SHORT SYNOPSIS Maarin Ektermann and Henri Hütt have collaborated with aim of shifting cultural gatherings - artist talks in the dark; exhibition opening where all participants are being hoisted in the air on the same level; book presentations with organized choreography being only a few out of many examples. What will become cultural territories when these move to wider public spaces? Which scenarios will be a possibility generated by fantasy?



Present workshop "There is a really thin border between success and sucks ass" focuses on the successes and mishaps of (non)organized directing (in other words, guided tours), interventions and gatherings (or flash mob). How to create interaction where the participants won't suffer the discomfort of wanting to leave or where to find the inner confidence while leading others through the maze of fictiveness? If meaning cannot be measured in art then perhaps success is measurable?

 

“There is a really thin border between success and sucks ass” is a week-long laboratory workshop when various short lectures will be hold; know-how, experience and practical tasks for public space will be shared; and at the end every participant develops and tests one scenario (or many!) for public space intervention that could be used by anyone in the future.