ATTENTION!

A WORKSHOP WITH BEN RUSSELL

ATTENTION! is a practical workshop exploring perceptual re-engagement, one that seeks to re-orient the audiovisual attentions of its participants towards the present. Participants will be led in a series of walking and recording exercises that explore the possibilities of objective and subjective observation under the loose frames of “documentary” and / or “psychedelic ethnography.” This workshop draws its inspiration from sources as diverse as Maurice Merleau-Ponty, Maryanne Amacher’s third ear compositions, LSD test subjects, hydrophone coral reef recordings, Jean Rouch’s idea of trance-cinema and more – all in the name of recognizing one’s own intuitive, cognitive and perceptual processes within the construction of the Here and Now.