[EN] “Contingent Weirdness is a two-day training/hanging-out/sharing practice for artists/researchers focusing on the variational aspects of the genre of horror guided by Adrijana Gvozdenović and Sina Seifee. In this setting, we immerse ourselves in the historical elements of the genre, such as zombies, gore and tortured ghostly demons, vicious animals and cannibal witches, as well as medieval serial killer monsters, unnatural disasters and Frankenstein projects. We will foreground different scales and registers of horror for reconsideration, ranging from speculative fiction, and sci-fi cinema, to medieval bestiaries, inducing “bad feelings” such as fear, uncanny, awe, mania, panic, loss, tension and anxiety.

After the introduction, the participants will start by reimagining a positive aspect of their practices, locating the value-system, and deciding, with the help of others, what can be turned into horror. Different from critical reflection on horror, to practice horror is to enter a symbolic realm of expressiveness at the vicinity of horror, where another kind of relation to the articulation of values becomes possible. In this turn, parts of an artistic practice can get a chance of being thought of as “fucked-up”. It is a sharing environment, where we present to each other: to what extent what we do can become a disaster, cause damage, torture, or simply be horrific?”

The workshop is developed in the cross-line between Sina’s interest on medieval bestiaries and Adrijana’s preoccupation with artistic anxieties within their own artistic work. This iteration of the workshop is organised together with nadine in the context of Sina’s exhibition in n0dine and hosted by a.pass at their new location at La Bodega.

The workshop will be held in English and is open for registration and is addressed to artists/researchers interested in sharing, in horror, fabulous writing and humor, and are prepared to devote two days to the workshop.

[NL] Contingent Weirdness is een tweedaagse training/ontmoeting/uitwisseling voor kunstenaars/onderzoekers die zich richten op diverse aspecten van het horrorgenre geleid door Adrijana Gvozdenović en Sina Seifee.

De workshop wordt in het Engels gehouden en is bedoeld voor kunstenaars/onderzoekers die geïnteresseerd zijn in het delen van horrorverhalen, fantastische literatuur en humor, en die bereid zijn twee dagen aan de workshop te besteden.

[FR] Contingent Weirdness c’est deux jours de formation/rencontre/partage des pratiques destinés aux artistes/chercheur.euses qui s’intéressent aux différentes facettes du genre ‘horreur’, guidés par Adrijana Gvozdenović et Sina Seifee.

L’atelier se déroulera en anglais et s’adresse aux artistes/chercheur.euses intéressé.es par le partage, l’horreur, l’écriture fantastique et l’humour. Les inscriptions sont ouvertes, la disponibilité pour les deux jours d’atelier est demandée. Bienvenu.es!