https://performarch.com performarch Mon, 14 Dec 2020 20:35:27 +0000 https://performarch.com en https://performarch.com/ABOUT Tue, 12 May 2020 07:24:31 +0000 performarch https://performarch.com/ABOUT ABOUT Discover the interconnections of architecture. Architecture is moving, architecture is progressing, architecture is dancing, architecture is feeling. The ‘Performance Architecture School’ is an exciting learning journey which combines architecture art, cinematography and performance . Their aim is to inspire, broaden and challenge the possibilities of spatial representation and design. The participants are invited to work on ways of designing that use the body as an instrument of thinking, sensing, drawing and sculpting space. The ‘Performance Architecture School’ is designed to give an alternative, critical view to the study, use and production of space on both urban and architectural scales. Architecture, a dynamic discipline Architecture has for long been considered a static discipline. The course focuses on applying the toolbox of performance in architectural thinking, to the production of spatial actions and bodily geometries in space. This is an incredible opportunity for the participants who want to learn new skills, emerge to an urban cultural landscape, be part of an interdisciplinary and international team, and diversify their project portfolios. Whether applying for University or for work, this alternative angle will help you stand out. The course offers an unconventional introduction to architecture under a performative approach in time and space. Play with the city; be curious, be caring, be resourceful Whether online or physically we invite the participants to consider their location as a resource. The city is a terrain for action and inspiration. We observe, sense and re-imagine the possibilities of our environment and act upon them in a creative and dynamic way. The urban space is a complex amalgam of culture, politics, commercial powers and constant social interactions; it is the collision of history and the present, the expression of all things human, the diversion from nature with the problems this entails. We think and discuss about our complicated surroundings bringing focus to our human nature and our physical meeting with space. We learn from the city and stay aware of its public role. One of the main purposes of this course is claiming the public space creating a set of visionary actions. As an international course, we aim to create a world map that will stand as a palimpsest of creative works / performance architecture acupunctures. Who is it for? We aim to create an interdisciplinary group and approach in understanding space. Our participants come from a variety of disciplines including dance, architecture, visual arts, performance art, acting, cinema, moving image, dramaturgy, game design, photography, graphic design, interior design and literature. The course will be taught in English. https://performarch.com/COURSE-RATIONALE Wed, 19 Feb 2020 17:19:13 +0000 performarch https://performarch.com/COURSE-RATIONALE COURSE RATIONALE Toolbox;&nbsp; Course Methodologies &amp; References ‘Performance Architecture’ is designed to enable participants to extend their spatial awareness, exercise critical thinking and enhance their portfolio with an alternative approach. The tuition is primarily focusing on the active engagement of the participants and hands on project based work. This is achieved with a mixed programme of lectures, physical (body and mind) workshops, study visits to various sites, individual and collaborative work, presentations and peer reviews that include both performance and spatial learning. We will be working with image composition methodologies, movement improvisation exercises, site specific practices to challenge our bodies as a response to a selected site. We will be touching upon the theories of the ‘Dérive’, the ‘Space of Flows’, ‘Performativity’, the ‘Expanding Theatre’, the ‘Theatre of the Oppressed’, ‘Laban Movement Analysis’, et.c. in order to incorporate the everyday life in Athens’ dynamic urban landscape into a performative piece of work. In the core teachings of this course, we celebrate the idea that the whole world can be seen as a stage -Theatrum Mundi- where borders between performance and real life are blurred. Study areas will include: Theory; Architecture, Urbanism, Site-Specific Art, Performance Art; discussions on key works, concepts &amp; methods. Space-movement exercises; Activating senses and the embodied spatial awareness. Introduction to composing / ‘shaping a concept’ Using the body as a tool to understand, measure and design the spaceObservations; rhythmic motives within our bodies, within the city, choreographing the city, ‘directing’ everyday lifeSketching with movement and embodying the sketchIdentification of key architectural elements and their socio political affiliations through the use of performance art; scale, thresholds, viewpoints, trajectories Understanding how we can radicalize action and transform it into a design thinking What is Performance Architecture? ‘The intersection of the body, space and thought to interrogate dominant systems of power’. Claire, 