Notes on Practice and Approach
about the workshops
The offered workshop formats are part of Vivien Tauchmann’s ongoing artistic-pedagogical practice that intersects somatic methodologies, relational design, and critical theory to nurture reciprocal world-making.
Developed through collaborations with cultural institutions, universities and non-profit organisations, the workshops invite participants into collective and transformative learning formats that critically examine the entanglements of social, ecological, and material systems, and cultivate embodied practices of coexistence, care, and reflexivity.
They are suitable for B.A./M.A.-level courses, research-based studios, independent or transdisciplinary programs that integrate artistic, embodied, and critical inquiry, as well as political and cultural education programs facilitated by associations.
pedagogical approach
The pedagogical approach of the workshops operates through situated, sensory, collective and participatory modes of learning, combining somatic exploration, critical discussion, and artistic production.
Each workshop format is structured around cycles of practice and reflection, while some integrate somatic inquiry with collaborative experimentation and field research. This allows participants to translate embodied experiences into conceptual insights and action-based responses.
Emphasis is placed on co-learning, active listening, and responsiveness to group dynamics, fostering an inclusive and dialogical learning environment.
transdisciplinary relevance
The offered workshops operate across the fields of art, design, social inquiry, activism and somatic pedagogies. The performative and embodied methodologies provide tools for disciplines concerned with power, positionality, and relationality – including arts & design, political theory, social and environmental sciences, cultural studies, and pedagogy.
Through embodied exploration, participants learn to integrate critical reflection with experiential knowing, offering a valuable framework for cultivating self-reflexive, situated, and relational practices. Well-suited for ransdisciplinary programs, the formats foster new modes of inquiry that bridge thinking, feeling, and making.