A workshop on (re-)embodying reciprocity with plants conducted by Dr Raffaele Rufo at Floating University Berlin. Part of the Programme “(Re)Gaining Ecological Futures” curated by Berit Fischer (23-25 June 2022)

Photos by Lorène Blanche Goesele

How can a movement-based somatic engagement with plants help us restore our relationship with bodily movement as radically embedded in the larger body of the earth? In this 3-hour outdoor workshop, we will explore a series of improvisational ways to engage with somatic sensations, listen, and empathetically witness the sensory presence of trees, shrubs, reeds, and other plant creatures that inhabit the rainwater pool. Ways that challenge the comfort zone of our urban bodies—as clean, safe, and detached bodies—and humbly acknowledge that we are here because other life forms are here too.

Check webpage for more infos on the workshop: https://www.raffaelerufo.com/ecosomatics/ecokinetics-workshop-berlin-2022