39, Melbourne, Australia- Participant of the online summer course 2020 ‘The body in space with purpose’. Mariana, 28, Porto, Portugal - Participant of the online summer course 2020 ‘Understanding and questioning space through our experience of our body in time’.Miranda, 35, Reading, UK - Participant of the online summer course 2020 ‘For me, performance architecture, it's a connection of architecture with humans and everything that surrounds us’. Mariya, 24, Lviv, Ukraine - Participant of the online summer course 2020 Performance Architecture is an innovative direction of the architectural discipline originating as a term since 2006. It focuses on the sensorial and experiential elements of space and applies the interaction of space and bodies as a methodology for designing. Classes of ‘Performance Architecture’ have recently been incorporated in the curriculum of prestigious architectural colleges, such as the Architectural Association and the UCL Bartlett schools in London, UK. This pathway of architecture deviates from the traditional role of a master architect who produces sculptural objects for a neutral user, and instead engages emotionally as well as cognitively with a participatory, dynamic improvisation between active individuals (a community) with the surrounding environment (space, community). The role of the architect is that of the storyteller, using the vocabulary of people’s actions; The human body is seen as a drawing, thinking, making, sculpting and cognitive tool, producing notational sketches in the duration of space; Space is considered as an extension of our bodies and our bodies as an extension of space. In both small and large scale, from a room to the city, humans are shaping their environment and are being shaped by it. Engaging with the city The urban space is a vast terrain for inspiration and action. We will be introducing the compositional approach ‘Site-Specific Outdoor’ where the space constitutes the prima material of the work and the concept derives from an interactive dialogue with the site, allowing it to form its content, research and evolution. Engaging with the city and performance, we will expand our thinking bodies in the urban landscape and merge with the mundane and exciting everyday life. https://performarch.com/COURSE-OUTCOMES Wed, 19 Feb 2020 17:19:14 +0000 performarch https://performarch.com/COURSE-OUTCOMES COURSE OUTCOMES Building your portfolio The participants will be benefited in building or improving their portfolio and their body of work. Upon completion of the course the&nbsp; participants will have produced exciting and fresh performance architecture works presented together in a form of a complete portfolio&nbsp; highlighting a strong and unique interdisciplinary thinking. Learn new skills and avant-garde design methods The participants will enrich their design vocabulary with new gestures and methods, will gain an out of the box understanding of the relationship between body and space and learn how to practically use this relationship in order to develop creative projects. Learn how to curate and present your work Outcomes and research materials produced within the course will be presented at the end of the course.&nbsp; Through project reviews and project presentation participants will form a critical stance to their personal and their group work, and critically review the effectiveness and appropriateness of their chosen performative methods and results. The participants will learn how to have a critical and contextual awareness of different perspectives and approaches within their subjects of study or work,&nbsp; and how to effectively present themselves and their work to appropriate audiences.&nbsp; Participants with fully completed attendance will be provided with a Certificate of Participation from the Viral Institute of Performance Architecture (VIPA). &nbsp; https://performarch.com/ONLINE-SCHOOL Mon, 14 Dec 2020 20:22:32 +0000 performarch https://performarch.com/ONLINE-SCHOOL ONLINE SCHOOL The Online School runs in weekends for 3hrs each day. The participants are expected to produce work on their own and in collaboration with their online classmates. We ask&nbsp; participants to engage with their individual context taking under consideration their diverse locations. The boundaries and possibilities allowed are explored within the constantly changing environment.This is particularly exciting as the notions of public and private are maleable and shifting worldwide. Exploring the interior of one’s home and the outdoor environment of a city through the physicality of the body opens our thinking about both interior and exterior architecture, highlighting the qualitative differences and similarities. At the end of the course the participants present to the class and to external Critics their individual projects. This helps the participants to understand the outcome of their experience during the course and identify ways of developing and enhancing their personal practice. TESTIMONIALS Chrisa, 34, Vaughan, CanadIt was such a wonderful experience a breather in all this covid craziness!Miranda, 35, Reading, UK It was a really nice opportunity to learn and think beyond my normal frames of reference. I really enjoyed