Hysterical Paroxysm Choir: Sonic Masturbation Workshop

Workshop - 18+ and older.

Hysterical Paroxysm Choir is a theoretical and practical workshop derived from the artist's previous work "Sexotechnologies and Technofeminist Performativities." Here, the focus shifts toward creating a collective sound experiment: an exploration of our internal resonances, fluids, and pulsations, to hack the concept of hysteria through acts of sonic collective masturbation.

The workshop combines critical reflection and embodied practice, analyzing and reinterpreting performance works by women and feminist artists who engage with DIY and low-tech technologies. These practices are understood as decolonial and techno-feminist aesthetics, challenging the patriarchal structures embedded in conventional, normative, and privatized forms of technology.

About the Facilitator

Nicol Rivera Aro, she/her (Chile) - Performance Artist, Dramaturg, and Researcher. She is an actress with a speciality in playwriting (Universidad de Valparaiso, 2015). She is a PhD candidate in Philology at Leipzig University. Using performative research methodologies, her work focuses on the relationship between the body and technological interfaces, delving into gender discourse and post-porn, with special attention given to sextechnologies and non-materialist approaches about the affection between bodies and devices.
 

Participants will be invited to explore their own bodily soundscapes through exercises of vocal, vibrational, and sensorial activation, culminating in a collective noise performance that celebrates hysteria, pleasure, and resonance as forms of resistance and creation.

Facilitator bio and more info on ticket page.