculpted ever since (meanwhile the format has proliferated to many other educational institutions and programs).
The Kitchen-format offers students the possibility to present/ activate their work and research updates, proposals, experiments and other relevant or urgent musings, in a context that is independent from the other constituents of the curriculum. For DAI, as a roaming academy without studio spaces, this is the platform where "practice" in its broadest sense can be shared among the entire student body as well as with ‘outside’.
Embedded in a rigorous curriculum consisting of curated, collective study groups and seminars, the Kitchen offers each and every student a sheltered ‘free space’: for the duration of twenty uninterrupted minutes where they are invited to ‘speak’ to an audience consisting of all their fellow students, DAI’s director and famously, two or more, monthly changing guest respondents (invited makers and thinkers) as well as the occasional interested auditor (you are most welcome to join a session; please contact Rik Fernhout). 

The Question

“.................... “responsibility” is not about right response, but rather a matter of inviting, welcoming, and enabling the response of the Other. That is, what is at issue is response-ability: the ability to respond. The range of possible responses that are invited, the kinds of responses that are disinvited or ruled out as fitting re-sponses, are constrained and conditioned by the questions asked, where questions are not simply innocent queries, but particular practices of engagement.” (Free after Karen Barad, 2012).

To guarantee that each student can have the full 20 minutes for their act + 20 minutes for the responses to their act, the Kitchen comes with a quite strict protocol. Beginning their presentation with a carefully crafted key question, each student presents work/research by means of performance, talk, performance-lecture, screening, reading, recital, choreography, play, concert, demonstration, action, presentation of relevant aspects of praxis or work in progress or process, reference sets or, a combination of (some of) these formats. Other than the limits of the given time and space frame and some basic curatorial rules there are actually no restrictions to the content and the format of the presentation.
Following each presentation, in a conversational mode, the two invited respondents will try to engage with the presentation by means of an improvised, non-judgemental, raw, sketchy, tentative, spoken reflection, (roughly) guided by ‘the question’ as well as by the respondents' own concerns, interests and knowledges. 

The Basic Curatorial Guidelines

- Each presenter is, in principle, the curator-in-chief of their own Kitchen Act. This includes taking care of the well-being of the respondents and the audience during and also right after the presentation so that the feed back session can take place in a relatively comfortable setting. Chairs should always be made available to the respondents. The presenter has to take this in account while preparing the space. 

- If a Kitchen Act requests the active involvement and/or assistance of one or more fellow students or others present in the space, this should in all cases happen with explicit permission, requested at least one day prior to the event. The presenter should offer the collaborator(s) or assistant(s) a detailed plan for the 20 minutes and be very clear about the role that will be assigned to them.

- The safety of everybody in the room including the presenter, comes before anything else. It is in no way allowed to undertake any actions that can lead to causing (bodily nor mental) harm.

- Care should therefore also be invested in regard to violent or offensive content in speech, sound and/or visuals. If in doubt: seek advice from your fellow students while preparing your Kitchen. 

- It is ok to request the physical engagement of the audience as a group, in a perfomance or other form of presentation, but only under the condition that those who prefer to not participate in a collective exercise or choreography or otherwise, should feel comfortable to step aside, without having to leave the space.

The Feed Back & the Finale 

Apart from the, on the spot, improvised responses to The Kitchen presentations & The Question by the invited, monthly changing guests, each student is furthermore offered one intensive and entirely personal advisory session (face to face) with either Hypatia Vourloumis or Quinsy Gario ( the sessions will start in Epen in January).

Find Hypatia's and Quinsy's schedule for individual meetings here.

In addition to that Clara Saito (DAI, 2019) will offer few group coaching sessions to the Planetary Campus, welcoming anybody who would like to explore how to be (more) comfortable with their body while presenting/performing.

The advises by Hypatia, Quinsy and Clara will be projected towards the final presentations in Arnhem in June (for second students this concerns their so-called AEROPONIC Acts in the presence of all the DAI’s theory-tutors as well as one or two guests present in Arnhem in the context of sonsbeek20-24. First year students will be working towards their end of year Kitchen presentations, also in the presence of (other) guests related to the sonsbeek20-24 context).

