ABSURD QUESTIONNAIRE
Mutter/ Mütter
These impulses are at your disposal, they are there to make something oscillate, to find an impulse for an artistic translation, to go further on our theme of mother and mothers in terms of autosociobiography. They are impulses between you and your mother/mothers. Or not.
An autosociobiography is an autobiography that is situated in a social context. This social context consists of place, time, body and gender, social class, sexuality, and age.
Take your time with the impulses, take them seriously and not so seriously, think not so much with your head as with your whole being and the experiences you have had in the last three weeks. Allow resistance, even a reluctance to an impulse is interesting. Follow the reluctance or not. But stay in the flow, with yourself and the questions and where you are intuitively drawn to. Everything has its time and place.
Choose five or six of the impulses and respond to them through an artistic expression, be it something written, something painted, something danced, something sung or something physical. One impulse should be answered audio-visually, i.e. as a small film or film fragment.
Have freedom and joy with it. Take it all in.
- I hear the music when I think of you
- hair
- hand movement, or no, how your voice changes when you are
- interests, education, food, dreams, clothes, laughter
- your eyes and mine
- _______________________________
- maybe next time
- shopping list
- why?
- what is a cup?
- I feel you here and there and here
- sometimes I wonder
- closeness – distance
- narrowness – wideness
- too much, just too much
- too little, just too little
- tears
- around me is a space, that is
- around you is a space that is
- could you please turn off the lights?
- why does it always, always have to be the same game?
- the same discussion
- when was the breaking point?
- all the questions I want/wanted to ask you
- do you sometimes wonder what would have been if?
- hold on to time
- you always wanted
- love
- all that I want/ don’t want
- forever?
Father/Fathers
These impulses are freely available, they are there to make something oscillate, to find an impulse for an artistic translation, to go further on our topic of father and fathers in terms of autosociobiography. They are impulses between you and your father/mothers. Or not.
An autosociobiography is an autobiography that is located in a social context. This social context consists of place, time, body and gender, social class, sexuality and age.
Take your time with the impulses, take them seriously and not so seriously, think not so much with your head as with your entire being and the experiences you have had in the last three weeks. Allow resistance, even an aversion to an impulse is interesting. Follow up on the aversion or not. But stay in the flow, with yourself and the questions and where you are intuitively drawn to. Everything has its time and place.
Choose five or six of the impulses and respond to them with an artistic expression, be it something written, something painted, something danced, something sung or something physical. One impulse should be answered audio-visually, i.e. as a small film/film fragment.
Have as much freedom and joy with it as possible.
- Present
- Not present
- You were here.
- You were not here.
- The beard.
- ?
- I have learned from you
- I wish
- _______________________________
- Against
- Why?
- I doubt, I grieve, I am angry, I am sad
- I don’t know that about you
- I am sure of that
- Where? How? When?
- I assume it was well meant?
- Apples, lemons, bread, sausage, fish, beer, wine, water
- A typical day for you would be
- A typical day for me would be
- Circles
- Closeness, warmth, love
- Coldness, distance, indifference
- I sometimes wonder if you know that
- So big, so far, so _______
- !!!!!
- I wish you did
- No
- Father is
- Papa, Papi, Nonno, …
- A hug?
Siblings/ Chosen Family
These impulses are at your disposal, they are there to make something vibrate, to find an impulse for an artistic translation, to further deepen our topic of siblings in the sense of autosocial biography. They are impulses between you and your siblings. Or not.
An autosociobiography is an autobiography that is read in a social context and uses social theories and concepts as reference points and social factors as concrete points of exploration. These social factors are currently place, time, body and gender, social class, sexuality, abilities and age of the person.
Take time for the impulses, take them seriously and not so seriously, think not so much with your head but with your whole being and the experiences you have had in the last laboratories. Allow resistance, even an aversion to an impulse is interesting. Follow the aversion or not. But stay in the flow, with yourself and the questions and where you are intuitively drawn.
Choose three to four of the impulses and respond to them with an artistic expression, be it something written, something painted, something danced, something sung or something physical. One impulse should be answered audiovisually, i.e. as a small film or film fragment.
Have as much freedom, joy and curiosity as possible.
- You were so small
- You were so big
- The oldest, the middle, the youngest
- Only me
- I hate you forever
- I love you more than anything else in the world
- I was responsible for everything
- The only person I would run to the airport for is you
- Childhood
- Childhood memories
- Different mother, same father
- Different father, same mother
- They chose me/you
- That was SO embarrassing
- Taking care of you
- Being looked after by you
- Hero*ine
- Disappointment
- What would I want to ask you?
- What are you doing now as an adult?
- You, now
- Visit
- Birthdays, Christmas, parents’ birthdays
- I wish you
- Greeting
- Farewell
- Wave to each other, hug, cheek kiss, fist bump
- Do you remember?
- I am sure that
- I’m sorry that
- My birthday, your birthday, our birthday