With Allia (AWERFJIL) Sadeghipour in collaboration with @Disobedient Circumstance (please see ticket link for Corona regulations)
The Workshop
Regardless of how you answer, I know EXACTLY what will happen to all of us at the end of the night. It’s that point. Exhausted from dancing or searching for your friends. Bladder is as full as the toilet line. The high of whatever poison is beginning to wane and you think to yourself, do I go home? Do I stay? You wait, somewhere, maybe outside, and the fateful habit kicks in again: you pull out your phone.
After Corona, we have spent so much time indoors and online that we have become even more disconnected. But as things have started to open back up, we are quick to go out into this glorious Berlin summer, snap photos of adventures, and post online as if we weren’t completely dependent on the thing in our hands: Our E-dentity. The identity that we have formed online. Whether we want to admit it or not, its starting to become a part of us now. Its fed into us and nourished us through a pandemic, but is it a part of you? Did you bring your second self to the club with ya?
In this 2-hour workshop, we will discuss, write, reflect and share our digital selves in an attempt to bring our two halves together. Bring a phone (or a small notebook and pen). Bring a mask. Bring your amazing selves. There will be a performance/sharing round at the end of the workshop.
*Sound by BLACK ANTHEM RESTORE
*Visuals by ZOOTROP
*WORKSHOP by WOMEN* WRITING LAB BERLIN
*Awareness Team
ABOUT YOUR WORKSHOP LEADER:
Allia (A.E.) Sadeghipour is an Iranian-American Surrealist, humanist, writer, teacher, punk and poet. She is the Vice President of the Women* Writing Berlin Lab (WWBL) and teaches workshops for GLADT and Feminist film organizations. She won the Sherry Debrowski Prize for Best Feminist Multi-Genre Fiction writer in 2009 and has not stopped since. Most recently, her work has been featured in: The Bear: Favorite Storyteller (2018 & 2020), KCRW and the Goethe Institute (2018 & 2020), The V Series Poetry Anthology (2019), Berlin Untelevised (2019), Coven (2019), What's Afghan Punk Rock Anyway?! (2019), The Ghosts of Berlin: Der Geister von Berlin (2019), Literarische Diverse (2019), Teach the Rainbow: Insights from LGBTeachers about Queer Visibility (2020), and much more. She has had the honor of performing for GLADT, Wicked, Nightschool Berlin, Viva Con Aqua, the IDP Collective, and the Iranian Re(connect) Festival. By sharing her narratives and perspectives, she hopes to reach out to the world and introduce them to hers: www.awerfjil.com. @awerfjil #awerfjil
PURCHASE TICKETS HERE!!!
To sign up for the event please visit the official Disobedient Circumstance / Open Air Tickets page: https://ra.co/clubs/28354
Awareness Team on Site
DISOBEDIENT CIRCUMSTANCE strive to be a safer space with an inclusive vibe, open to everybody regardless of gender, sexuality, race, (dis)ability, age or body type. If at any time you feel uncomfortable or witness any creepy / inappropriate behavior, please let the awareness team / promoters / bouncers / bar staff know and it will be swiftly dealt with.
Strictly forbidden: homophobia, sexism, racism, ableism, queerphobia, transphobia, body shaming, unwanted touching. No photos or videos allowed! No smartphone and flashing light on the dance floor!