Each DAI-week, during the days after their Kitchen presentation, each of the students who have been performing/presenting in that week will have an individual meeting of an hour with Gabriëlle Schleijpen, DAI’s director, initiator of the format, and witness to hundreds of presentations since the Kitchen's inception.
She is also the one who, upon graduation gives out the credits for the relevance, care, inventivity and acumen with which a student has managed to make use of this two year long trajectory that offers a platform to the multitude of distinctive voices within our student body.  Departing from what has been expressed by means of someone's Kitchen Act, this specific conversation with the program's director can serve as a focussed moment for sharing any relevant personal questions, concerns, ideas and proposals in regard to art, research, life & DAI (in any desired order).
Important note for students: f2f meetings with Gabriëlle will overlap with the COOP studygroups.

Find Gabriëlle's schedule for individual meetings here

Last but not least: ‘Feed-Back’ is a student led format to prepare or to de-brief the Kitchen Acts. The sessions are held in small groups moderated by a student. Read more here.

The Camera

During the year the regular Kitchens can be documented by the students themselves (DAI provides a camera) as a tool for reflection and learning whereby it is important to note that it is not allowed to make the responses by our guests public without their permission.

That said, the final first yer Kitchen presentations as well as the public event at the end of the two year study trajectory at the DAI, coined AEROPONIC ACTS  are filmed and the resulting video registration plus a written report by a guest writer form an integral part of the Kitchen-format. See also our Alumni Embassy. The AEROPONIC ACTS will take place in front of an audience ( Covid-19 permitting) and in case be live streamed. 

2019-2020 Schedule

(scroll for the first session of this academic year) 

2020  Final Kitchen for First Year Students

September 28 till October 1st, Radio Kootwijk

Monday September 28

14:00 – 14:20 Introduction &

Welcome by Gabriëlle Schleijpen

14:20 – 15:00 Raffia Li

with graduate respondent Hannah O’Flynn and COOP tutors Marwa Arsanios and Rory Pilgrim

15:00 – 15:40 Clara Winter

with graduate respondent Nine Postma and COOP tutors Clementine Edwards and Leire Vergara 

15:40 – 16:20 Mia van den Bos

with graduate respondent Vita Buivid, and COOP tutors Marwa Arsanios and Francesc Ruiz 

16:20 – 16:30 short break

16:30 – 17:10 Miguel Ferraez 

with graduate respondent Anakin Xersonsky, and COOP tutors Clementine Edwards and Rory Pilgrim

17:10 – 17:50 Csilla Klenyanszki 

with graduate respondent Risa Horn, and COOP tutors Leire Vergara  and Snejanka Mihaylova 

17:50 – 18:30 Mayar Alexan

with graduate respondent Flávia Palladino, and COOP tutors Snejanka Mihaylova and Francesc Ruiz

Wednesday 30 September

14:00 – 14:10 Welcome 

14:10 – 14:50 Georgia Stellin & Erato Tzavara

with graduate respondent Raphael Daibert and COOP tutors Rory Pilgrim and Snejanka Mihaylova 

14:50 – 15:30  Azul De Monte 

with graduate respondent Saskia Burggraaf and COOP tutors Akinbode Akinbiyi and Francesc Ruiz

15:30 – 16:10  Flip Driest 

with graduate respondent Francisco Mojica and COOP tutors Leire Vergara and Francesc Ruiz

16:10 – 16:30 short break

16:30 – 17:10  Raul Silva 

with graduate respondent Giorgos Gripeos and COOP tutors Marwa Arsanios and Snejanka Mihaylova

17:10 – 17:50 Zane Zajančkauska

with graduate respondent Anastasia McCammon and COOP tutors Snejanka Mihaylova and  Clementine Edwards

17:50 – 18:30 Litchi Friedrich 

with graduate respondent Wilf Speller and COOP tutors Marwa Arsanios and  Clementine Edwards

18:30 - 19:10 Ilgin Akseloglu 

with graduate respondent Raphael Daibert (TBC) and Snejanka Mihaylova and Marwa Arsanios

