Cosmovisión is a video game and musical instrument performed collaboratively by 2-to-8 people si- multaneously using controllers, interactive video and sound for: 1) co-determining relationships be- tween land, community and worldview; 2) sonifying these relationships as a practice of indigenous self-determination and meaning-making; 3) an indigenous-led effort to advance indigenous conscious- ness, diplomacy, and dialogue.
Postcommodity will lead a discussion that unpacks the key concepts behind Cosmovisíon, it’s design, and how it is performed and experienced.
Group discussion of Cosmovisíon conceptual framing, methods and goals (2 hours):
1. Introductions
2. Cosmovisíon Exigency and Intentions
3. Critical Indigenous Research Methods (4 RE’s: relationships, respect, responsibility, reciprocity) 4. Listening v. Hearing
5. Earconographies (sonic symbols, ontologies and epistemologies of land, culture and community) 6. Field recording techniques and strategies
Lunch Break (1 hour)
Didactic overview of Cosmovisíon design, intention and performance (2 hours): 1. From beginning to completion
2. Establishing group intentions
3. Developing a collaborative line drawing symbolizing group intentions
4. Player interaction controller functions
5. Video and sound mechanics
6. Player strategies, processes and insights
Break (20 minutes)
Performance and post-performance discussion (1.5 hours)
1. Performance of Cosmovisíon by four pre-selected Indigenous artists
2. Discussion of experiences, outcomes and recommendations
NOTE: Personal laptop is needed to participate in the workshop activities.
PRESENTERS:
Postcommodity
in affiliation with Leonardo
Call for Indigenous Artists to participate in performing Cosmovisíon:
In addition to the 8 open places in this workshop, Postcommodity aims to recruit 8 Indigenous artists from the Brisbane area to participate in performing Cosmovisíon during the workshop. We will work with these artists to help them prepare for the performance through a series of seminar-style Zoom sessions. Participating artists will learn about the conceptual framing of Cosmovisíon, listening with intention, field recording, and video and sound performance mechanics. Participants will determine their shared intention for their performance, develop a collaborative line drawing symbolizing their intentions, record 4 earconographies that communicate their respective relationships with the line drawing, and rehearse for their performance. A personal laptop is needed to participate.
Please contact postcommodity@gmail.com and vanessa@leonardo.info if you would like to join the workshop and participate in performing Cosmovisíon.
