OUDS Intimacy Practices Weekender

This weekend is designed for those who want to deep-dive into the world of intimacy practices for stage and screen. Through discussion and practical exercises we will explore the possibilities of intimacy practice, asking how and why such a cluster of practices proliferated and how it might engage our work as practitioners.

On Saturday 27th, we will gather for a seminar that traces the fundamental tenets of intimacy practice for stage and screen. We will map the thought and practice lineages that converge to form the theoretical basis of the work, with a particular focus on queer feminist thought. This will be a space to ask questions and engage in some group discussion.

Please note: attendance at this session is required for those who would like to come to the workshop on Sunday.

On Sunday 28th, we will gather for a practical workshop exploring some of the key ingredients of intimacy practice. Joined by a guest practitioner we will use light movement and sound work to explore the possibilities of intimacy practice. These exercises will be non-touch. Please bring a short piece of script you have been working with lately/are interested in.

Please note: both sessions will likely contain content that some might find upsetting. Regular content warnings will be provided throughout the sessions. You are invited to use your best judgement as we work to take care of each other at all times.

This weekender will be primarily facilitated by Rachel Vogler. She is LAHP-funded doctoral candidate at Central, where she is also a visiting lecturer and practitioner. Her work focuses on sexual violence across contemporary theatre institutions and across the Higher Education landscape in the UK. She come to my PhD research from a cluster of different practices which she has developed through working with a range of grassroots organisations, including Intimacy for Stage and Screen, the 1752 Group, The Violence Against Women and Girls Research Network, Birkbeck’s Sexual Harms and Medical Encounters Project and Moving Body Arts. Rachel is interested in themes of transformative justice, feminist (re)imagining, abolition and institutionality as they pertain to sexual harm.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

University of Oxford, Wellington Square, Oxford, United Kingdom