19:10 - 20:10 Communal Dinner

20:10 – 20:50 Kari Rosenfeld 

with graduate respondent Anastasia McCammon and Clementine Edwards and Rory Pilgrim

Thursday 1 October

09:50 – 10:30 Erato Tzavara & Georgia Stellin 

with graduate respondent Dayna Casey and Leon Filter and Francesc Ruiz

10:30 - 11:10 Rosa Ronsdorf & Alexandra Duvekot 

with graduate respondent Lea Rüegg and Rory Pilgrim and Francesc Ruiz

11:10 – 11:50 Anna Piroska Tóth

with graduate respondent Franceska Hawker and Leire Vergara and Snejanka Mihaylova

( COOP presentation SAVVY)

12:50 – 13:30  Hubert Gromny 

with graduate respondent Emma De Filippo and Leon Filter and Clementine Edwards

13:30 - 14:10 lunch

14:10 – 14:50

Gabriela dos Santos 

with graduate respondent Julian Fricker and Rory Pilgrim and Leire Vergara

14:50 – 15:30 Niccolò Masini 

with graduate respondent Vita Buivid and Rory Pilgrim and Clementine Edwards

15:30 – 16:10

Lou Lou Sainsbury & Marie Tučková́ (remote)

with graduate respondent Simon(e) van Saarloos and Snejanka Mihaylova and Leire Vergara

16:10 – 16:50

Alexandra Duvekot & Rosa Ronsdorf 

with graduate respondent Zachary Schoenhut and Snejanka Mihaylova and Clementine Edwards

2020 May 25 till July 1st, online

Wednesday July 1

11:00 Presenter: Gabriela dos Santos

Respondents: Kostas Tzimoulis (DAI, 2011) and Quim Pujol

Tuesday June 30 

15:00 Presenter: line kramer

Respondents: Joy Mariama Smith (DAI, ) and Stefanie Seibold

Sunday June 28 

11:00 Presenter: Francisco Mojica 

Respondents: Alejandro Cerón (DAI, 2018) and Sandra Schaefer

15:00 Presenter: Hubert Gromny

Respondents: Maria Iñigo Clavo and Luca Carboni (DAI, 2018)

Saturday June 27 

11:00 Presenter: Erato Tzavara

Respondents: Vinita Gatne (DAI, 2019) and Nick Aikens

Friday June 26

11:00 CET Presenter: Hasan Özgür Top 

Respondents: Anna Dasović (DAI, 2014) and Didem Pekun

15:00 CET Presenter: Marie Tučková  

Respondents: Clementine Edwards (DAI, 2018) and Veronica Valentini

Sunday June 21

11:00 Presenter:  Dorothy Hunter    

Respondents:  Despina Sevasti (DAI, 2017) and Manuela Moscoso

15:00 Presenter: Georgia Stellin

Respondents: Valentina Miorandi (DAI, 2016) and Stine Hebert

Sunday June 14

11:00 Presenter: Sepideh Behruzian (DAI, 2020)

Respondents: Hu Wei (DAI, 2016) and Natasha Ginwala

15:00 Presenter: Assem Hendawi (DAI, 2020)

Respondents: Aarti Sunder (DAI, 2015) and You Mi

Sunday June 7

17:00 CET ~ presenter: Zachary Schoenhut
Respondents: Martha Jager (DAI, 2016), Gigi Argyropoulou

20:00 CET ~ presenter: Lea Rüegg
Respondents: Tirza Kater (DAI, 2018), Christian Nyampeta.

Sunday May 31

11:00 CET ~ presenter: Mandus Ridefelt 

Respondents: Sonia Kazovsky(DAI, 2017), Patricia Reed

15:00 CET ~ presenter: Iva Kovač

Respondents: Dina Mohamed (DAI, 2019), Jakob Jakobsen.  

Monday May 25

17:00 CET ~ presenter: Sara Benaglia.

