Resting with(in) Institutions- A one-day Resting Laboratory

Name: Resting with(in) Institutions- A one-day Resting Laboratory
Start: 2025-02-26T09:30:00+01:00
End: 2025-02-26T16:00:00+01:00
Location: Overgaden Neden Vandet 17, 1414 København K, Danmark

Schedule

Wed Feb 26 2025 at 09:30 am to 04:00 pm

UTC+01:00

Location

Overgaden Neden Vandet 17, 1414 København K, Danmark | Copenhagen , SK

We and our environments are exhausted. We urgently need rest- and we need to find ways to rest that do not aggravate the inequalities produced by neoliberal capitalism and systems of oppression that enact rest as a luxury good, possible at the cost of breaking down other bodies and environments. This symposium is dedicated to exploring resting practices that foreground solidarity and collectivity. Furthermore, the symposium specifically addresses the conditions and barriers for rest with/in (art)institutions. The goal of the resting lab is to rest together; to equip all participants with reflections, tools and strategies for rest; and to develop a shared open-source pool of prompts for resting accessible to everyone. Rather than offering answers, we seek to stock dreams, questions and wonderings for understanding and imaging institutions otherwise.
This Resting lab is part of a series of Resting Labs 2.0, organized by Nana-Francisca Schottländer, Lukas Lund, and Linda Lapiņa, in collaboration with partners for each event.
Program: Morning session 9.30- 12.05; lunch; afternoon session 12.50-16.00 - see more below.
Please register to participate: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeb1mceYlLiJaHYaSuPEyGwEuNv-UwGCXkWaPpeAeaxeuu7IQ/viewform?usp=sharing
See also https://overgaden.org/da/events/resting-lab
Practical information and program:

We will be resting, speaking and sharing in a museum space, mainly on the floor. Please bring:
a yoga mat, blanket, pillow or what you might need to make yourself comfortable;
lunch for the lunch break and (optional) snacks for sharing;
a notebook if you like.
Please also dress for spending around one hour outside during the afternoon session (see the program below).

We will provide coffee, tea and paper and pens for developing resting protocols.

Program:
9.30 -11.00: Arrival, introduction, resting together - and talk with Vera Maeder (Hello Earth!) followed by questions and reflection
11.15-12.05: Developing Resting protocols in groups
12.05-12.50 Lunch
12.50-14.00 Experimenting with Protocols for Resting outside Overgaden or in the building in groups (during O-Overgaden's opening hours)
14.00-15.00 Exchanging experiences from exploring Protocols for Resting
15.00-16.00 Joint reflections, exchanges of experiences and documentation; wrapping up and bye for now

We are looking forward to exploring and cultivating resting with you. And hopefully spend time actually resting.