Mon 5.2.2024 // 10.00–13.00
Photo: Asher O’Gorman, Andrea Gunnlaugsdóttir
Mon 5.2.2024 // 10.00–13.00
Bräuhausgasse 40, 1050 Vienna // in English language // Open to curious artists and cultural workers who are (expecting) parents or are thinking about parenthood
“You can’t even dream this stuff up” is a restorative concept and practice that reimagines a supportive landscape for artist and cultural worker parents as they engage in their dual responsibilities as artists and caregivers.
Asher and Andrea facilitate a space for collective dreaming, imagining further and beyond patriarchal structures. Together in the realm of fantasy we dream up new realities where artist parents are seen as vital for representation within the whole social spectrum in art.
We will be working in a concentrated space. However, parents without childcare are welcome to bring their children along, rather than missing out.
Asher and Andrea work in association with HOOD for Artist Parents. Since 2021 HOOD aims to generate positive action for artist-parents as they engage in their dual responsibilities as artists and caregivers. @hood.for.artist.parents.vienna
Andrea Gunnlaugsdóttir (IS/AT) born in Reykjavík, Iceland, is a dancer and choreographer living in Vienna. In both independent and collaborative constellations her works move along the intersection of dance and performance, sometimes seeking formats beyond the stage. Her latest work CUMULUS in collaboration with artist Claudia Lomoschitz recently toured in Austria and Iceland and will soon be traveling to Norway. Andrea has collaborated with many Vienna based artists such as Doris Uhlich, Alix Eynaudi, Andrea Maurer, Veza Fernandes a.o. Next she will be stepping on stage in brut Wien in the work of choreographer Sara Lanner. Andrea has juggled co-parenting of two kids alongside her artistic career from the start, gaining some experience in feeling a lot of FOMO.
Asher Ó Gormáin (IE/UK/AT) is an Irish artist working across choreographic and visual art practices as a performance maker, dramaturge and lecturer. Her work engages closely with objects and materials, drawing out their performative agency to reveal the tactile, sensuous and existential dimensions of the “ordinary”, challenging anthropocentric perspectives. She holds a BA (Hons) degree in choreography from the Dartington College of Arts (2005), a diploma in dance from SEAD – Salzburg Experimental Academy of Dance (2008) and an MA degree with honours in visual art (TransArts) from the Vienna University of Applied Art (2021). She has taught at the Angewandte Performance Lab (APL) in Vienna on a regular basis since 2021. In 2020, she established HOOD for Artist Parents. Her most recent work, “mind numbing filthy finger potholes: a glossary of the paradox of boredom”, premiered at brut Wien. www.asherogorman.com