the energy, enthusiasm and commitment from the three course leaders :) and I also really enjoyed the breadth of experience amongst the participants. I got a sense that all the participants were also really committed which I think is quite unusual over such a wide span of age and experience. Thank you for your imagination and commitment in sharing your knowledge and experience throughout the course! I hope to continue these trains of thought in other ways! Weijie, 29, Beijing, China Many thanks to all of you for the great learning experience and astonishing lectures. Hope will have other opportunities to work with you in the future.Victoria, 37, London, UK I wanted to express my appreciation for a brilliantly organized and inciteful course- really, I took SO much away from this! Mijke, 22, Zwolle, NederlandsIt was really inspiring to do these different kinds of exercises that I haven't done before. In every exercise I have explored a new way of looking at space and also about how to 'represent' my ideas. I've also written down a thousand examples from the theory which are very cool (this will also definitely help me with writing my thesis next year). It was interesting to see and hear what the others had created in the breakout room and to get some valuable feedback from you [and] from the crits. &nbsp; Jon, 42, Kent, UKSuch an inspiring and informative course. It brough together so many interests of mine and will inform my practice across multiple fields forever. Claire, 39, Melbourne, Australia A stimulating 4 week program. I’ve really enjoyed the lectures, and the tasks/activities, and I’m sad that it’s over! The program has helped my research enormously, and as I said in the crit, has pushed me to loosen up in my art practice which is only a good thing. You’ve all been incredibly generous with your ideas and feedback, it’s been a pleasure meeting you. I loved it! It was very invigorating and interesting. :) Mariana, 28, Porto, Portugal I felt like I needed a workshop like this to move me out of my comfort zone. I get ideas during my research that involves performance, but I felt shy and blocked by it. I have a long way to go, but I'm glad I have started. https://performarch.com/ATHENS-SCHOOL Mon, 14 Dec 2020 20:35:27 +0000 performarch https://performarch.com/ATHENS-SCHOOL ATHENS SCHOOL The Athens school takes place in the summer. It runs daily, during 5 days in a week. Participants are expected to produce work individually and in collaboration. The rich cultural, social and political background of Athens and the history of performance of the city provides endless inspiration, ground for study and opportunities for creativity. The museums, archaeological spaces, art institutions, avant garde groups and vibrant public spaces form a key part of the school's programme and inform the learning experience. Participants will benefit by creating works that truly engage with the complex and rich city resources combining both intelligence and inter-disciplinary thinking. At the end of the course&nbsp; the participants showcase their collaborative &amp; individual work and present to the class and to external Critics. This helps the participants to understand the outcome of their experience during the course and identify ways of developing and enhancing their personal practice. Please subscribe to our newsletter and social media for any updates. *For details on dates, fees and applications refer to the Apply Now section.&nbsp; The Performance Architecture School is hosted at Serafio City of Athens(Echelidon 19 &amp; Pireos 144). www.serafio.gr <img width="2881" height="697" width_o="2881" height_o="697" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/87e1765b1a0428f377d8899ed8ce06847fe5d02d55ce2caca75a4315eec6adb5/serafeio_logo_EL_2018-1-1.jpg" data-mid="177852453" border="0" data-scale="4" data-draggable data-icon-mode src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/87e1765b1a0428f377d8899ed8ce06847fe5d02d55ce2caca75a4315eec6adb5/serafeio_logo_EL_2018-1-1.jpg" /> Serafio of City of Athens is a contemporary Sports, Culture &amp; Innovation Center.Sports facilities, cultural activities and open workshops, along with initiatives of social and technological innovation, are housed or hosted in a contemporary complex, with a common purpose: to offer new possibilities, education and entertainment, and enhance the life of the residents and visitors of Athens. https://performarch.com/VIDEO3 Thu, 20 Feb 2020 13:42:11 +0000 performarch https://performarch.com/VIDEO3 Athens Summer Course ︎︎︎ https://performarch.com/THE-CITY-OF-ATHENS Thu, 20 Feb 2020 13:41:35 +0000 performarch https://performarch.com/THE-CITY-OF-ATHENS THE CITY OF ATHENS RICH CULTURAL CONTEXT Athens is a city of rich history and cultural heritage. Monuments such as the Acropolis, the Parthenon, the Erechtheum, the Pnyx, the Ancient Agora, Odeon of Herodes Atticus, Panathenaic Stadium and many more form a unique time travel experience to its visitors. Blessed with bright light and sunny days to enjoy long walks in the city center while trying out a wide variety of famous Greek plates. The Athenian city scape has a strong urban outdoor life, nightlife and most importantly; it’s close to