First CrD pilot: Yael Davids
Gerrit Rietveld Academie started a first CrD-pilot in 2017, with artist Yael Davids. The focus of Davids’ research ‘A Daily Practice’ is on somatic learning and consists of three phases. The research, supervised by the Van Abbemuseum and the Gerrit Rietveld Academie, is inspired by the work of Dr. Moshé Feldenkrais. He developed a method for people to change bodily habits from within. This method has played an important role in Davids’ artistic practice in the last years.
On 28th of September 2020 Yael Davids publicly defended her research concluding the first Creator Doctus (CrD) trajectory. A recording of the live stream of that day is available here.
In the first phase Davids realised A Reading That Loves – A Physical Act for documenta 14. In Athens the work manifested as an installation and in Kassel as a performance-installation. The work combines moments when Davids’ own personal biography intersects with history and the life stories of four women – each a cultural historical icon in their own right. The four female protagonists suffered complex societal conflicts in which each was confronted with the limits and creativity of their own self.
In the second phase of the research the position of somatic learning in primary education in the Netherlands is central. This phase combines theoretical and artistic research with workshops in Eindhoven for professionals in primary education. The Feldenkrais method allows a non-normative exploration of one’s own body movements, to form your own sense of self, independent of existing conventions. This method can form a valuable addition to current primary education.
Davids’ workshops will take place in the framework of the recently opened Werksalon in the Van Abbemuseum.
In the third and last phase, Davids together with Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Van Abbemuseum and partners in primary education wants to explore if somatic learning can be embedded in current educational practice.
A Daily Practice
In the first phase Davids realised A Reading That Loves – A Physical Act for documenta 14. In Athens the work manifested as an installation and in Kassel as a performance-installation. The work combines moments when Davids’ own personal biography intersects with history and the life stories of four women – each a cultural historical icon in their own right. The four female protagonists suffered complex societal conflicts in which each was confronted with the limits and creativity of their own self.
In the second phase of the research the position of somatic learning in primary education in the Netherlands is central. This phase combines theoretical and artistic research with workshops in Eindhoven for professionals in primary education. The Feldenkrais method allows a non-normative exploration of one’s own body movements, to form your own sense of self, independent of existing conventions. This method can form a valuable addition to current primary education.
Davids’ workshops will take place in the framework of the recently opened Werksalon in the Van Abbemuseum.In the third and last phase, Davids together with Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Van Abbemuseum and partners in primary education wants to explore if somatic learning can be embedded in current educational practice.
In the second phase of the research the position of somatic learning in primary education in the Netherlands is central. This phase combines theoretical and artistic research with workshops in Eindhoven for professionals in primary education. The Feldenkrais method allows a non-normative exploration of one’s own body movements, to form your own sense of self, independent of existing conventions. This method can form a valuable addition to current primary education.
Davids’ workshops will take place in the framework of the recently opened Werksalon in the Van Abbemuseum.In the third and last phase, Davids together with Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Van Abbemuseum and partners in primary education wants to explore if somatic learning can be embedded in current educational practice.
