Short Workshop with Aya Bentur at Summer School at Swiss Pavilion, Venice Biennale 2014.
INSTRUCTION
1. Walk towards each other.
2. Lean forward and let your foreheads meet gently.
3. Roll your heads against each other.
4. Roll your heads to the other side. to one side.
MEANING
Cheek kissing is a gesture of friendship and greeting, but it has become automated and mechanical.
The foreheading is a search for a sense of presence in a momentary union between two people.
1. Walk towards each other.
2. Lean forward and let your foreheads meet gently.
3. Roll your heads against each other.
4. Roll your heads to the other side. to one side.
MEANING
Cheek kissing is a gesture of friendship and greeting, but it has become automated and mechanical.
The foreheading is a search for a sense of presence in a momentary union between two people.