Create with me!
Contact me if you’re interested in involving me in your projects!
I have experience in facilitating embodied, artistic processes, as well as leading transdisciplinary projects tackling social and environmental justice.
You could be interested in
an ethnographic theatre lab
an embodied exploration of transdisciplinarity
an introductory lab on theatre of the oppressed
a performative lab to investigate artivism
a lab on how to work with communities
You can also get in touch and I’ll be happy to co-create sessions and projects together with you. Read further if you want to have a glimpse of what are people who attended my labs say!
Some appreciation for my labs
Testimonies from performative labs to investigate artivism.
“My expectations were little since I had never done theatre in such way before. It was amazing, it filled my restless feeling, gave it meaning and most all of met all the wishes I had (that are mostly explained in the question before) AND MORE. That is quite crazy no? That it managed to meet my wishes while giving even more meaning, layer and feelings to it then I had hoped for. I think the expectations that I did not see coming: 1. the political meaning I give to my life was also possible to embody in an abstract way. 2. the enrichment of getting to receive others vulnerability, thoughts and experiences.”
“It felt great to have someone with experience guiding us at the beginning. But what I like the most was that feeling that you were participating in the process, studying us, experimenting, both teaching and learning. You're also an exquisite person with a lot of empathy and I'd say that's by far the most important component of your facilitation.”
I share with you a dear email from a participant in the transdisciplinary lab I have been guiding for the past two years at the University of Antwerp.
“Dear Carlo,
I don't even know how to start this email. It has been a speechless and breathless day (physically and metaphorically). Everything is so overwhelming (in the most amazing way) today.
1) Being a busy academician meant that I spent most of my time either sitting in front of the computer, standing while teaching or sleeping just enough to manage another day. I have long wanted and needed some time and space away to explore bodily movements as a way to find my inner child again. When I was much younger, I used to dance in front of the glass door reflections when everyone was asleep or not at home. I love lyrical dance but never had the chance to explore it. And then adulting came and life relegated into monotonous rigidity.
Until today. All the activities allowed me to free my bodily sensations again. I was particularly spell-binded by the experimental theatre / drama with the shoes. How even with such minimal props, we can still convey such powerful messages. The interpretive process struck me so deeply. I will definitely bring this home and experiment with my classes.
2) Being from the arts and humanities, I am sure you can relate to how the hard sciences and social sciences often do not and cannot relate to us. There is also sometimes this mindset that science is where the serious problem solving is while art and humanities are "leisurely" plays. What the summer school participants shared about how the activities today made them realize the power of art in conveying what is limited by words (ironically!) is such a delight. I feel like telling them
So thank you. Thank you for conceptualizing the activities today and most importantly, thank you for saying Yes to the ITDR Summer School! We are so privileged to have you share your passion with us. May the spark ignited within us continue to burn and be passed on beyond the short summer school.”
