The Sensing Salon: Experiments in Entangled Existence *** 27/7-1/8 2020 @ PAF

The Sensing Salon expands existing ideas of art by recalling the healing arts; it is a studio for the practice of healing arts. Healing, as much as art, is a praxis. It is something to do and it does something: it restores. In our collaborative work, we explore healing as an art form, a praxis of sensing and making sense that includes studying, thinking, and restoring experiments that reach for the deepest level of our entangled existence.

This will be the fourth edition at PAF, through its iterations, the Sensing Salon has gathered a momentum and a core group of interested and involved people. Last year we begun to experiment with a slightly new format which allowed us to deepen the study we have entered collectively while still welcoming new participants. Instead of teaching as many tools as we can in the 4 days, each year we share one tool only, every morning for the whole duration of the meeting, while in the afternoons we

Last year we had focused on Reiki, while this year we will focus on Astrology. Artists and students of astrology Constantina Zavitsanos & Amalle Dublon will guide us through 4 sessions which will introduce us to their use of astrology as a practice of speculative planning. In the afternoons, Valentina Desideri and Denise Ferreira da Silva will propose 4 study group sessions which will engage all the reading and healing tools available in the room to image and discuss political questions.

Provisory schedule:

27 July
Arrival day
21:00 Conversation and Introduction

28 July
10:00 - 12:00 - Astrology
14:00 - 18:00 - Study Group

29 July
10:00 - 12:00 - Astrology
14:00 - 18:00 - Study Group

30 July
10:00 - 12:00 - Astrology
14:00 - 18:00 - Study Group

31 July
10:00 - 12:00 - Astrology
14:00 - 18:00 - Study Group

01 August
Departure day

The Sensing Salon will take place at PAF Performing Arts Forum from July 27th to August 1st 2020. PAF costs 20€ per person per night (or 18€ if you stay more than 5 nights) plus a 12€ membership fee valid for one year. Food will be most probably self-organized (ca 10-12€ pp/pd) or if the number of participants requires it, we will arrange a coordinating cook (17€ pp/pd). We also ask an extra fee of 40€ to contribute to the buying of materials and our expenses.

To reserve your place please email: contactpaf@gmail.com

Valentina Desideri & Denise Ferreira da Silva