The project listens to bodies as living archives of emotion, ecology, and history.
Each encounter — whether a dance, a writing board, or a public ritual — is both research and reflection.
Principles:
- Embodied listening — the body as sensor and storyteller.
- Care as practice — not just support, but shared attention.
- Coexistence — not always agreement, but sustained dialogue.
- Accessibility — art that meets people where they already are.
“Don’t panic — listen to it.”
🌿 Themes
Fashion and Ritual — clothing as emotional and social armor.
Ecology and Psychology — climate grief, adaptation, care.
— intersectional and embodied perspectives.
Surveillance and Visibility — how being seen changes how we move.
🧊 Event 0— Hibernating Further Extended
📅 8 October 2025
📍 FLUCC Vienna (Kubatur des Kabinetts)
🕖 19:00 – 01:00
Concept:
This event unfolds as a performative reflection on ecological grief, digital anxiety, and the psychology of preservation.
Artists and thinkers from different fields explore how the city hibernates — how we retreat, recharge, and re-emerge under social and environmental pressures.
What Happens:
- Immersive installations and performance elements by Jaskaran Singh, Kilian Jörg, Sara Koniarek, Michael Na, and Sabrina Bühn
- Ambient sound interventions & live music
- Moment of truth with Gerhard behaving as a behavioural scientist.
- Part of FOTO Wien and audio broadcast in collaboration with Radio Orange
Purpose:
To set the foundation for the Embodied City Dialogues phase — establishing a sonic, visual, and emotional vocabulary for the coming months of public research.
🎭 Event 3 · Ecology Meets Psychology
🗓 22 November 2025 | 19:00 – 21:30
📍 Stadtoase + Pop-Up Store, Innovationshauptplatz Linz
A reflective public gathering exploring climate care, ecology, and emotional adaptation.
Through movement, sound, and conversation, we ask:
“How does ecology live inside the body?”
“What do we preserve — what do we let transform?”
Format
- Opening movement ritual with Simona Štangová, a contemporary dancer, choreographer.
- Ecological & historical dialogues with Sabrina Rosina (ecologist) and Karin Schneider (historian)
- Ambient / electronic DJ set (live improvised)
- Visual participatory writing table
- Optional open dance moments
Atmosphere: informal, immersive, partly participatory.
Finger-food by Rajaa’s Food, cozy evening setup inside and around the Pop-Up Store.
🪞 Event 5 — Visibility & Clothing: Observation Open Space
📅 12 December 2025
🕓 16:00 – 05:00 (for DJ: approx. 23:00 – 05:00)
📍 CulturCafé Smaragd, Altstadt 2, Linz
The Exploration
A gathering — exploring how we make ourselves visible through fashion, art, and cultural expression.
We examine surveillance (institutional and social) and how we navigate identity, clothing, and belonging in urban life.
The journey flows from a reflective market atmosphere to ecstatic celebration.
Your Space to Shape
After hours of being seen, the basement becomes a field of becoming.
Your sonic environment translates reflection into rhythm —
a sensorial journey from observation to ecstatic embodiment.
Schedule – Event 5 + register for market
Event 5
Flow Overview
🕓 16:00–21:00
- Art & Fashion Market (Innenhof, Glaserie, Back Bar)
- Iranian tea ritual
- Tarot readings
- Historical dialogues with Karin Schneider (Fashion & Surveillance)
- Ambient movement with Simona
- Food stories by Samer / Rajaa’s Food
- Artist interventions on visibility & surveillance with videos in the basement
🕗 20:00–22:00
- Shared dinner / finger food by Rajaa’s
🕚 23:00–05:00
- Karaoke (bar)
- DJ celebration (Basement)
Freedom after being watched — dance as liberation.
A release from observation, transforming awareness into collective joy.
Meet our team
Jaskaran Singh
Concept, direction, project lead
Sanaz Rafii
Event organisation
Karin Schneider
Contemporary historian and art education
Sabrina Rosina
performer and ecologist
Kilian Jörg
philosopher and DJ responsible
Michael Na
musician, composer and performer
Sara Koniarek
Visuals and Stage Design
Event 0, and billboards
Part of: Trans(T*).DisCity/Movement, Reflection and Visibility Cultural Initiative
Supported by: Stadt Linz, Land OÖ – Kultur initiative
Embodied City dailogues and the City in motion project supported by: BMWKMS – Kulturinitiative