Sweaty archives – training the Writing of bodies in virtual space

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5965/1414573101542025e113

Keywords:

training, extended realities, virtual embodiment, body-as-archive, Odin Teatret

Abstract

This article explores the concept of the body-as-archive in the context of extended realities (XR). Drawing on a feminist and decolonial epistemological framework, we aim to weave a research methodology for analyzing the rewriting of psychophysical training practices for performers, focusing on the work of actresses Iben Nagel Rasmussen and Roberta Carreri from Odin Teatret (DK) and LUME Teatro (BR). By integrating immersive technologies, we propose new methods for preserving and transforming this form of intangible cultural heritage, addressing challenges in documenting embodied knowledge and promoting intersectional dialogues between culture, body, and technology.

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Author Biographies

Adriana Parente La Selva, Ghent University

Adriana La Selva is a theatre-maker, a performer, and a researcher. She is currently a fellow FWO researcher, working on a Ph.D. at S:PAM (Studies in Performance and Media- Ghent University) - in association with IPEM (Institute for Psychoacoustics and Electronic Music), Utrecht University, Manchester Metropolitan University and Aalborg University. Her research investigates what it means to practice an archive, by addressing the transmission of embodied practices through virtual media and dramaturgical approaches to archival practices. She is since 2015 member of the international theatre group The Bridge of Winds, led by Odin Teatret actress Iben Nagel Rasmussen. Adriana co-founded Cross Pollination together with Marije Nie, an international network of performers and researchers, which focuses on the dialogue in-between practices and new ways of knowledge building.

Pieter-Jan Maes, Ghent University

PhD and Master em Art, Music, and Theatre Sciences na Ghent University, Bélgica. Bachelor (RITCS, School of Arts) – Brussels, Bélgica. Professor Art, Music, and Theatre Sciences na Ghent University, Bélgica.

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Published

2025-04-28

How to Cite

LA SELVA, Adriana Parente; MAES, Pieter-Jan. Sweaty archives – training the Writing of bodies in virtual space. Urdimento: Revista de Estudos em Artes Cênicas, Florianópolis, v. 1, n. 54, p. 1–27, 2025. DOI: 10.5965/1414573101542025e113. Disponível em: https://revistas.udesc.br/index.php/urdimento/article/view/26140. Acesso em: 4 jun. 2025.

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Vol. 1 No. 54 (2025): Brecht e Educação | Corpos que escrevem II

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Dossiê Temático: Corpos que escrevem II

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