TALKING WITH EACH OTHER APART

(Miteinander Vorbeireden)

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.37522/b9ztbs19

Keywords:

language art, conversational practice, collective thinking, live science fictioning, metaphor, maieutic

Abstract

Moving towards the social-semantic performance of conversations, Cordula Daus and Charlotta Ruth propose a technique for a “searching” narration. As a form of live fictioning, “talking with each other apart” reveals hidden potential in knowledge that is encoded in the language of experience and expertise.

Author Biographies

  • Cordula Daus, University of Applied Arts Vienna

    Cordula Daus is a writer and artist working across theory, fiction, and performance. Her works are site and context specific in nature and often take the shape of fictional institutions or environments inviting other artists and scientists to collaborate. Her project Outer Woman has been awarded with a fellowship from the Austrian Science Fund (FWF). Cordula is the author of the artist book series Toponymisches Heft (Fantome-Verlag, Berlin) and recently, finished her novel SEHR (upcoming in 2024). Together with Emma Cocker, Lena Séraphin and Alexander Damianisch she is the co-founder of the Society of Artistic Research Special Interest Group on Language-based Artistic Research. 

  • Charlotta Ruth, University of Applied Arts Vienna

    Charlotta Ruth uses methods of performance, choreography, and gameplay to systematically experiment with time and perception. Her work is based on a deep interest in collective thinking, concrete contexts and places, and on an exchange of ideas among different media. Her pieces have been co-produced, commissioned, and presented, for example, at MDT, Museum of Modern Art, and Dansens Hus in Stockholm, at Tanzquartier Wien, brut Wien, WUK performing arts, Brunnenpassage, and City Games Vienna. Since 2017, Ruth has been affiliated with the University of Applied Arts Vienna, where she finished her PhD in Art (2022) and is active in various roles at the Angewandte Performance Laboratory (APL). Charlotta Ruth’s research and publication foci include participatory sense-making, the art of asking questions, asynchronous communication, and the creation of liveness in digital/online communication. In 2024, she is using the one-year work grant awarded to her by the City of Vienna for Choreographic Clues and Chain Creations.

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Published

2025-02-21

Issue

No. 1 (2025): Edge of the Glacier

Section

Articles