the famous Greek islands! Architecture-wise, it combines the old &amp; modern in a unique manner; we see a mixture of styles overall lacking of a structured city plan, from neoclassical buildings and specimens of vernacular architecture, to the local adaptation of the International modernist Style and interpretations of contemporary trends. What stands out the most in Athens are the block of flats known as ‘Polykatikia’. After 2004 where Athens was the city of the Olympic Games, a dramatic makeover for the city took place with a new transportation system and sports venues, a new pedestrian bridge by Calatrava, the construction of the new international airport ‘El. Venizelos’ and the Acropolis Museum by Bernard Tschumi Architects. In 2009 Athens underwent the so-called financial ‘crisis’ that left a traceable mark at the aesthetics of the city, a beauty of decay which is still visible today. During the crisis, the Greek economy went through intense neoliberalisation, which at the present moment becomes aparent in the global investment of status structures by global prestige architects including Renzo Piano, Foster and partners. &nbsp; This crisis-ridden cityscape constitutes an extremely dynamic cultural field: it is the cradle of numerous alternative bottom-up cultural practices, whilst it also hosts large international institutions such as the ‘Stavros Niarchos’ and the ‘Onassis’ Foundation.&nbsp; The curators of large institutions worldwide view Athens as the embodiment of the economic, political, social, and cultural dilemmas that Europe faces more broadly. ‘Performance Architecture Summer School’ chose to be situated in this dense and exciting cultural ground of Athens enquiring on the relationship between cultural practices and resilience, imagining the city as an endless scene, challenging the body to respond to its sites in a land where the roots of performance are traced and drama was originated. Participants’ challenge is to explore the blurred borders between performance and everyday life within Athenian’s urban complexity. https://performarch.com/VIDEO2 Wed, 19 Feb 2020 17:19:14 +0000 performarch https://performarch.com/VIDEO2 Performance Architecture https://performarch.com/TEAM Thu, 20 Feb 2020 14:18:24 +0000 performarch https://performarch.com/TEAM TEAM Summer School Leaders:&nbsp; Orsalia Dimitriou&nbsp; Aliki Kylika Eliza Soroga Past Visiting Examiners:&nbsp; Christopher Daniel Laurie Schram Kyveli Anastasiadi Juliet Rufford Hari Marini Danica Karaicic Sofia Dona Anthi Kougia Ursula (Orsalia) Dimitriou is a practicing architect and a researcher. Ursula has extended educational experience. She is currently leading architectural design studios at Central Saint Martins and the University of Westminster in London. Ursula has led numerous pioneering student workshops internationally and has&nbsp; extended experience in assessing portfolio submissions and interviewing prospective university students. Her previous teaching experience includes Oxford Brooks University, University of Creative Arts, Goldsmiths University of London and Welsh School of Architecture. Ursula holds a Diploma in Architecture Engineering from NTUAthens, an MA in Art and Architecture from UPC in Barcelona and a PhD on Commons and Public Space from the department of Visual Cultures at Goldsmiths University. Her research interests include public space and commons, theatrical and ephemeral interventions in urban space, participatory design and social sustainability. She is the co-director of studio&nbsp;SYN (www.studiosyn.co.uk)an interdisciplinary design studio based in London. Aliki Kylika holds a Diploma in Architecture Engineering from NTUAthens and an MA in Performance Design and Practice from UAL Central Saint Martins College. She is the co-founder of the Viral Institute of Performance Architecture (www.performarch.wordpress.com), an educational body and experimental architectural practice that works within the realm of performance architecture. She has been a guest critic and workshop leader in architecture and performance courses at the Pratt Institute New York, the University of the Arts London, the East London University, the Cardiff University and the FBA University of Porto, the Drexel University of Philadelphia, as well as in other educational programmes and exhibitions including ‘Politics of Survival’ of the municipality of Porto, and ‘Virtual Choreography’ at the Arebyte gallery. Aliki has presented work in various venues including the V&amp;A, the Somerset House and the Royal Institute of British Sculptors, whilst her writings have been published in journals and other publications including the ‘Performance Research’ on ‘Radical Education’. Her commercial work in architecture and design includes collaborations with renowned practices such as&nbsp; Aedas and Virgile and Partners - Imagination, showcasing an extensive portfolio for prestigious clients including Harrods department stores, Rolls Royce Motor Cars, the Marriott hotels and the miista fashion and lifestyle brand. Her set design work includes shows such as ‘Last Cage aux Folles’ and ‘Chicago’, amongst more experimental plays. Eliza Soroga is a performance artist from Athens, Greece. She holds an MA