Sharon Lockhart | Noa Eshkol Public Program

On the occasion of the exhibition Sharon Lockhart | Noa Eshkol at Augarten, TBA21 is hosting a series of panel talks, events, workshops and film screenings at the Ambrosi Museum, next to the exhibition space. To respond to the complex yet fascinating body of work of artist Sharon Lockhart and Noa Eshkol - dance composer, textile artist and inventor of the EWMN (Eshkol Wachman Movement Notation System) - we would like to invite you to take part in our extensive public program. 

SCHEDULE

November 30, 2 – 4 pm
Open Practice of the Noa Eshkol Chamber Dance Group
Members of the Noa Eshkol Chamber Dance Group demonstrate Eshkol’s dance compositions and the EWMN system. The Open Practice offers the unique opportunity to experience the multifaceted layers involved in the dancers’ training to perfect the execution of Eshkol’s complex polyphonic compositions.

November 30, 4.30 pm
Noa Eshkol’s Wall Carpets
Mooky Dagan-Maimon, Noa Eshkol Foundation for Movement Notation
From the beginning of the Yom Kippur War in 1973 to her death in 2007, Noa Eshkol created more than 500 wall carpets. Conceived to be hung vertically against a wall, all the carpets are made out of found, uncut fabric scraps, collected and brought to her dance studio in Holon over the years. After assembling the scraps on the floor of her studio, Eshkol pinned them together and let her dancers stitch them together.

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December 1, 2 – 4 pm
Open Practice of the Noa Eshkol Chamber Dance Group, including Workshop!
Following the open practice, visitors are invited to participate in the dance training.

December 1, 4 pm
Films from the Noa Eshkol Foundation for Movement Notation Archive
This selection of films documents master classes and rehearsals led by Noa Eshkol and performances by the Chamber Dance Group. The program comprises excerpts from the late 1950s–including rare footage from a large-scale performance memorial at Kibbutz Lohamei HaGeta'ot–until the early 90s. 
The selection includes films by John Harries, dancer, graphic designer and artist, translating the method of EWMN into animated visual artworks.

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December 2, 12 pm - Lecture in German
Tanz und Bewegung im Zeitalter der Kybernetik. Heinz von Foerster und die EWMN
Martina Leeker, Theater- und Medienwissenschaftlerin, Berlin / Lüneburg / theater and media theorist, Berlin / Lüneburg.
Ende der 1960er Jahre nutzte Heinz von Foerster die EWMN, um mit ihr einen Algorithmus für die Steuerung autonom gedachter Roboter zu entwickeln. Dieses Projekt wirft ein interessantes Licht auf die EWMN als operative Einheit zur Erzeugung von Tanz. Mensch und technische Dinge geraten in ein kooperatives Verhältnis und aus Sinn und Narration wird die a-semantische Analyse einer Maschine. 

December 2, 2 – 4 pm
Open Practice of the Noa Eshkol Chamber Dance Group, including Workshop!
Following the open practice, visitors are invited to participate in the dance training.

December 2, 4 pm
Moving at ease: Kids’ workshop for 7-15 year olds
With Racheli Nul-Kahana and Ofra Bahar 
In this workshop, children are invited to experiment with the language of movement and ways of constructing and using it. What do we see while watching a body in motion? How can movement or dance become a language and how can we learn to speak, write or read it? Children will be able to practice movement exercises and learn how to write them in movement notation, creating their own movement and dance segments.

December 2, 5 pm
Films from the Noa Eshkol Foundation for Movement Notation Archive
This selection of films documents master classes and rehearsals led by Noa Eshkol and performances by the Chamber Dance Group. The program comprises excerpts from the late 1950s–including rare footage from a large-scale performance memorial at Kibbutz Lohamei HaGeta'ot–until the early 90s. 
The selection includes films by John Harries, dancer, graphic designer and artist, translating the method of EWMN into animated visual artworks.

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December 8, 2 pm
Guided tour (with free entry to the exhibition)

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December 12, 6 pm - Lecture in German
Über Glieder, Schriften und die Körper des Tanzes in Noa Eshkols Arbeit
Sandra Noeth, TanzQuartier, Wien im Gespräch mit Daniela Zyman, TBA21

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December 16, 2 pm
Guided tour (with free entry to the exhibition)

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December 20, 6 pm
Films from the Noa Eshkol Foundation for Movement Notation Archive
This selection of films documents master classes and rehearsals led by Noa Eshkol and performances by the Chamber Dance Group. The program comprises excerpts from the late 1950s–including rare footage from a large-scale performance memorial at Kibbutz Lohamei HaGeta'ot–until the early 90s. 
The selection includes films by John Harries, dancer, graphic designer and artist, translating the method of EWMN into animated visual artworks.

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December 22, 12 pm
Tai Chi Chuan Workshop
Noa Eshkol’s interest in the traditional movement practice Tai Chi is demonstrated by a Chinese Tai Chi master. No previous background in movement or dance required.

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December 29, 2 pm
Guided tour (with free entry to the exhibition)

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January 12, 2 pm
Guided tour (with free entry to the exhibition)

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January 26, 2 pm
Guided tour (with free entry to the exhibition)

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February 9, 2 pm
Guided tour (with free entry to the exhibition)

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February 23, 2 pm
Guided tour (with free entry to the exhibition)

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