Respondents:

Lauren Alexander(DAI,2011), Beya Othmani, Jonas Staal

2020 DAI week 5, Tunis

Monday March 8

Location: Lezart - Rue Hbib Bourguiba (train station Dermech) next to Mad’Art Cinema

Respondents: Amal Khalaf, Thokozani Mhlambi, Bonaventure Soh Bejeng Ndikung

Host: Gabriëlle Schleijpen

Presenters:

10:15 Welcome

10:25 Harun Morrison

10:30 Raphael Daibert 

11.10 Mathew Wang

11.50 Francisco Mojica 

12:30 Simon(e) van Saarloos

13:10  LUNCH BREAK at Mad'Art Cafe

14:10 Alexandra Duvekot

14:50 Rosa Ronsdorf 

15:30 Raul Sebastian Silva

16:10 Giorgos Gripeos

16:50 Anna Piroska Tóth

17:30 TEA BREAK

17:45 Zane Zajančkauska

18:25 Jiatu Gu

19:05 Anastasia McCammon

19:45 Wrap Up 

20:00 Dinner at Mad'Art Cafe

2020 Dai week 4, Tunis

Saturday March 7

Location: Mad’Art- Rue Hbib Bourguiba (train station Dermech) 

Mad’Art is a cinema, theatre and dance space founded by theatre-maker, choreographer and dancer, the late Raja Ben Ammar. They have been hosting 

11:00 -12:00

Introductory presentationby Aziza Harmel: 

Back and forth. Forth and never back. Never forth and never back 

12:00 - 19:30 

Respondents: Aziza Harmel,  Beya Othmani

Host: Gabriëlle Schleijpen

Presenters:

12:00 Julian Fricker

12:40 Mia van den Bos

13:20 Nine Postma

14:00 LUNCH BREAK

15:00 Konstantin Mitrokhov

15:40 Wilf Speller

16:20 Flip Driest

17:00 Ian Nolan

17:40 TEA BREAK

18:00 Azul De Monte 

18:40 Lou Lou Sainsbury

19: 20 Wrap Up

19:30 Dinner

 

2020 DAI week 3, Epen

Location: Het Patronaat in Epen 

Host: Gabriëlle Schleijpen

9.00 Welcome & coffee

9:15 Introduction guest respondents: 

Alaa Abu Asad, Giulia Damiani, Werker Collective

9:30  Risa Horn

10:10 Emma de Filippo

10:50 Miguel Ferraez 

11:30 Zoi Moutsokou

12:10 Csilla Klenyanszki

13.00 - 14:00

Communal lunch cooked by Mari Pitkänen

Location: Patronaat, Epen

14:00  Jose Iglesias Ga-Arenal       

14:40 Sophie de Serière

15:20 Anakin Xersonsky

16:00 Kari Rosenfelt

16:40 short break

16:50 Niccolò Masini 

17.30 Hanna O’Flynn 

18.20 Rong Raffia Li 

19.00 End

19.30 Communal dinner cooked by Mari Pitkänen

Location: Bovenste Bos in Epen

 

2019 DAI week 2, Nieuwvliet

Host: Gabriëlle Schleijpen

Location:  Grote Kerk, Groede

Respondents: Barbara Browning, Matteo Lucchetti and Eric Peter

09:45 introduction

10:00 Gayatri Kodikal (BB,EP)

10:40 Clara Winter (BB,EP)

11:20 coffee break  

11:40 Marc Norbert Hörler (BB,ML)

12:20 Saskia Burggraaf (BB,ML)

13:00 - 14:00

Communal lunch cooked by Pick Up with the assistance of Pitchaya Ngamcharoen

Location: Grote Kerk, Groede

14:00 Francesca Hawker (BB,ML)

14:40 Dayna Casey (BB,ML)

15:20 Litchi Friedrich (ML,EP)

16:00 Tea break

16:30 Ilgin Deniz Akesloglu (ML,EP)

17:10 Mayar Alexan (BB,ML)

18:00 – 19:00

Communal Dinner Cooked by Pick Up with the assistance of Pitchaya Ngamcharoen

Location: TBC

19:00 Maxime Gourdon (BB, ML)

19:40 Flavia Palladino (BB, ML)

2019 DAI week 1, Arnhem

Host: Gabriëlle schleijpen

Respondents: Aude Christel Mgba and Vincent van Velsen 

  1. Vita Buivit
  2. Harun Morrison
  3. GUEST APPEARANCE by Clara Saito