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時間：2017.08.02-12
地點：台北當代藝術中心（台北市保安街49巷11號，捷運大橋頭站）
藝術家：Tyler Coburn
我承認我對健身文化既著迷又害怕。身為一位男同志，在避開這樣的議題上有相當大的困難，導致我常淪為這趨勢中的犧牲者。此外，我身邊都是一群每天參加新的健身運動的朋友與同事們，他們看起來並不是為了尋求完美的技巧，而是在演練他們身為消費者的力量。對一些人來說，健身很快便能成為一種生活型態，有人透過瑜珈感受到偽神秘的氣息，或是透過極限健身運動去感受逆向工程般的原始主義。我甚至知道人們會為了擺動一小時的鐵鎚付錢，將他們的休閒時間用在模擬辛勤的勞動上。
藉由這次工作坊，我想要提問：透過這些健身方法，會想像出什麼樣理想的身體，而如何讓健身不只是標準化理想身體的一種手段？最後，工作坊成員將透過實踐探索健身文化的歷史脈絡：從珍芳達(Jane Fonda)的Feeling the Burn，理察西蒙斯(Richard Simmons)的Sweatin’ to the Oldies系列，逐漸轉變為賽伯格般的健身型態。本課程也會搭配一些閱讀，如霍伯斯坦、凱窪、Pirkko Markula/Richard Pringle的著作。這些活動與討論在後半段的工作坊將是最精采的時候，我們會在這一系列健身課程裡合作，以訓練一般大眾練習另一種的身體想像。－－泰勒・柯伯恩
身體運動工作坊將開放給一定數量被邀請的成員，至少一堂傍晚鍛鍊課程；兩段排演時段；以及一個午後影片拍攝和放映時間。參與成員皆有機會為工作坊付出貢獻，在團體的即興表演，集體書寫與個人呈現中有所成長。
本活動以英文進行
工作坊資訊
場次 1: 8/2 （三） 7:30-10:00pm
場次 2: 8/3 （四） 7:00-10:00pm
場次 3: 8/6 （日） 5:00-10:00pm
場次 4: 8/9 （三）7:30-10:00pm
場次 5: 8/10（四） 7:00-10:00pm
場次 6: 8/12 （六） 1:00-6:00pm
費用：2000元
報名注意事項
1. 本工作坊一共規劃六堂課程。工作坊的成員至少參與其中四次課程，當中必須包含場次4或場次5其中一堂預演與場次6最終發表的課程。
2. 工作坊報名人數限額18名，額滿後即不再受理線上報名。
3. 報名費用為新台幣2000元整，已確認報名後，恕不退費。
4. 報名方式：請先依照指示填寫本表單內容，送出表單後請等待工作人員回信通知繳款方式，確認付款與回信後，方為完成報名手續。
5. 參加者需自備瑜珈墊。
6. 主辦單位保有活動變更之權益。
關於藝術家
泰勒・柯伯恩是一位紐約的藝術家及作家，在他的文章曾刊載於 frieze, e-flux journal, Dis, Mousse, Witte de With Review, and Rhizome等刊物上。而他的表演、文字及裝置則曾在 Whitney Museum of American Art; South London Gallery; Kunstverein Munich; CCA Glasgow; Objectif Exhibitions, Antwerp; UCCA, Beijing; and the Power Station of Art, Shanghai 展出過。
Time：2017.08.02-12
Venue：Taipei Contemporary Art Center, No. 11, Lane 49, Baoan Street, Taipei (MRT: Daqiaotou Station)
Artist：Tyler Coburn
I’ll admit: I’m fascinated and horrified by fitness culture. As a gay man, I have difficulty avoiding the subject—and I often fall prey to its trends. Moreover, I’m surrounded by friends and colleagues who sign up for new workouts every week, seemingly less in a quest for the perfect technique than to exercise their consumer power. Fitness, for some, can quickly come to suffice as a lifestyle, whether one adopts pseudo-mystical airs through yoga, or reverse-engineers primitivism by means of “extreme fitness.” I’ve even known people to pay money to swing a sledgehammer for an hour, spending their leisure time in a simulation of hard labor.
With Body Work, I want to ask: What ideal bodies are being imagined through these techniques, and how can fitness be more than a means of normalizing such body ideals? To this end, a small group of workshop participants will explore the history of fitness culture in practice: feeling the burn, sweatin’ to the oldies, spinning into cyborg-like states. Exercise classes will be accompanied by readings from authors like Jack Halberstam, Roger Caillois, and Pirkko Markula/Richard Pringle. These activities and discussions will culminate, in the second half of the workshop, when we collaborate on a fitness class at TCAC, training the general public to exercise alternative bodily imaginaries. —Tyler Coburn
Body Work is open to a limited number of participants, who are asked to attend, at minimum: one evening exercise class; two rehearsal sessions; and an afternoon of filming and public presentations. Participants will have the opportunity to contribute to a collaborative workshop, developed through group improvisation, collective writing, and individual work.
This workshop will be conducted in English.
Workshop Information
Session 1: 8/2 Wed. 7:30-10:00pm
Session 2: 8/3 Thurs. 7:00-10:00pm
Session 3: 8/6 Sun. 5:00-10:00pm
Session 4: 8/9 Wed. 7:30-10:00pm
Session 5: 8/10Thurs. 7:00-10:00pm
Session 6: 8/12 Sat. 1:00-6:00pm
Workshop fee: TWD2000
Notes
1. The workshop consists 6 classes in total. The participants should partake in 4 classes at least, including the final presentation session 6 and one rehearsal from session 4 or 5.
2. The workshop is open to maximum 18 participants in total. The organizer will close the registration form when no vacancy is available.
3. The workshop fee is TWD 2000. The fees will not be refunded after registration confirmation.
4. How to register: please follow the instruction and complete the form. We will reply with availability and payment information. The registration will be confirmed after the payment.
5. Participants need to prepare their own yoga mats.
6. The organizer reserves the rights to modify the terms and conditions.
About Artist
Tyler Coburn is an artist and writer based in New York. His writing has appeared in frieze, e-flux journal, Dis, Mousse, Witte de With Review, and Rhizome. His performances, texts and installations have been presented at the Whitney Museum of American Art; South London Gallery; Kunstverein Munich; CCA Glasgow; Objectif Exhibitions, Antwerp; UCCA, Beijing; and the Power Station of Art, Shanghai.