in Performance Making (Goldsmiths University of London) and in Cultural Theory (National University of Athens). Working across forms and artistic languages within Contemporary Art Practice, her work is an attempt to explore the dialogue between everyday life and Performance. She works in a Site-Specific/Sensitive manner -incorporating the reality of the chosen sites- exploring dynamic interdisciplinary methods of re-inventing what we so-call ‘the public sphere’. Eliza was awarded as the Overall Winner in Performance &amp; Video Art section on the 11th International Arte Laguna Prize held in Venice (March 2017) for her work Women in Agony. Her work has been commissioned by Athens &amp; Epidaurus Festival, City of Athens, Arts Council England, the Embassy of Japan in Ireland, Consolato del Giappone di Milano, French Institute, Dance Ireland and Teatro Espace (Italy). Her live performances &amp; video art works have been shown at V&amp;A Museum (London), Battersea Arts Centre (London), The Yard Theatre (London), Déda (Derby), Rich Mix (London), Chisenhale Dance Space (London), Forum des images (Paris), EYE Film Institute (Nederlands), TANZRAUSCHEN Wuppertal (Germany), Michael Cacoyannis Foundation (Athens) and many more. Eliza is the Artistic Director of Re-Inventing Public Spaces. Eliza currently works as a visiting lecturer at Central St Martins, BA Architecture (London), University of East London in collaboration with V&amp;A Museum of Childhood (London), BA Architecture and Design and has collaborated as a visiting tutor with Middle East Technical University (Ankara, BA Architecture). http://www.elizasoroga.com/ www.re-inventing-public-spaces.tumblr.com https://performarch.com/PREVIOUS-WORKSHOPS Thu, 20 Feb 2020 14:18:44 +0000 performarch https://performarch.com/PREVIOUS-WORKSHOPS PREVIOUS WORKSHOPS 1.‘Performance Architecture School’ previous courses 2020, 2021 2.‘Performance Architecture’ MA&nbsp; Public Art, University of Porto Faculty of Fine Arts, March 2021Invited by Prof. Gabriela V Pinheiro, Miguel Costa This workshop was designed to support the students of the respected course in producing a spatial project set in a specific site during the Covid-19 pandemic and the relevant access restrictions. The focus was on understanding spatial realtities with our bodies, desires and imagination.&nbsp; 3.‘Performing Urbanism: Body, Movement, Space’ BA (Hons) Architecture, Central St Martin's (London College of Arts), part of 'Radical Arts &amp; Critical Architecture', Invited by Orsalia Dimitriou, March 2019. Lead by Orsalia Dimitriou, Eliza Soroga, Aliki Kylika This workshop is designed to give an alternative, critical view to the study, use and production of space in both an urban and architectural scale. The focus is placed in applying tools from the genre of performance (theatre, film, dance and performance art) on the architectural thinking and process in order to produce spatial actions and bodily geometries in space. 4.Site Specific Art Workshop, City as landscape body as subject: Athens, January 2019 Supported by 9th ATHENS VIDEO DANCE PROJECT Annual Videodance Festival in collaboration with the Theater of Athens School of Fine Arts. Taught by Eliza Soroga and Guest Tutor Anastasia Karandinou A 4-day Site-Specific workshop incorporating the reality of the chosen site within Athens’s rich urban landscape. Structured on image composition methodologies aims to challenge the body as a response to the chosen site. Referencing ‘Expanding Theatre’, the idea that the whole world is a stage -Theatrum Mundi- and the passersby as performers in their everyday life where boarders between performance and real life are blurred. Introducing the compositional approach ‘Site-Specific Outdoor’ where the space constitutes the prima material of the work and the concept derives from an interactive dialogue with the site, allowing it to form its content, research and evolution. The outcomes produced were exhibited at Athens School of Fine Arts part of 9th ATHENS VIDEO DANCE PROJECT Annual Videodance Festival. 5.Corporal Shapes: A Performative Approach to Space. Year 1 Department of Architecture. University of East London&nbsp;in collaboration with V&amp;A Museum of Childhood London, November 2018. Number of students: 70. Lead by performance artist Eliza Soroga &amp; performance architect Aliki Kylika Photos taken during the workshop were exhibited from March 2019 at the V&amp;A Museum of Childhood. ‘Corporal shapes’ is a workshop for students of the UEL School of Architecture that aims to explore the indoor reality of the Museum of Childhood from a performative viewpoint. Using ‘Performance Making’ approaches and methodologies we worked on activating our senses and our embodied spatial awareness. In this process we exercise our perception of scale differences between adults, children and crowds, we are challenging existing thresholds whilst suggesting new ones and comprehend the importance of the gaze and of viewpoints in the experience of space. The outcome is a series of spatial proposals performed with the body as a physical sketch. 6.'Performing Architecture: Body, Movement, Space, BA (Hons) Architecture, Central St Martin's (London College of Arts), part of 'Radical Arts &amp; Critical Architecture' Lead by Orsalia Dimitriou, Eliza Soroga, Kyveli Anastasiadi https://vimeo.com/332294066 Part of Viral Institute of Performance Architecture (VIPA) This workshop is aimed at and tailored for students of architecture and spatial design. Its purpose is to reconnect the students back to a way of designing that uses the body as an instrument of thinking, sensing, drawing and sculpting space, accessing an intelligence that is spherical rather than linear. The workshop combines architecture with other disciplines including art, cinematography and performance with the aim to inspire, broaden and challenge the spheres of what is possible and what is considered ΄normal'. 7.Making Week at Central Saint Martins 2018 Lead by STUDIO SYN In February 2018 Studio SYN lead a group of second and third year BA students at Central Saint Martins’ Making Week. During the week-long intense design and making process, the students designed a number of bespoke timber joints, developed a construction sequence, compiled cutting templates, produces prototypes and prepared digital files for large scale production. https://vimeo.com/2572891725. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 8.Four Corners of the World, STORE’s Summer School 2018 in Dalston Lead by STUDIO SYN Ursula and Dejan of Studio SYN teamed up with Erika and Anders of Office TEN to to form a tutor team and lead the fourth&nbsp; STORE’s architectural summer school that took place at Dalston’s Gillett Square, London in July and August 2018. STORE’s London Summer School. Through material testing and immediate engagement with an active urban site, we explored architecture, art practice and performance to understand the dynamics of public space. This year’s designs were developed in collaboration with Hackney Pirates, a storytelling group local to the area. The summer school culminated in a celebratory performance by InforMotion. https://vimeo.com/285915847 9.Elements of Space Lead by VIPA ‘Elements of Space’ is a workshop, part of our on-going and broader research, exploring a way of ‘thinking’ and ‘making’ which comes from the human body and its spherical intelligence when implemented as a tool for thinking, drawing, sculpting, measuring and representing space. The workshop is constructed as a 5hour sequence of tasks that lead up to the creation of a new space model that re-interprets a chosen element of our built environment in relation to the human body and its spatial&nbsp; experience. Appropriate warm-up exercises and discussions help the participants to mentally and physically, openly and creatively engage with the tasks given. On 15/10/2016 ‘Elements of Space’ took place in Arebyte Gallery as part of the ongoing exhibition by Rosana Antoli ‘Virtual Choreography’. The element that was explored in this version of the Workshop was the element of thresholds: entrances, exits and other openings of architectural space. Throughout the day many subjects came up and offered ground for thought, discussion and creativity: The rhythm of space itself, its physical interpretation and the rhythm of the body when inhabiting the space, the visual choreography of architecture. 10. Understanding Territories; A social approach to building walls. October 2018, PortoA Workshop written and ran by VIPA, as part of the Course Politics of Survival: Spirit, Matter and ModesColetivo PLÁKACOMMISSIONED BY: Câmara Municipal do PortoORGANISED BY: Carlos Costa, Gabriela Vaz-Pinheiro and Jorge PalinhosThe workshop ‘Understanding Territories’ looked at the creation of boundaries as a communal ritual in order to restore the long standing experience of building walls as a society in harmony, to understand their purpose and what they truly represent. Compelled by the recent political debates about walls and borders, this workshop has been an attempt to shed some light to the performative substance of borders and their everyday spatial expression. Protecting vs Confining / Inviting vs Excluding / Open vs Solid; borders, walls or lines are the fundamental element for defining space and therefore a fundamental element of human life. From the borders of a country to the confinement of our own room we live within ‘walls’ of different kinds that we build together, with others and alone within ourselves. Marking territories has been connected to performance since ancient times, with related rituals in most civilizations across the globe. Limits, thresholds, passages and crossroads have gained a symbolic power within ancient customs, folklore rituals, and medieval processes, up to today. The experience gave an understanding of the psychological parameters involved when working within a group and being included or excluded from a territory. Feelings of worthiness, responsibility, fear, uncertainty, restraint, detachment, anger, competition, comradery and determination were exhibited, that actively highlighted the context of some of the social behaviours noticeable in the contested politics of our times.&nbsp; The process of making a physical structure with simple means activated not only the imagination and creativity of the participants, but also the vital tool of collaboration for a collective future.&nbsp;